Content includes:
The Stile Floreale in Context – Gabriel P. Weisberg
Italian Culture and Society in the Age of Stile Floreale – Adrian Lyttelton
The Protagonists of the Italian Liberty Movement – Rossana Bossaglia
The Design Reform Movement in Rome at the Beginning of the Century – Irene de Guttry
Arthur Lasenby Liberty: A Mere Adjective? – Sarah Nichols
Turin 1902: The Search for a Modern Italian Architecture – Richard A. Etlin
Italy and France: The Cosmopolitanism of the New Art – Gabriel P. Weisberg
Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design
50 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. XIX (1908). Czech commercial printing at the crossroads of Art Nouveau and early modernism, with work by Otokar Císař, Method Kaláb, and Mořic Novotný.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Tadashi Ohashi was at the forefront of Japan's postwar design movement, with his illustrations widely celebrated. In 1952, he became the chief designer for Meiji Seika Confectionery, producing some of his most renowned work.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Franco Grignani (1908-1999) was one of the twentieth century’s most important Italian graphic designers. Scanning the inner pages of Gebrauchsgraphik 04, 1962, I have managed to collate a selection of the advertisements created in the 1950s and early 1960s, showcasing his groundbreaking design work.
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