NASA Graphic Standards Manual – 1976

Posted on July 19, 2011August 10, 2011 Posted in DesignTagged brand, graphic design, graphics, identity, manual, NASA, standards12 Comments

As some of you already know, I’m a little obsessed with finding vintage design materials, especially graphics manuals like this one for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. So you can imagine how far my jaw dropped when I saw this 1976 NASA Graphics Standards Manual. Created by design firm Danne & Blackburn in 1975, this manual outlines the proper use of, in my opinion, one of the best brand identities of the last century. One lucky soul has managed to get some hi-res scans of the some of the pages. The hunt has officially begun.

UPDATE: Tim has kindly documented more pages from the manual, and posted them to his Flickr.

Posters in Amsterdam

Posted on July 18, 2011July 18, 2011 Posted in DesignTagged amsterdam, graphic design, posters, print, website1 Comment

Posters in amsterdam

This is a great site by designer Jarr Geerligs that catalogues posters that he finds of the streets on Amsterdam.

Callin Mackintosh

Posted on July 11, 2011July 11, 2011 Posted in Design, International Typographic StyleTagged graphic design, posters, print, uk3 Comments

Callin mackintos

Some sweet work by designer Callin Mackintosh.

Workroom

Posted on June 30, 2011June 29, 2011 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged graphic design, grid system, international typographic, Korea, posters, print

Workroom studio

I’ve written about this studio before, and it’s a site I check in on everyone now and then. Always great work coming from Workroom.

Artiva Design

Posted on June 29, 2011June 29, 2011 Posted in DesignTagged graphic design, italy, print2 Comments

Artiva design

A nice collection of work from Italian studio, Artiva Design.

Expo67

Posted on June 27, 2011June 27, 2011 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged canada, exhibition, graphic design, grid system, international typographic, posters1 Comment

Expo 67 poster

Expo67 was the of most successful exhibition of the World’s Fair and it was held in Montreal, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967.

The design surrounding the exhibition was extraordinary, which was developed by a number of designers. My favorite piece is this poster pictured here. I’m attracted to the super simple design and illustration, and the white space. I’ve tried to do some research on it, but I can’t seem to find out who designed it. If anyone knows, please shoot me an email.

UPDATE: The folks at Kind Company solved the mystery. The poster was designed by Ernst Roch.

You can see more pieces from the exhibition here, here and here. Oh and check out this great Alfa Romeo ad.