#Graphic Design history

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Erberto Carbione | Graphic Design History

[drawdownbooks]

Diagramming Modernity: Books and Graphic Design in Latin America, 1920–1940 This massive publication offers the first comprehensive panorama of the Latin American illustrated book between the 1920s and 1940s, a period characterized by the region's rapid modernization. The books reproduced here encapsulate this transformative era, expressing and embodying emergent national and continental narratives in Latin American countries.

Diagramming Modernity reproduces more than 1,000 illustrated first editions, analyzing the cornucopia of cultural narratives they contain. In addition to showcasing relatively unknown work by many consecrated artists, the publication also boasts an extensive repertoire of avant-garde artists largely forgotten until today.

Chapters are devoted to countries and to specific themes such as Word-Image, Verbal Visualities, Pre-Columbianisms and Ancestralisms, and Social and Political Graphics.

Writers and thinkers Rodrigo Gutiérrez Viñuales, Riccardo Boglione, Juan Manuel Bonet, Mariana Garone Gravier and Dafne Cruz Porchini conscientiously investigate these themes and more.

Edited by Rodrigo Gutiérrez Viñuales and Riccardo Boglione

With texts by Juan Manuel Bonet, Rodrigo Gutiérrez Viñuales, Riccardo Boglione, Marina Garone Gravier, and Dafne Cruz Porchini

Designed by José Luis Lugo

Published by Editoriale RM and Ediciones La Bahía, 2023

Hardcover, 876 pages, 1500 color images, 9 × 12.25 inches

ISBN: 978-8-41-797579-1

[mint-and-rose]

Rare Does It Make Sense? April Greiman 1986 poster from design quarterly I found on auction on ebay right now, ugh dying wish I could get it. She is a graphic design god.

[sayxit]

X-SMALL

handmade with love

[inkbrushmood]

Hey there, friendly visitor! Are you having a lazy Sunday? Do you want to learn more about graphic design? Are you a fan of Ikko Tanaka's cool theatre posters?

Then you'll be delighted to know that "Ikko Tanaka's Abstract Visual Noh" has now been published online! :D

Ikko Tanaka's Abstract Visual Noh (2024, March 17) can now be accessed at inkbrushmood.com/articles/tanaka-abstract-visual-noh

Comments, questions, and reblogs welcome! It's a flipbook type of thing so no downloads yet, but it will be on-site soon :)

[wxttxwxn]

Graphis 09-10, 1945. Cover design by Hans Erni (via Graphis - An inspiring magazine from cover to cover - Design Reviewed)

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United States Federal Design Improvement Program

Back in 1972, in an interesting chapter in design history, President Richard Nixon and NEA Chair Nancy Hanks introduced the United States Government to the Federal Design Improvement Program. This program sought to overhaul and redesign the current standards in design within the different organizations of the United States Federal Government. What was originally considered dull and unadventurous design, shifted briefly to a style that was more bold and lively.

One of the most notable logos to have come from this time was the NASA worm logo, designed by graphic designers Richard Danne and Bruce Blackburn. The FDIP's influence was widespread amongst the the US federal government. It was safe to say, that design had become a necessity, and served an important purpose in not only improving the visual identity and communication of the US government, but also sought to improve the thoughts of the people surrounding the government. I think that Nancy Hanks said it best in her closing speech at the First Federal Design Assembly:

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“Today, instead of a few isolated people, there are ranks of administrators who equate good design with good government.”

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It is true, design has the power to influence the thoughts and feelings of people, and overall tell a story that can allow you to look at a brand in a different light. While unfortunately, the standards put into place from the FDIP did not stick and the sectors of the United States government eventually went back to their old standards in 1981. Though, small elements of this era of US design history still remain today, particularly in NASA, as in 2020, they adopted the "NASA worm" as a secondary logo type. I came across this chapter of design history after finding a video on it by Phil Edwards (link below). It ultimately peaked my interests to pursue it a bit deeper. I'd highly suggest the video to anyone who is interested in this kind of stuff! There is honestly so much more that I can talk about in this topic, so rather than go on and on, consider this an introduction to the topic!

If you want to read more:

[galleryyuhself]

In the Archives | Researching Latin American Graphic Design with Ramon T...

[tygerland]

Saul Bass: 10 iconic movie posters.

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[guy60660]

Mario Dagrada | Graphic Design History

[drawdownbooks]

The Birth of a Style: The Influence of the Basel Educational Model on Swiss Graphic Design

By Dorthea Hofmann

Designed by Matthias Hofmann

Published by Triest Verlag, 2024

Softcover with flaps, 472 pages, ca. 400 color and b&w images, 7.5 × 9.8 inches

[vinceaddams]

1962 margarine coupon I found between the pages of an old book.

[sayxit]

Even Cowgirls Get The Blues

Flying away

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[Image ID: a black and white typography edit that reads "aren't you glad to be a pansy?". beside the text is a pansy blossom, including stem and leaf. the entire picture is textured to look aged and printed on off-white paper. /End ID]

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