Lufthansa + Graphic Design: Visual History of an Airline

Posted on June 27, 2012 Posted in Books, Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged book, graphic design, grid system, identity, International Typographic Style, Lufthansa, Otl Aicher2 Comments

Lufthansa and Graphic Design Visual History of an Airline

Lufthansa + Graphic Design: Visual History of an Airline is a book by Lars Müller Publishers that highlights the corporate identity of Deutsche Lufthansa. In 1963 , Otl Aicher and his Gruppe E5 student group at the HfG Ulm were commissioned by Lufthansa to develop a new visual identity.

The book also includes the design and advertising history of Lufthansa from the 1920s until today, illustrations from the corporate archive, background articles, interviews, reproductions from the Ulm study of 1962, and the first corporate design manual for Lufthansa from 1963.

You can grab a copy on Amazon.

Process Journal: Edition Seven

Posted on May 22, 2012May 22, 2012 Posted in Books, Design, MerchTagged Books, graphic design, merhandise, print

Process journal edition 7

Edition 7 of Process Journal is out and features several contributors who have stretched the boundaries of ‘graphic design’, including motion graphics project More4 by ManvsMachine, interior and architectural-based design studio Projects of Imagination and letterpress enthusiasts The Hungry Workshop. And we have another rock-solid compilation of contributors, including identity projects from This is Real Art, Lundgren+Lindqvist, Six and Studio Dumbar. We’ve also revisited previous contributors, including Heydays (Edition One) and MadeThought (Edition Three). And of course I can’t talk about Edition Seven without mentioning our typographic feature on one of my favourite typefaces, Aperçu by Colophon.

Edition Seven contributors include: Heydays, Lars Müller Publishers, Studio Dumbar, Projects of Imagination, Lundgren+Lindqvist, Colophon, Six, The Hungry Workshop, ManvsMachine, This is Real Art, Semi-Permanent, MadeThought and with a conversation between Rob Duncan and Clinton Duncan.

This looks to be a great edition. You can grab a copy on their shop.

Page 1: Great Expectations

Posted on May 10, 2012May 10, 2012 Posted in Books, Design, Merch, TypographyTagged Books, graphic design, print, typographic, Typography4 Comments

Page 1: Great Expectations

GraphicDesign& publishing house is releasing its first title, Page 1: Great Expectations. The book includes 70 different typographic interpretations of the first page of Dickens’ novel Great Expectations from some of today’s best designers.

Contributors include: APFEL, Phil Baines, Tony Brook, Cartlidge Levene, Tony Chambers, William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand, Experimental Jetset, Fraser Muggeridge, KarlssonWilker, Frith Kerr, Robin Kinross, Ellen Lupton, Luke Hayman, Morag Myerscough, Erik Spiekermann and Sam Winston.

Page 1 is 110mm x 178mm and contains 320 pages. The cover is printed in two colours and foiled on 300gsm Olin Rough Cream. The interior pages are printed in black on 70gsm Ensonovel. A letterpress tip-in is also included.

You can pre-order the book now.

HTML & CSS

Posted on February 13, 2012February 13, 2012 Posted in Books, Design, MerchTagged book, code, CSS, graphic design, html, web3 Comments

Html css book

Most books on code are visually boring, but HTML & CSS designed by Jon Duckett makes the reading experience much more interesting and fun. I haven’t read the book, but I’d guess that the good design will help with the learning experience.

1976 Montréal Olympics Graphics Manual

Posted on October 7, 2011 Posted in Books, Design, International Typographic StyleTagged brand, Georges Huel, graphic design, identity, manual, olympics, Pierre-Yves Pelletier7 Comments

I’ve been very lucky to finally find a copy of the Graphics Manual for the 1976 Montréal Olympics, which is my personal favorite Olympic identity. I’m a little obsessed with collection pieces from these games. I particularly fond of graphics manuals like this because they provide a window into the the thinking and process behind the identity system. It’s the closest you get to having the designer explain the system, in this case Georges Huel and Pierre-Yves Pelletier.

Process Journal Edition 5

Posted on September 8, 2011September 8, 2011 Posted in Books, DesignTagged Books, graphic design, journal, print, process, publications

Process Journal Edition 5

Edition 5 of the excellent Process Journal is now out and it sports a new design: a more flexible grid, updated captioning, new contents page and a brand new cover.

Edition Five contributors include: Christopher Doyle, Thomas Williams, Farrow, Aesop, Winkreative, Moving Brands, Holt Design, Gavillet & Rust, HORT, The International Office, L2M3, Xavier Encinas and Research & Development.

Process also has a new photo stream featuring some behind the scenes images of the publication being printed.