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Helvetica specimen (D. Stempel AG. – 1960)
Contribution by Antonio Carusone (Aisleone). You can submit a book from your collection via our Flickr pool or via the contact form. Helvetica (Type specimen) 1960 D. Stempel AG Switzerland Helvetica was developed in 1957 by Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann at the Haas’sche Schriftgiesserei (Haas type foundry) of Münchenstein, Switzerland. Haas set out to [...]
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n°UN (Draeger, spring 1961)
n°UN (Draeger Frères, march 1961) 255 mm x 350 mm Softcover French text + English digest Designed and printed by the Draeger brothers (Montrouge) Published by the Association de l’Élégance Masculine Française 71 pages Third and last post about this magazine published for the members of an association dedicated to men’s elegance and its suppliers. This [...]
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Guide officiel de l’exposition suisse – lausanne 1964
Guide officiel de l’exposition suisse – lausanne 1964 Swiss Antional Exhibition – Official guide Designed by Jean & Lucien Ongar 1964 The cover features a painting by Hans Falk. The painting is part of a serie of 7, used as posters for the official communication. The Expo logo was designed by Armin Hofmann. The swiss [...]
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n°UN – cinquième numéro (Draeger, 10/1959)
n°UN (Draeger Frères, octobre 1959) 255 mm x 350 mm Softcover French text + English digest Designed and printed by the Draeger brothers (Montrouge) Published by the Association de l’Élégance Masculine Française 76 pages This magazine was commissioned by the Association de l’Élégance Masculine Française to showcase its member’s skills in a fashionable way. Using the [...]
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Schweizer Grafiker / Graphistes Suisses 1960
Schweizer Grafiker / Graphistes Suisses Kurt Wirth, Adolf Wax Vogt Published by Verlag Käser presse, Zürich 1960 printed by: Käser presse, Zürich size: 25 x 21 cm designer: siegfried odermatt Cover photograph by Fred Waldvogel This book features a spread on every member of the VSG (association of Swiss graphic artists). It features many of [...]
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An essay on typography (Eric Gill, 1936)
A selection of excerpts from the second edition of Eric Gill’s An Essay on Typography (1936). Gill’s frequent use of the ampersand (&) retained throughout. The Theme Even if a man’s whole day be spent as a servant of an industrial concern, in his spare time he will make something, if only a window box [...]
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Archigraphia – W. Herdeg (Graphis, 1978)
Archigraphia (Architectural & Environmental Graphics Architektur- und Signalisierungsgraphik la Création Graphique Appliquée à l’Architecture et à l’Environnement) Zurich: The Graphis Press, 1978 Text in English, German and French Cover design by Jean-Michel Folon 9.25 x 9.5″ hardcover 236 pages and 823 b/w and color examples of architectural and environmental graphics. As Mark Blamire (Blanka’s man) [...]
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The forms of colour (Karl Gerstner, 1986)
In his book, The forms of colour, Karl Gerstner examines the interactions of colour and form. The book begins with an analysis of existing graphical colour spaces and the advantages, as Gerstner sees them, of the ‘uniform colour space’ (UCS) developed by Günter Wyszecki. He then goes on to examine form systems, i.e., developments in [...]
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n°UN (Draeger, 04/1959)
n°UN (Draeger Frères, avril 1959) 255 mm x 350 mm Softcover French text + English digest Designed and print by the Draeger brothers (Montrouge) Published by the Association de l’Élégance Masculine Française 78 pages Back in 1959, it was kinda usual to see printers work as what we would call today a design consultancy, they had [...]
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Publicité 11 (Maurice Collet, 1961)
PUBLICITE 11 Review of Publicity and Advertising Arts in Switzerland Publicite et Arts Graphiques Werbung Und Graphishce Kunst Advertising and Graphic Art Maurice Collet, éditeur Text in French, German and English Cover design by Pierre Monnerat 9.5 x 12 softcover book with 142 pages and 629 color and b/w design samples of the best in [...]
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Oppositions Magazine (Massimo Vignelli, 1973 – 1984)
Oppositions Magazine 1973-1984 Design by Massimo Vignelli Publisher: The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge Published for the Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies Softcover, 8vo 8 Oversize Paperback: 9″ tall = 22,86 cm In its eleven-year history, Oppositions, the journal of the New York-based Institute for Architecture an
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Graphis 122, part 4 (1965)
Graphis 122: part 3 Graphis 122: part 2 Graphis 122: part 1 Four Young South American Artists Juan Carlos Distéfano, Sergio Jaguaribe, Roberto J. Pàez & Edgardo Miguel Giménez Article written by Sigwart Blum Published on 10 pages, illustrated by 37 black and white pictures (plus 4 portraits). Lines of the Alphabet in
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Herbert Spencer (1924-2002)
Brownjohn and Margaret Nolan on the set of Goldfinger, London 1964 Photograph by Herbert Spencer, © Mafalda Spencer Born in 22.6.1924 in London, England Graphic designer, photographer, painter, author, teacher 1948: opens his own studio in London, where he designs books, art catalogues, logos, timetables and business repor
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Maurice Collet, éditeur
It all started on a station plateform at the close of a day during wich many problems concerning the art of advertising had been broached at the end of a rambling conversation conducive to the birth of ideas. That’s how Maurice Collet explains about the beginning of his work under the name of “Publicité”
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CurioBooks (bookshop, Japan)
I rarely give my links for bookshop and good spot for finding the rare gems of vintage books. But this bookshop is a real opportunity for children books lovers. CurioBooks is a local bookshop in Tokyo, selling vintage children books from the european 1950′s to 1980′s aeras. It’s only available on rendez-vo