Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

• Italy, Switzerland
• International Typographic Style (Swiss Style), Italian Modernism, Mid Century Modernism

Walter Ballmer’s Mid-Century Italian Graphic Design

Walter Ballmer was a Swiss graphic designer born in Liestal, Switzerland in 1923. He worked across various design disciplines including advertising design, packaging, typography and exhibition design.

Design Education

Graphic Design Books for Students Part 1

From time to time members of the Graphic Design History group and others have asked for a number of recommendations for books related to design history, theory and specific areas of graphic design. This is the first of a series of articles from educators, designers and archivists featuring book recommendations and resources.

Design Archive Feature, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

• Czech Republic
• Art Nouveau and Jugendstil

Covering Art Nouveau, the Czech magazine, Typografia

A great way to visualise these stylistic variations and their progression is by looking through magazine covers and interior pages produced during the movement. The covers of Typografia that best represent the Czech Secese style of Art Nouveau were produced between 1907 and 1911.