Portrait of Herb Lubalin, courtesy of the Lubalin family (all images courtesy The Cooper Union) In 1977, when the pioneering graphic designer Herb Lubalin turned 59, his firm announced his…
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Spread from ‘Logos from Japan,” published by Counter-Print (all images courtesy Counter-Print) A few years ago, the UK-based design store and publisher Counter-Print released a book that surveyed contemporary graphic…
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Bildunterschrift: Anton Lavinsky, film poster for Miss Mend (1927) (© TASCHEN, Susan Pack, California) In the pre-Stalin Soviet Union of the 1920s and ’30s, there was a dynamic creativity in…
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A page from the 2014 reissue of the New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual showing a diagram explaining the use of arrows in wayfinding signage in subway stations…
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Spines of books from the collection of Martin Salisbury (photo by Simon Pask) In the 19th century, dust jackets on books were just protective paper wrappers, thrown away after a…
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Pages from an Air Koryo notebook given out to business-class passengers (all images from the Collection of Nicholas Bonner, published by Phaidon in Made in North Korea: Graphics from Everyday…
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Photograph by Louise Fili from Gráfica de les Rambles (courtesy Princeton Architectural Press) “I’ve been photographing signage for as long as I can remember,” graphic designer Louise Fili told Hyperallergic. The…
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Pages from Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter, showing Pirelli logo (left) and Pirelli Slippers advertising (right) (courtesy Phaidon) In Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter from Phaidon, the McDonald’s red and yellow 1962 logo…
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90 Hand drawn Templates and +1,000 other vintage resources for $34. If you’re constantly looking for the beautiful homesick vintage styles, this time you can stop for a while and…
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