Brown paper with rough edges. Printed on the paper is a black figure rendered in geometric shapes and striped clothing. Cyrillic lettering surrounds the figure.

Varvara Stepanova, flyer for “The Death of Tarelkin”, 1922.

Often mentioned only alongside her husband, Alexander Rodchenko, Stepanova was an accomplished artist in her own right.

#VarvaraStepanova #WomenDesigners #Constructivism #Lettering #CostumeDesign #Theater #Russian #WomenDesigners

Two color print. Black sans-serif text on white background, reading "Q. How many women artists were in the Andy Warhol and Tremaine auctions at Sotheby's? A. 0". The zero is made up of Andy Warhol's yellow bananas facing each other. Text set in Futura Bold Condensed and Futura Regular.

Guerrilla Girls, How Many Works by Women Artists, 1989

#GuerrillaGirls #WomenArtists #WomenDesigners #ProtestPosters #WomensHistoryMonth #1980s #Lettering #Typography

Red, yellow and black ink on white paper. The main title is made of swirling organic lines and reads, “Koen Taselaar”.

Horizontal stripes of fluorescent pink, yellow and blue ink on white paper. The main title is made of the stripes combining to form words, “JET VAN OOSTEN”.

Pink, green, yellow and black ink on white paper. The main title is made of jagged lettering resembling broken glass, “BOUKE GROEN”.

Wavy lines and lettering with fluorescent pink, yellow and blue ink on white paper. The main title reads, “JOACHIM SCHMID”.

Hansje van Halem, risograph exhibition posters for Galerie Block C, Groningen, NL, 2016–2020

In 2021 Hansje donated a major archive of her work. Over 100 pieces are available to view in our Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org?dims=Name_KE...

#HansjeVanHalem #WomenDesigners #Lettering #Posters

Poster of a cartoonish dog printed with gold ink.

Poster of an elaborate dragon printed with blue ink. Words like “love, protect, nurture” are entangled in the image.

Poster of a tough looking ox, made of letters and printed in gold ink.

Image of a snakelike line bordered with script letters overlaid on a pink and gold background.

Omnivore, Lunar New Year posters (Dog, Dragon, Ox, Snake), 2018–2025

Read our interview with three-headed monster, Omnivore letterformarchive.org/news/lunar-n.... Then catch the Good Luck popup exhibition today or April 4–May 11.

#OmnivoreInc #WomenDesigners #Posters #PosterDesign #LunarNewYear

Print with green, red-orange, and orange ink. “HANDLE WITH CARE” in a bold stencil type style is in the center of a circle, with “SEE THE MAN WHO CAN SAVE YOU THE MOST” in a distorted sans serif overprinted on top. At the left, in handwriting is “No time or else a life walking in the dark i met Christ Jesus my heart flopped over and lay still while he passed as close as I'm to you yes closer made of nothing except loneliness. e.e.c.”

Black-and-white reproduction of a newspaper ad with the headline, “SEE THE MAN WHO CAN SAVE YOU THE MOST: YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER” and some ad copy above a photograph of four cars.

Corita Kent, handle with care, 1967
& Chevrolet newspaper ad, 1966

This piece borrowed an advertising catchphrase and gave it a new meaning by enlarging and distorting the headline for a screen print.

#SisterCorita #CoritaKent #ScreenPrint #Typography #WomenDesigners #WomensHistoryMonth

Letters are arranged to form a tree with small orange owl illustration.

Elaine Lustig Cohen (1927–2016), catalog cover for the Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc. publishing company, 1965.

Lustig Cohen’s design career began quite unexpectedly…

#WomenDesigners #Typography #GraphicDesign #ElaineLustigCohen #AkzidenzGrotesk #WomensHistoryMonth

Back cover of the magazine. The stripes continue along the top and bottom of the page. At the left end of each are the numbers “1925” and “1929”.

Cover of a square magazine with brown ink printed on tan paper. The title, “Wendingen” is rendered in multiline rectangular letterforms and sits on large multiline stripes that tarverse most of the surface. Inside one of the stripes’ turns is a smaller text that reads “J F Stall” and “29”.

Margaret Kropholler (cover designer), Wendingen, series 10, no. 5-6, 1930.

Margaret Staal-Kropholler (1891–1966) was the first woman in the Netherlands to practice as a professional architect.

#Wendingen #MargaretKropholler #WomenDesigners #Architecture #Magazines #Typography #Lettering

Cover of a square magazine with a cord binding. The inks are purple and teal, and the title “Wendingen” and “Eileen Gray” are in rectangular, high stroke contrast style with no curves.

Verso page of an inside spread showing photos of Eileen Gray’s furniture designs.

Recto page of an inside spread showing photos of Eileen Gray’s furniture designs.

Back cover of the magazine repeats the front cover design but in reverse and without the large text. A small line reads, “Meubelen en Interieurs” [Furniture and Interiors].

Hendrik Wijdeveld, Wendingen, series 6, no. 6, 1924

Wijdeveld was the editor and frequent designer of the magazine. This issue was devoted to Irish designer Eileen Gray. See more covers: oa.letterformarchive.org?dims=Periodi...

#Wendingen #HendrikWijdeveld #EileenGray #WomenDesigners #Architecture

The front cover of a book on Betty Joel depicting her standing in front of a chevalier mirror

Absolutely thrilled to bits to receive a copy of Clive Stewart-Lockhart’s lavishly illustrated book on designer Betty Joel, his great aunt. There will be an exhibition on Joel at Portsmouth City Museum in 2027, curated by my PhD student Tara McKinney Marinus #WomenInDesign #WomenDesigners

NEW advance article! On Being Simultaneously Arab and “Modern”: Saloua Raouda Choucair’s Design Between Science and Sufism by Yasmine Nachabe Taan. Read now at https://buff.ly/4jPFU8M
#DesignHistory #JournalOfDesignHistory #WomenDesigners #Modernity

Loving this 1936 poster design by Dorothy Waugh when she was an employee of The National Park Service. Her name may not be familiar to many, but Waugh’s work is embedded in the early history of the National Park Service.

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#posterart #vintageposter #graphicdesignhistory #nationalparks

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Quick logo work.
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