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Science and Tech Ads - a set on Flickr
This is a random assortment of science ads collected from various science and tech magazines of the 50s and 60s. We're particularly struck by how they have utilized the modernist aesthetic in a manner particularly appropriate for its subject matter.
enormouschampion
A summer in New York can’t be complete without trip down to Coney Island . Among the mermaids and Wonder Wheel, one of our favorite things to look at is the hand painted signage that decorates the area.
Flyer Design Goodness
Not quite sure what it is about good signage that gives you that warm comfortable feeling about a shop based solely on their sign. More than just the face of a business, a sign is the firm handshake of an auto shop or the familiar smile of a mom and pop restaurant. Signs these days seem to be losing that quality true sign feel.
Design Archives
The 50 best-designed books and book covers designed and/or produced in North America between January 1 and December 31, 2009. View Collection
Inspiration
Feed your creative appetite with interviews, essays, profiles and personal stories of designers near and far, past and present.
Places Hadley Arnold & Peter Arnold The massive hydrological infrastructure of the 20th century was based on the optimistic and technocratic presumption that water — and the cheap energy needed to transport it great distances — would be indefinitely and predictably available. But as Peter Arnold and Hadley Arnold, of the Arid Lands Institute, argue, the American system is now "nearly obsolete."
Design Observer
Portal
Visual identity
Colors
Package
Typography
lolo2774
Pour les légendes vous avez dans l'ordre, l'auteur du livre, le titre traduit en français, la ville d'impression, l'éditeur (parfois) et la date.
Graphicsoul
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (alias Mœbius) que je considère comme un des plus grand dessinateur au monde (et je ne suis pas le seul visiblement), est mort ce samedi 10 mars 2012 à Paris. Mes deux albums préférés de Mœbius (c'est dur de choisir entre le bandard fou, l'Incal ...) sont surement Arzach et le Major Fatal que j’ai dû lire deux cent fois en y trouvant toujours quelque chose de nouveau et de magique dans ces planches. Concernant des entretiens qu'il a pu donner récemment, vous pouvez écouter une emission de Agence tous Geeks et aussi sur Fance inter lors de l'emission le grand entretien .
Etienne Mineur archives
n ...... Symbols: How and What They Communicate | How Handwriting Developed and Translated into Printed Type | Typographic Milestones 1450 - 1960 | A Condensed History of the Book | Arts & Crafts & The Private Press Movement | The History of Posters | The 20th Century Avant-Garde Influence on Graphic Design | The Bauhaus | T he Origins of Advertising |
An Introduction to the History of Graphic Design
The History of Visual Communication
This website, which contains the material of the course VA312, taught at Sabanci University , Istanbul, Turkey; attempts to walk you through the long and diverse history of a particular aspect of human endeavour: The translation of ideas, stories and concepts that are largely textual and/or word based into a visual format, i.e. visual communication. Wikipedia defines visual communication as: The primary tool by which man has visualised ideas is through the usage of writing and, by extension, type: Writing/type is the visual manifestation of the spoken word. And words are what we communicate with. Thus it is no overstatement when we say that type is the essence of visual communication and by extension of visual communication design. Type, where it is present, is simply the single most important element that you put on a page, since it inherently carries the essence of communication and communication is what our subject of study as graphic/multimedia designers is all about.
Alexander patiently creates these amazing book-objects by taking old books, cutting out pages one after another, leaving only the illustrations [...]
Design daily
It’s that time again to refresh your Kult House page . They have updated yet again with some notable work stretching across different media and like always it’s all very sharp. Kate Bosworth lends her beauty to this allegorical performance in the Vanessa Bruno short film, LØV.