Max Bill: Form (1952)

20/09/10 – Selections from Max Bill’s Form: a balance sheet of mid-twentieth century trends in design published in 1952 by Verlag Karl Werner, Basel. (more…)

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The Canadian architect magazine covers (1966)
The Canadian architect magazine covers (1965)
The Canadian architect magazine covers (1964)
Le Corbusier: The modulor (1954)
Olympus OM-10 camera system packaging
Imre Reiner: Grafika (1947)
Interkosmos space program stamp series (1970)
Karl Gerstner: Kompendium für Alphabeten (1972)
Books from 1960s Czechoslovakia: part 2
Books from 1960s Czechoslovakia: part 1
‘Best builders of socialism’ matchbox label series (1960)
Traditional Czechoslovak Easter egg designs (1963)
Series of WWII Czechoslovak military heroes (1945)
Richter’s Anchor Stone Building Set No. 8 (1894)
Animal illustrations from the Prague Zoo (1963)
Czechoslovak independence series by J. Schmidt (1945-7)
Ladislav Sutnar: Build the Town building block set (1943)
Czechoslovak folk architecture series (1961)
Czechoslovak first day covers, a selection
Alexander Girard: wooden dolls (1963)
The Penguin Poets redesign by Jan Tschichold (1948)
A selection of Chicago architectural postcards (1941)
Czechoslovak aircraft stamp series by J. Lukavsky (1967)
Jan Tschichold’s design for Penguin Scores 1949
1962 Czechoslovak Summer Spartakiad graphics
The Penguin Classics redesign by Jan Tschichold 1949
Jan Tschichold: Penguin composition rules (1947)
Jan Tschichold’s redesign for Pelican Books 1949
The Penguin Shakespeare redesign by Jan Tschichold 1949
Max Bill: Form (1952)
Design in Scandinavia exhibition catalogue (1954)
Penguin’s horizontal grid design and Tschichold’s reforms
More Czech National Spartakiad competition graphics
Czech National Spartakiad sports competition graphics
Kay Bojesen teak and limba wood monkey (1951)
Czech stamp series designed by J. Lukavsky (1971-2)
Czechoslovak Red Cross matchbox label series (1959)
Aldo Rossi’s La conica e altre caffettiere (1984)
Czech stamp series designed by Ivan Strnad (1972)
Arizona desert postcards of the 1930s & 1940s
Chicago architectural photographs, a selection
Matchbox label set from Czechoslovakia (1968)
Postcards from the Chicago World’s Fair (1933)
1960s & 1970s Scandinavian design logos: part 3
Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs Denmark (1960)
Karl Gerstner: The forms of colour (1986)
C.P. Hornung: Handbook of designs and devices (1946)
Eric Gill: An essay on typography (1936)
Vision + value series edited by Gyorgy Kepes (1965-6)
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: The new vision (1938)
A selection of graphics from Bauhaus publications
A new history of Canada vol. 1 (1972)
Tatra T600 Tatraplan 1946-7 streamlined automobile
Le Corbusier: Towards a new architecture (1923)
1960s & 1970s Scandinavian design logos: part 2
1960s & 1970s Scandinavian design logos: part 1
Air made visible: a visual reader on Bruno Munari (2000)
Falkland Lamp by Bruno Munari for Danese Milano
Ladislav Sutnar: Design and paper, number 13 (1943)
Ladislav Sutnar: Design and paper, number 19 (1945)
Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala: 1968
Karel Teige a typografie: asymetricka harmonie (2009)
J. Hochuli: Detail in Typography
Lambretta LD 150 Milan
Tenugui: Designs & Patterns Japan
Typographic Study: Square with 3×3 Grid [Ex. AH-25]
Canadian Pacific Airlines (CP Air) Postcards
Postcards from Expo 67 in Montreal
Bruno Munari’s Design as art (1966)
Excerpts from The Vignelli Canon
Industrial British Columbia 1946
Armin Hoffmann: Graphic design manual (1965)
Czech and Japanese matchbox labels
Ubu’s almanac: Alfred Jarry and the graphic arts
Jens Quistgaard for Dansk International Designs
Henning Koppel for Scanform Denmark
Solair Chair: Fabiano & Panzini for IPL
Henning Koppel for B & G
Letter by Letter: An Alphabetical Miscellany
Joe Colombo Boby Trolley
The Elements of Typographic Style – Part 1
John Maeda’s The Laws of Simplicity
Futurist typography and the liberated text
Grid systems in graphic design (1981)
Emil Ruder’s Typographie
Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography
‘Gacha’ capsule machine toys from Japan
Calendar illustrations by Czech artist Josef Lada
Design from Denmark/Scandinavia magazine (1967)
Website Prototype (Textual Interface)
Dieter Rams: Design is…
Ladislav Sutnar: Designer and Artist
Johannes Itten’s The Elements of Color