Born on this day in 1918, David Klein was an American designer & artist, best remembered for the iconic travel posters he designed for Howard Hughes and Trans World Airlines (TWA) during the 1950s and 1960s.
#vintageposters #davidklein #graphicdesignhistory #vintagetwaposters #vintagetravelposters
Todays favourite movie poster is
Vertigo
What’s your all-time favorite film poster?
#Vertigo
#AlfredHitchcock
#FilmPosterArt
#ClassicMoviePoster
#SaulBass
#GraphicDesignHistory
#MidCenturyDesign
#CinemaTypography
#PosterDesign
#VisualStorytelling
These are the Jahrbücher des Deutschen Werkbundes (1912–1915). Annual publications from one of the most influential design organisations of the 20th century. designreviewed.com/archive/
#DeutscherWerkbund #DesignHistory #GraphicDesignHistory #DesignReviewed
Peace Corps logo by Thomas Miller, 1961
archived by @brocketthorne
#PeoplesGDArchive
#GraphicDesignHistory
#BlackDesigner
Choose your holiday card by Guy Berard, c. 1999
“A small black and white card using standard holiday logos with boxes below to indicate a choice. About 2" x 4" printed on white cardstock.”
#PeoplesGDArchive
#GraphicDesignHistory
Sea Ranch Holiday card, 1956
designed by Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
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#GraphicDesignHistory
Compilation vinyl album of holiday broadway songs, 1958
From Jess W’s personal collection
#PeoplesGDArchive
#GraphicDesignHistory
A few fun examples of cool typography from some of my favorite vintage posters...
#typography #typographydesign #typographyinspired #graphicdesign #design #vintage #retro #graphicdesignhistory #posters #vintageposters #vintagedesign #movies #travel #wpa
In the pre-digital days of graphic design in the 1980s & 1990s, Duffy Design blended post modernism with nostalgiac illustration and craftsmanship of the highest order. Masterful design, illustration, and printing.
#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #printdesign #inspiration #designinspiration
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Many thanks to Kerr Houston and BmoreArt for the thoughtful review of Meggs' History of Graphic Design, 7ed.! We greatly value criticism and are pleased folks are talking about the transformation of the new […]
Well, isn't this something. Many thanks to Cheryl D. Holmes Miller, DHL for her kind and insightful thoughts about the new 7th edition. It has been quite a journey and getting feedback is a great reward […]
Friends~ I have a hopefully small request. We are very soon after the launch of Meggs' 7ed. and understand a lotta folks haven't had a chance to dive into the book. That said, if you have early impressions and/or fully formed opinions (good, bad, or indifferent) we'd be grateful if you would […]
With new book finally released, I’m having a lot of eels, but mostly this. More to come… https://youtu.be/_HEkxxhUlxs?si=wAf5xH2T2VW4_xuW
#mhogd7ed #graphicdesign #designhistory #graphicdesignhistory #meggs
stack of boxes containing books from publisher
close up of labels on boxes with Megg’s History of Graphic Design 7e printed on them
It's a book! Delivered at 12:09pm and weighing in at just shy of 100lbs. Megg's History of Graphic Design 7ed. is finally here! Expect many photos soon.
#rgaphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designwriting #designhistory #mhogd7ed
Os designers da Apple não tão à toa. #russianconstrutivism #modernart #ElLissitzky #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory
After 5.5 and a half years of work, tomorrow we'll finally see and hold the sum of countless conversations, hours of looking / reading / writing, days of designing, and years of working with and redefining purpose. It will be thrilling and a fair amount terrifying to finally page through Meggs' […]
Idea 63, 1964. Cover design by Fred Mintz.
www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/id...
#fredmintz #graphicdesignhistory #ideamagazine #1960sdesign
Design (Japan) 1972 issues. Cover designs by Koji Kusafuka www.designreviewed.com/designer/koj... #japanesedesign #NEWWAVE #graphicdesignhistory #Japan
The work of Otl Aicher scanned from Constructive Posters - Bauhaus to Swiss Style, Tama Art University, 2001. www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/co...
#otlaicher #posterdesign #graphicdesignhistory #otlaicher
The work of Hans Peter Hoch scanned from Kunst + Design, Hans Peter Hoch, Preisträger der Stankowski-Stiftung, 1988. www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/ku... #handpeterhoch #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory
From our production specialist: “I have no revisions or questions concerning your book, and I am moving on to the next stage.” Meggs’ History of Graphic Design goes to print today! Supposed to arrive at store by end of September. #mhogd7ed #designhistory #graphicdesignhistory #graphicdesign
The work of Gérard Miedinger scanned from Graphis 189, 1977 www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/gr... #GérardMiedinger #Graphis #graphicdesignhistory
Variety of pinback buttons, just a sampling shown here. 1.25" and 2.5", also stickers too!
#buttons #pinbackbuttons #badges #buttondesign #buttonpower #collectible #retrodesign #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #wpaposters #posters #posterdesign #wpa #nasa #spacetravel #classicmovies #activism
Introducing Representing! "Drawings, trademarks, custom fonts, patterns and symbolic images can be used to embody people, places, products, services and ideas." Spanning 27,000 years, this chapter documents the use of visual signs depicting individuals, groups […]
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Meet Mobilizing. "In a visual culture, graphic design is an influential social medium. Throughout history, and especially in times of conflict, graphic designers have created posters, newspapers, and other graphics to recruit, boost morale, protest ideologies, or […]
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Exalting opening spread from the 7ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design.
We would like to introduce you to the 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design.
Meet Exalting. We have restructured the book with chapters demonstrating motivations (themes) of why we create graphic design. Many people and movements now occupy multiple chapters […]
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My eyes are melting. Been typesetting 30 pages of bibliography for 2 days straight. Working like hell to get it complete today. Oof. #graphicdesign #typography #pagelayout #typesetting #designhistory #graphicdesignhistory
We are thrilled to share the final Table of Contents for the soon-to-be-released 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Page design is nearly complete for all 500 pages and are doing prepress with final files being sent to print in the next couple weeks.
There […]
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