‘Between 2019 and 2022 the authors Alberto Vieceli and Sebastian Cremers collected more than 2,000 images of bookends. The diversity of books calls for a certain order. How we order something also reflects our way of thinking. ‘The End of Books’ represents a subtle dramaturgy of the entire cosmos of book genres. Diverse objects relating to each other are depicting a story of thoughts and our existence.’
Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design
60 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. 21 (1910). Czech commercial printing and book design as Secession ornament progressed to early modernist typography, with work by Alois Rieger, Methoděj Kaláb, Alois Chvála and many more.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design
60 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. 22 (1911). Czech commercial printing at the crossroads of Art Nouveau and early modernism, with work by Methoděj Kaláb, Alois Chvála, V. H. Brunner and many more.
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Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Like the other Cartoguides I have collected from Shell, these artefacts follow a consistent format. These were the first printed editions in the Cartoguides series and were published between 1958 and 1960. Each cover design was illustrated by French graphic artist, Jean Colin
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