Max Wanger Photography

Posted on January 20, 2009January 20, 2009 Posted in PhotographyTagged colors, people, Photography, vintage1 Comment

Gorgeous photography by Max Wanger. The colors and the emotions that are captured make the images exceptional.

Dowling Design

Posted on January 16, 2009January 16, 2009 Posted in DesignTagged branding, graphic design, identity, stationery1 Comment

Brilliant work by UK firm Downling Design. I particularly love the work they did for furniture designer Lamerton.

Practical Propagation

Posted on January 15, 2009January 15, 2009 Posted in DesignTagged exhibit, graphic design, poster

Gorgeous new exhibit poster by the talented GMAN.

National Theatre Posters

Posted on January 14, 2009January 14, 2009 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged archive, graphic design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, minimalism, modernism, posters, Swiss2 Comments

The National Theatre has an excellent site dedicated to the posters created for the theatre dating back to the 1960’s. You can browse via genre or decade and the posters are available at multiple sizes for purchase. I recommend checking out the 60’s and 70’s first.

Famous Visual Services

Posted on January 13, 2009January 13, 2009 Posted in DesignTagged australia, booklet, brand, graphic design, identity, posters3 Comments

Excellent work by Melbourne based agency Famous Visual Services.

The Vignelli Canon

Posted on January 9, 2009January 9, 2009 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, TypographyTagged graphic design, grid system, guide, International Typographic Style, posters, reference, rules, swiss style, typeface, Typography17 Comments

I introduce to you, The Holy Grail.

Massimo Vignelli has published an amazing 96 page book on better understanding typography in graphic design, according to him. The book gives specific details on Vignelli’s methodology and approach as well as how he decides on paper sizes, typefaces and other tangibles. There is also a nice section on grids.

It’s an excellent book that every designer should read. The book is available for free online in PDF format but I do hope they print this one out because it’s a masterpiece in my opinion.