Eight:48 Issue 05

Posted on May 9, 2011May 9, 2011 Posted in Books, Design

Eight:48 Issue 5

The latest issue of the excellent Eight:48 covers a topic that I’m obsessed with: Books. Their design, the collecting and the storing of them. There are also essays from Simon Armstrong (TATE), Greg D’Onofrio and Patricia Belen (Display), and Alex Johnson (Bookshelf). I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Greg’s and Patricia’s book and poster collection in person and I can tell you that it’s simply jaw-dropping. You can see some of it on their site, Display.

The issue also features the entire archive of books that has appeared on Counter-Print since its inception in 2008.

Looks like a good one.

Pages: 80pp
Format: Quarterfold Newspaper
Print: Four Colour

Rolf Harder

Posted on May 2, 2011 Posted in Design, Design Legends, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged design legend, graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, print

Rolf Harder

Sometimes I wonder why certain designers are lost to history. Maybe they didn’t hang out with the right people, who knows. Good thing we have sites like the MoMA Collection. If not, we’d probably never get see the great work done by Canadian designer Rolf Harder. He was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1929 and studied at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts. In 1959 he moved to Montreal and opened his own firm, Rolf Harder Design. You can read his full bio here.

His work is masterful. A prime example of the International Typographic Style. Harder’s work also highlights his superb understanding of color. I’m a big fan, especially of this piece he did in 1968.

Vintage Beer Cans

Posted on April 28, 2011 Posted in DesignTagged graphic design, packaging, print, vintage5 Comments

Vintage Beer Cans

Here’s some more vintage goodness. I found this excellent Flickr set of vintage beer cans. I’ve never seen that odd can shape, looks like motor oil. Love it. There are also a few brand-less cans with only “Light Beer” printed on them which are really nice.

Vintage Oil Cans

Posted on April 28, 2011April 28, 2011 Posted in Design, TypographyTagged font, graphic design, packaging, typeface, vintage6 Comments

Vintage Oil Cans

I’m really digging these vintage oil can designs by Antrepo to showcase their typeface, Public Gothic. It makes you wonder what the hell happened to our society that made us go from nice packaging design like this, to this.

IBM Smarter Planet Posters

Posted on April 26, 2011April 26, 2011 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged graphic design, grid system, international typographic, posters, print6 Comments

Ibm smarter planet posters

Here’s a great series of poster for the IBM Smarter Planet campaign, created by Ogilvy Paris. The posters make use of the excellent Lubalin Graph typeface by Herb Lubalin, and simple illustrations to form a stunning visual.

Read more on Fonts In Use about how the typeface is used in the campaign.

Loose Leaf Edition 01

Posted on April 21, 2011July 11, 2011 Posted in Art, Books, Design, PhotographyTagged Art, graphic design, Photography, print, publication1 Comment

Loose Leaf Edition 1

Loose Leaf is a new publication by Manual that features large-format printed art works. What’s unique about it is that each edition comes packaged ready to be installed on your wall. The publication is unbound and each piece if hole-punched allowing you to easily display it on a wall with small pushpins. Pretty neat.

You can find out more or grab a copy on the site.