The British Printer was a trade journal for the British printing and graphic arts industries, active throughout the twentieth century. It covered typography, printing technology, paper, and design practice.
The British Printer was a British printing trade journal published from 1888 onwards and dedicated to the craft and commerce of printing in the United Kingdom. Its pages documented developments in typography, typesetting technology, paper, ink, and print production across more than a century, providing a continuous record of the British printing industry from the Victorian era through to the late twentieth century.
The archive holds issues spanning several decades of the journal’s publication. See also Victorian and Edwardian graphic design and British graphic design history.
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Ephemera, Members Only Content
Beyond his books, Dick Bruna's vivid colour and simplified forms found their way onto posters, packaging, murals and stamps, many of which feature in my growing collection.
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Members Only Content, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles
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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Members Only Content, Designer Profiles, Studios & Collectives
A 1903-1904 article on Die Steglitzer Werkstatt, originally in German, published in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XIII, October 1903–March 1904.
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Regional Histories, Ephemera, Illustration, Members Only Content
A collected visual record of the Kanto, Chubu and Tohoku Lottery tickets.
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Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Movements
April Greiman is known for her experimental approach to graphic design, her role in the development of Californian New Wave and being one of the first designers to fully embrace the computer in her work.
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Illustration, Ephemera, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A collected visual record of the first eight years of Japan’s Rural Medical Care Promotion Lottery.
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