GestalterIn Gallery

Posted on February 17, 2011August 24, 2011 Posted in Design, Design Legends, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged design legend, graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, posters, Typography3 Comments

Josef Brockmann Opernhaus Zurich

Just when you’ve thought you’ve seen it all, you stumble across something like this Swiss site containing a MASSIVE amount of work from legendary designers like Brockmann, Ruder, Bill, Hofmann, Stankowski, Rüegg, Lohse, Huber, Tschichold and more. This is the motherload folks.

It just goes to show how prolific these designers were, especially Brockmann. I thought I’ve seen most of his work, but this site contains many designs that I’ve never seen, like the one pictured here. It’s like rediscovering him all over again. Not sure how he was able to get all the work completed. I can’t imagine ever producing this amount of work in my lifetime. Amazing.

100 Days

Posted on February 16, 2011February 16, 2011 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, posters, project6 Comments

100 Days Brockmann

100 Days is a fascinating project by Jessica Svendsen in which she created daily variations of Josef Müller-Brockmann’s excellent Beethoven concert poster. The project was part of the Michael Bierut 100 Days Workshop at the Yale School of Art.

Swissair Design

Posted on February 13, 2011February 13, 2011 Posted in Advertising, Design, International Typographic StyleTagged graphic design, International Typographic Style, marketing, posters, Swiss

Swissair Flyer

Keeping with the Swissair theme, this fansite of the airline contains a ton of marketing collateral including posters, flyers and advertising. A lot of great stuff here, especially from the 60-80s.

Via Wanken

Update: Matthijs van Leeuwen

Posted on February 4, 2011 Posted in Design, International Typographic StyleTagged color, graphic design, International Typographic Style, portfolio1 Comment

matthijs-van-leeuwen-maven

Designer Matthijs van Leeuwen wrote in to let me know that he’s updated his site with some new work. Great stuff there, love how he uses color.

On a side note, Matt just moved to the NYC area and is looking for a design gig. If anyone is looking, you’d be a fool to pass him up.

The Art of the Cassette

Posted on February 2, 2011February 2, 2011 Posted in Design, International Typographic StyleTagged cassettes, covers, graphic design, print, tape1 Comment

cassette graphics art

Fantastic collection of old cassette artwork. I’ve always loved the graphics found on cassette tapes from the 80s, but what stands out the most for me are the interesting color combinations. There’s a ton of great inspiration here.

Also, have a look at this Flickr set featuring a bunch of cassette inserts. So good.

Really Useful Posters

Posted on January 28, 2011January 28, 2011 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, minimalism, modernism, posters, Typography7 Comments

The uber-talented Mark Bloom of Mash Creative just wrote in about these gorgeous ‘Really Useful’ posters they’ve created, extending the philosophy and thinking behind their State of the Obvious brand. The series consists of four themed posters: Greenwhich Mean Time, Emoticons, Print Sizes and Metric Conversion information and are available in A0, A1 and A2 sizes exclusively from Print Process.

Some people will find these designs to be boring, but I personally find them to be visually stimulating. The obvious grid, simple but rich color palette and staggered typography create interesting designs that are reminiscent of the classic International Typographic Style from the 50s and 60s. This is the kind of stuff that gets my creative juices flowing.