Blog: Design history

22 October 2011

Noted #16

Noted #16

noted

The CBS Eye, Maus, points of type and designer trivia from Kevin Finn
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

20 October 2011

Historical digital

Historical digital

adrian shaughnessy, historical digital

Adrian Shaughnessey on the rise of laptop aesthetics … from 2003
What are the major stylistic trends in current graphic design? wrote Adrian Shaughnessey in Eye…

18 October 2011

Type Tuesday: Private Eye

Type Tuesday: Private Eye

john l. walters, type tuesday

Matthew Carter’s timeless typographic masthead for Private Eye magazine
Tony Rushton has been art director of satirical magazine Private Eye for 49 of its…

13 October 2011

California dreams

California dreams

jessica jenkins

Exhibition charts the sunny design aesthetic of the Golden State
I have developed a habit, when travelling, of making a mental snapshot of what strikes…

12 October 2011

Significant others

Significant others

anne-marie conway

Steven Heller invites designers to come clean about their graphic passions
Steven Heller loves design, but he’s quick to admit it’s ‘not a monogamous relationship’, writes…

10 October 2011

Noted #14

Noted #14

noted

Powerful graphics, Alexey Brodovitch and underground newspapers
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

7 October 2011

Design for drugs in NYC

Design for drugs in NYC

Exhibition will explore the graphic world of pharmaceutical products
A new exhibition at The Herb Lubalin Study Center at The Cooper Union will explore…

28 September 2011

Geography lesson

Geography lesson

liz farrelly

‘3 Kings’ exhibition brings NYC street art to the spaces of sunny LA
Street Art is flavour of the year in Los Angeles, writes Liz Farrelly, thanks to…

22 September 2011

Type and structure

Type and structure

julia thrift

Revisiting UK design practice 8vo, creators of Octavo magazine
The small, London-based design practice 8vo has an unusual position in the recent history of…

19 September 2011

Noted #11

Noted #11

noted

NYT time lapse, facsimile dustjackets, nerdy day trips and LDF madness
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…
 
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