Content includes:
Documentary and Propaganda: The Photographs of the Farm Security Administration – Michael L. Carlebach
Painting and Place: Frederic C. Knight in Scranton – Karal Ann Marling
Louis Lozowick: From “Machine Ornaments” to Applied Design, 1923-1930 – Virginia Hagelstein Marquardt
Wilhelmina Geddes, Harry Clarke, and Their Part in the Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland – Nicola Gordon Bowe
An Outpost of the Arts and Crafts Movement – Isabelle Anscombe
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Modern Design: 1917-1929 – Christine Wallace Laidlaw
Interview: Timothy F. Rub on the Work of Joseph Urban – Beth Dunlop and Timothy F. Rub
London Letter – Peyton Skipwith
Correction: Furniture, Painting, and Applied Designs: Alvar Aalto’s Search for Architectural Form
Movements, Book Reviews & Press Releases, Design Education, Regional Histories
Founded in 2015, Triest Verlag für Architektur, Design und Typografie have published notable works on graphic design history, including biographies of Othmar Motter, studies on Eugen Gomringer’s typography and poetry, Ernst Keller’s teachings. Thier latest book The Birth of a Style, focuses on the influence of the Basel Educational Model on the evolution of Swiss graphic design into the renowned international style.
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Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Members Only Content, Studios & Collectives
Winter + Bischoff’s work blends fine art and graphic design and is a fine example of commercial design featuring a heavy use of stylistic illustration. In fact a lot of German graphic design in the 1960s has this strong relationship of commercial and professional typographic layout with the roughness and organicness of art.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Movements, Regional Histories
Wolfgang Weingart's artistic design delved into the intricacies of Swiss typography, skillfully dissecting its elements while venturing into texture and type experimentation. His layered montages radiated dynamic kinetic energy, standing in stark contrast to the minimalist approach of his instructors, embracing a more maximalist aesthetic.
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