Category: Design

Die Neue Gesellschaft

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I’ve been searching for months and months now for a single copy of Die Neue Gesellschaft, a political magazine that was art directed by Helmut Schmid, but they seem to be extremely rare. I was able to get in touch with some people who curate Schmid’s work and they sent over some original scans of the covers which are just gorgeous. I’m trying to get them to send over more but they haven’t replied to me in a while. In the meantime drool over these. This design was first used in 1974 with issue #7 and remained in use until 1981.

Honestly, I would pay good money for a complete set of these. I’m so obsessed with them.

Unimark International

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A simple site that takes you through a brief history of the world’s largest design firm, Unimark International. Founded by Ralph Eckerstrom and Massimo Vignelli, Unimark only lasted 13 years but some of the most famous corporate identities were born behind its doors. My favorite is the work done for Memorex.        

A Celebration Of June Poster Collective

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Daniel Camacho has written in about a poster exhibition held by the London
College of Communication. The exhibition displays 30 A1 posters produced by 30 creative individuals throughout Europe, each offering their own interpretation of a day in June. If you’re in the area definitely stop by because this sounds like it’s going to be good. I wish exhibits like this were held in NYC.

A CELEBRATION OF JUNE
POSTER COLLECTIVE

8th – 12th July / 10am – 8pm

London College of Communication
Typography Studio
Elephant & Castle
London SE1 6SB

Free Admission        

Int’l Male Posters

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A nice collection of gig posters that were recently added to my International Typographic Style flickr group. Design by Pinch, the layout system allows a poster to be created in less than 30 minutes. I wonder if a grid system was used to create the layout.