Content includes:
Maurice Roche: Crâne, Carne by Thomas D. O’Donnell
Letters with Alternative Basic Shapes by Earl M. Herrick
Verbal Shape in the Poetry of Villon and Marot by Tom Conley
Development of Passenger/Pedestrian Oriented Symbols for Use in Transportation-Related Facilities by American Institute of Graphic Arts
Handwriting Education — A Bibliography of Contemporary Publications by Ching Y. Suen
The Inscription of the Whetstone from Strøm by Elmer H. Antonsen
Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Max Huber was born in 1919 in Switzerland. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Zurich where he excelled in graphic design and photography. Huber worked across advertising, packaging, design and industrial design. He had a distinctive style that skillfully blended bright hues with photomontage.
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Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A while back, I bought a set of around 14 French travel guides produced by Shell that came in a leather pouch, each bearing the signature ‘D. Hamot.’ Determining the designer's full name proved to be a challenge. Their aesthetic could reflect the shifting design trends of the late 1960s.
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Kazumasa Nagai (永井 一正) was born in 1929 in Osaka and is one of Japan's most acclaimed graphic designers. He designed iconic corporate logos for major companies such as Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan Railways, Nissin, and TEPCO and designed 100s of posters.
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