Bastardised

Posted on October 31, 2008October 31, 2008 Posted in Books, Design, MerchTagged bastard, book, brand, bunch, graphic design, launch, logo6 Comments

Bastardised celebrates the global identity project born in 2007 out of Bunch’s need to re-brand. They approached designers and image-makers they admired and asked them to produce a “visual reaction” to their logo, sign it and return it. The resulting ‘Bunchisms’ were incorporated into their stationery with care taken to choose relevant themes for the applications.

This initiative attracted international artists, designers and illustrators which included Malcolm Garrett, Jonathan Ellery, Paul Davis, Marian Bantjes, Stefan Sagmeister, James Goggin, Carlos Segura, Build, Paul Insect, David Quay, Vince Frost, Si Scott and Julian Morey.

289 ‘Bunchisms’ were specially selected from 750 contributions and my submission was one of the designs selected for the book.

The limited edition 208 page hardback includes a foreword by cultural writer and author Liz Farrelly.

You can purchase a copy on November 1st from the Bunch store or Magma Books.

Published by: Bunch
Printed by: Kratis
Format: 170 x 235 mm
Features: Maxi Offset 170 g/m2 paper (by Igepa Zagreb)
Hard back 3 mm thick cover
Coated with Maxi Silk 120 g/m2 then matt laminated
Limited edition of 1500
Hand numbered (0001 – 1500)

Chaumont 2008

Posted on October 28, 2008October 28, 2008 Posted in Books, Design, Events, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, MerchTagged book, catalogue, chamont, festival, france, graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, swiss style2 Comments

The 19th International Poster and Graphic Festival of Chaumont is paying tribute to one of my favorite inspirations of all time, Josef Müller-Brockmann. To accompany the festival this 288 page catalogue was designed by Wijntje Van Rooijen & Pierre Péronnet and features a section on the legendary Brockmann.

You can grab a copy over at YWFT and also check out this small Flickr gallery of the festival.

Ringling College Admissions Catalog

Posted on September 9, 2008September 9, 2008 Posted in Books, Design, TypographyTagged book, catalogue, college, graphic design, italy, printing, students, Typography26 Comments

This is probably the most beautiful college admissions catalogue I’ve ever seen. Absolutely gorgeous. It was designed by Lucas Human, Phil Clark, and Jenn Levreault during their senior year. The three traveled to Bologna, Italy to oversee the press check at Zincographica. You can request a free copy at www.ringling.edu.

Super Rare Design Books On Ebay

Posted on August 5, 2008August 5, 2008 Posted in Books, Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged Books, brockmann, graphic design, Grid Systems, helvetica, International Typographic Style, rare18 Comments

I was just doing some ebay searching and found auctions for two VERY VERY rare graphic design books.

Publicity and Graphic Design in the Chemical Industry* (Chemie Werbung Und Grafik) – Published in 1967.

Moderne Werbe Und Gebrauchs Grafik Published in 1980.

Both are part of the ABC Verlag series of design books and are authored by Hans Neuburg.

I own both books and dropped a nice chunk of change for them, but they’re so worth it. You almost never find these two books anywhere so this is a super rare opportunity for some lucky person. I wanted to give you guys the heads up so one of you could grab them first. No bids on them yet so you can probably get them for a good price. And no, I have nothing to do with these auctions. Just wanted to spread the love.

Don’t Forget Jacqueline Casey

Posted on August 4, 2008March 4, 2014 Posted in Books, Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged brockmann, graphic design, helvetica, International Typographic Style, minimalism, modernism, Typography8 Comments

Jacqueline Casey

Usually when people talk about the International Typographic Style, Müller-Brockmann is the first person always mentioned, and rightfully so. He was the master of the style and still is. But one designer that almost never gets mentioned in the same conversation is one of my all-time favorite designers, Jacqueline Casey. It’s unfortunate that she doesn’t get some of the attention because her work is simply magnificent and does an amazing job of representing the style. As of right now, there are no books readily available (unless you can find this super rare book) that catalogue her work so until then this online gallery will have to do.

Eye Magazine has posted a nice little write-up on Casey and how she was the foremost US practitioner of the International Style.

High-Res Images Of Press/1

Posted on July 28, 2008August 4, 2008 Posted in Books, Design, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged booklets, brochure, Colourplan, GF Smith, graphic design, printing, Typography4 Comments

As promised here are the high quality images of the Press/1 brochure sent over by Six art director Iain Follett. Thanks dude!

I actually received a copy of this brochure in the mail this weekend and it’s even better in person. The entire booklet has a nice texture to it.