Pica studio » Respected https://blog.picastudio.com Random Thoughts Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:01:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 Book Collection: The Small Stakes https://blog.picastudio.com/2011/07/07/book-collection-the-small-stakes/ https://blog.picastudio.com/2011/07/07/book-collection-the-small-stakes/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:27:04 +0000 http://blog.picastudio.com/?p=609

The Small Stakes: Music Posters
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0811872300
Available at Amazon.

 ★★★★★ 















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  • Letterheady via Quipsologies.
  • Letterheady via NOTCOT.
  • Ladislav Sutnar’s Letterhead via amassblog.
    • ]]>     https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/04/16/letterhead-stationary-links/feed/ 0     New typography books pt. 1 https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/04/12/new-typography-books-pt-1/ https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/04/12/new-typography-books-pt-1/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:14:30 +0000 http://blog.picastudio.com/?p=238

    • Typeface design by Kris Sowersby. Limited edition 2009 Klim Type Foundry specimen book.
    210 × 140mm 96 pages. Order here.

    ]]>     https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/04/12/new-typography-books-pt-1/feed/ 0     Nicholas Feltron annual report 09 https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/01/27/nicholas-feltron-annual-report-09/ https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/01/27/nicholas-feltron-annual-report-09/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:49:42 +0000 http://blog.picastudio.com/?p=172

    Once again Nicholas Feltron has produced another amazing annual report for 2009. And for those who are interested here are links to 2008, 2007, and 2006.

    ]]>     https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/01/27/nicholas-feltron-annual-report-09/feed/ 0     Alvin Lustig: design pioneer https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/01/12/alvin-lustig-design-pioneer/ https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/01/12/alvin-lustig-design-pioneer/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:48:48 +0000 http://blog.picastudio.com/?p=161 lustig

    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.

    ]]>     https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/01/12/alvin-lustig-design-pioneer/feed/ 0     Ladislav Sutnar: design pioneer https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/01/08/ladislav-sutnar-design-pioneer/ https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/01/08/ladislav-sutnar-design-pioneer/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:43:21 +0000 http://blog.picastudio.com/?p=151 sutnar

    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.

    ]]>     https://blog.picastudio.com/2010/01/08/ladislav-sutnar-design-pioneer/feed/ 0     Corporate diversity: swiss design https://blog.picastudio.com/2009/12/30/corporate-diversity-swiss-design/ https://blog.picastudio.com/2009/12/30/corporate-diversity-swiss-design/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:43:33 +0000 http://blog.picastudio.com/?p=115 corp_diversity

    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.

    ]]>     https://blog.picastudio.com/2009/12/30/corporate-diversity-swiss-design/feed/ 0     Paul Rand’s business card https://blog.picastudio.com/2009/12/29/paul-rands-business-card/ https://blog.picastudio.com/2009/12/29/paul-rands-business-card/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:58:13 +0000 http://blog.picastudio.com/?p=96 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.

    ]]>     https://blog.picastudio.com/2009/12/29/paul-rands-business-card/feed/ 0     Piet Zwart, dutch graphic designer https://blog.picastudio.com/2009/12/22/piet-zwart-dutch-graphic-designer/ https://blog.picastudio.com/2009/12/22/piet-zwart-dutch-graphic-designer/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:50:57 +0000 http://blog.picastudio.com/?p=84 zwart

    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.

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