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Advertising Design, Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Regional Histories
IBM puts a premium on functional design, forms and colours which make it far easier for the potential customer to gain an insight. In this respect the IBM methods are exemplary. The IBM already opened studios of artistic and graphic design for its German and Italian offices and a few years ago another such studio was established in Paris. Frank René Testemale was entrusted with its organisation and was appointed its business and art director.
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Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Movements
The Arts and Crafts movement, in particular its graphic design output is less documented than Art Nouveau and was primarily associated with Britain. Where Art Nouveau spread through international exhibitions and a shared decorative vocabulary that translated easily across posters, magazines and architecture, Arts and Crafts was rooted in British guilds, workshops and societies rather […]
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content
Before ascending to fame within the contemporary art scene, Warhol enjoyed a thriving career as a commercial artist. His illustration work was commissioned by various magazines, including The New Yorker, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Poster Design
Scanned posters by the great Michele Spera. Many use a strong use of geometric form, often paired with sans-serif typefaces like Helvetica. Their simplification of form and use of colour create timeliness, recognisable posters that would have stood out alongside the posters of the 1970s which tended to have a heavy use of photography.
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