Country: Portugal

Portuguese graphic design history documented through scanned and collected artefacts, posters, and publications.

Portuguese graphic design history documented through scanned and collected artefacts, posters, and publications. The archive holds material reflecting Portugal’s distinctive visual culture and the work of designers including Sebastião Rodrigues, whose self-taught practice became a cornerstone of Portuguese graphic design.

Graphic Design from Country: Portugal

Articles Related to Portugal

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Covers of Portuguese Periodical, Almanaque by Franz Hermann Wills, 1963

Design Archive Feature, Magazines & Publishing, Regional Histories

Covers of Portuguese Periodical, Almanaque by Franz Hermann Wills, 1963

The covers of the periodical ALMANAQUE, which was published in Lisbon, are perfect examples of this pleasure in the unusual and the force of with which all sorts of foreign influences are assimilated.

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Key Designers Associated with Country: Portugal

Explore designers central to Portuguese graphic design including Sebastião Rodrigues. See also 1950s graphic design history.

Artefacts Associated with Portugal

Arts E Industrias Populares, Brochure, 1940

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Arts E Industrias Populares, Brochure, 1940

  • Format: Brochure
  • Designer/s: Tom
  • Year: 1940

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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.