Content includes:
Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Theater of Memory: Il Vittoriale degli Italiani / Il teatro della memoria di Gabriele D’Annunzio: Il Vittoriale degli Italiani – Lucia Re
The Iconography of the Italian Novecento in the European Context / L’iconografia del Novecento italiano nel contesto europeo – Rossana Bossaglia and Howard Rodger MacLean
The Novecento Style in Italy: Commercial and Graphic Design / Lo stile novecento italiano: grafica di massa e design esclusivo – Sergio Coradeschi and Ippolite Rostagno
Illustrations of Propaganda: The Political Drawings of Mario Sironi / Illustrazioni di propaganda: i disegni politici di Mario Sironi – Emily Braun and Cioni Carpi
Interview: Piero Fornasetti / Intervista: Piero Fornasetti – Shara Wasserman and Piero Fornasetti
Letter from Rome / Lettera da Roma
Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design
A brief summary of a poster designer’s tasks from the late 1930s. I have illustrated the article with a selection of scanned posters from Cooper’s book.
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Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
Olle Eksell is well known for his advertising illustration, book jackets and playful packaging design. He first studied engineering and later decided to become a graphic artist. He began his career as a window decorator in 1935, and studied under Hugo Steiner between 1939 and 1941.
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Design Archive Feature, Poster Design, Regional Histories
Armin Hofmann's publicity for the Stadttheater Basel. The client, in this case, the Municipal Theater of Basel, refused to listen to narrow-minded critics, in spite of the fact that as a state-subsidized enterprise it is accountable to public opinion.
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