Helvetica forever: Story of a Typeface
Hardcover: 159 pages
Publisher: Lars Muller
ISBN-13: 978-3037781210
Available at Amazon.
Hardcover: 159 pages
Publisher: Lars Muller
ISBN-13: 978-3037781210
Available at Amazon.
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Alvin Lustig: design pioneer
Here’s a link to a fantastic resource on the life and work of Alvin Lustig, an American Graphic Designer, 1915-1955. Check out the typographic gallery.
Ladislav Sutnar: design pioneer
Another wonderful post from grain edit, a gallery of images from Catalog Design Progress: Advancing Standards in Visual Communication by K. Lonberg-Holm and Ladislav Sutnar.
The new typography at MoMA
The New Typography, and exhibition now running at the MoMA, December 23, 2009–July 12, 2010, in the Leonard Dobbs Architecture and Design Gallery.
More images can be found here. | MoMA exhibition info here.
Corporate diversity: swiss design
Lars Muller has recently published a book of graphic design work produced for Geigy between 1940-1970. Here’s a link to a few pics and here’s a link to a few more.
Via grain edit/things to look at.
Paul Rand’s business card
While I did once have the opportunity to meet the amazingly talented and sometimes cantankerous Mr. Rand, until now I had never seen his business card before.
Here’s a link to a pic of his card as well as an interesting story.
Via amassblog.
Piet Zwart, dutch graphic designer
A particularly nice slideshow from the Ars Libri collection featuring the work of dutch graphic designer Piet Zwart has been posted on Design Observer. Well worth a look.