‘This is volume Number Two of our Morgan Press collection. The popularity of Morgan One made its arrival mandatory. Armed with this clearcut mandate to perpetuate the line of Decorative Type Faces, we combed those musty, venerable Morgan archives once again. Within these covers is the result of that combing and exhumation: 129 “new” Morgan faces-resurrected, restored, retouched, reborn. And multiplying these 129 by our condensed and expanded variations (and with the combinations from our first Morgan book) the total number of faces available becomes mind-boggling. Keep in mind that variations on a theme are always possible. All styles can be reproportioned, curved, circled or italicized to suit any whim.’
Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
One of Otl Aicher's lesser-known works was the identity and publicity for the Gastein Valley. Gastein valley was a resort for the elderly, an Austrian Alpine village in the Austrian state of Salzburg
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Ken was born in 1929, in Southampton and grew up in a small market town in North Devon. He was a principled man, with strong values and views against the hyper-consumerism we live with today. Ken studied at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts in the 1950s and was taught by Herbert Spencer, Anthony Froshaug and Jesse Collins. Whilst at the School he studied alongside designers Ken Briggs, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Matthew Leibowitz was born in Philadelphia in 1918 and was a pioneering American graphic designer known for his innovative use of typography, illustrations, and photography. Over his career, he worked with clients like IBM, AT&T, and Paramount Pictures, received over 150 international awards, and his designs are featured in the collections of major museums, including MoMA in New York and Paris.
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