Blog: Design history

28 February 2012

Type Tuesday: Iron curtain Vegas

Type Tuesday: Iron curtain Vegas

robert hanks, type tuesday

Ilona Karwińska shoots the lions and mermaids of Polish Cold War Neon
In the mind’s eye, the Eastern Europe of the cold war is painted with a…

21 February 2012

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

Reflections of a typographer: Matthew Carter on Modern Typography
Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History by Robin Kinross, now in its reprinted second edition…

20 February 2012

From ligatures to Lilos

From ligatures to Lilos

john l. walters

A handful of memorable logos from John McConnell’s long career
John McConnell, the subject of Eye 81’s Reputations interview, has been quietly leaving his mark…

17 February 2012

Making Magazines 2012, 16 March

Making Magazines 2012, 16 March

the events department

Magaholics’ field day spans print, digital, indie, mainstream …
Exactly four weeks from today there will be a one-day magazine conference at St Bride…

10 February 2012

A bigger splash

A bigger splash

100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
A major exhibition opens today at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich: ‘100 Years of Swiss…

7 February 2012

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Letters that sell: a typographic history of UK department store John Lewis
From store signing to ticketing, customer correspondence, leaflets, advertising and websites, typography plays a crucial…

2 February 2012

Getting away with murder

Getting away with murder

Good, bad and ugly cover ‘tributes’: a new spin on the death of music design.
The album cover may have lost its mojo as far as contemporary culture is concerned…

26 January 2012

One day, all this will be ours

One day, all this will be ours

john l. walters

Getting ready for the hyperbolic new Design Museum in Albertopolis.
The new Design Museum, slated to open in 2014, is cause for celebration in London’s…

23 January 2012

Noted #27

Noted #27

noted

Generative type, wartime poster app, Lucid’s pink ‘paper’ and Paula’s maps
Below are some more links and ideas that caught our attention over the past few…

17 January 2012

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday, yves peters

Review of the Complete Works of type designer Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Frutiger (Switzerland, b. 1928) is one of the most important type designers of the…
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