Czech and Japanese Matchbox Labels

29/01/09 – PIE books, Japan: Cesky Filumenisticky Design (2005) and Japanese Matchbox Label Collection 1920s-40s (2004). Text in Japanese. Maraid’s matchbox labels on flickr//

Josef Lada: Illustrator

08/02/08 – Josef Lada (1887-1957) calendar illustrations featuring traditional Czech occupations, pastimes and holiday scenes. (more…)

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A New History of Canada Vol. 1
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Le Corbusier: Towards a New Architecture (1923)
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1960s & 1970s Scandinavian Design Logos: Part 1
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Lambretta LD 150 Milan
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Place d’Accueil, Expo 67 Montreal
Bruno Munari’s Design as Art (1966)
Excerpts from The Vignelli Canon
Industrial British Columbia 1946
Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
Czech and Japanese Matchbox Labels
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Henning Koppel for Scanform Denmark
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Letter by Letter: An Alphabetical Miscellany
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The Elements of Typographic Style – Part 1
John Maeda’s The Laws of Simplicity
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Grid Systems in Graphic Design
Emil Ruder’s Typographie
Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography
‘Gacha’-Machine Toy
Josef Lada: Illustrator
Design from Scandinavia
Website Prototype (Textual Interface)
Dieter Rams: Design is…
Ladislav Sutnar: Designer and Artist
Johannes Itten’s The Elements of Color

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