Country: Denmark

Danish graphic design history through scanned and collected artefacts and articles based on postwar modernism, designers, and the evolution of visual communication in Denmark.

Danish graphic design is characterised by a distinctly Scandinavian blend of functionalism, restraint, and craft. The postwar period produced significant Danish output in publishing, corporate identity, and poster design, and the archive documents this tradition through designer profiles, scanned publications, and printed matter.

Graphic Design from Country: Denmark

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Key Designers Associated with Country: Denmark

Explore designers central to Danish graphic design including Olle Eksell. See also Swedish graphic design history and 1950s graphic design history.

Artefacts Associated with Denmark

Social kunst 6, Tegnekunsten i Sovjetunionen, 1931

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Social kunst 6, Tegnekunsten i Sovjetunionen, 1931

  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1931
DD casebook 2: The Spirit of a Trademark, Danish Design Council, 1985

From the graphic design archive:

DD casebook 2: The Spirit of a Trademark, Danish Design Council, 1985

  • Format: Book
  • Year: 1985
Graphis 048, 1953

From the graphic design archive:

Graphis 048, 1953

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Arne Ungermann
  • Year: 1953
Carlsberg Paske Bryg, Beer Mat

From the graphic design archive:

Carlsberg Paske Bryg, Beer Mat

  • Format: Beer Mat

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An article on Valentin Zietara , originally in German, published in Gebrauchsgraphik, 10, 1930, written by H K Frenzel translated by E. T. Scheffauer

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A 1903-1904 article on Die Steglitzer Werkstatt, originally in German, published in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XIII, October 1903–March 1904.