Thinking Form has posted a short piece on legendary designer, Bob Noorda. He first worked as an Art Director for Pirelli and later on he co-founder Unimark International with Massimo Vignelli. A lot of great work came from him.
DC09 Chair
A beautiful Danish inspired wooden chair by Inoda+Sveje. I’ll take six, please.
Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer 1918—81
Here’s another gem from Unit Editions. A limited edition monograph featuring the work of Herb Lubalin. This book covers Herb Lubalin’s, from his beginnings in advertising, to his status as one of the most influential graphic designers of the last century.
The book is edited by Adrian Shaughnessy, Tony Brook and Alexander Tochilovsky, and designed Spin.
The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design
Book publisher Phaidon has annoucned “The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design”, a massive reference guide on graphic design that includes newspapers, magazines, posters, advertisements, typefaces, logos, corporate design, record covers and moving graphics from around the world. Sounds like a good addition to any collection.
The publication will be released in September, but you can pre-order a copy from Amazon.
’72 Munich Olympics Merchandise Catalog
Saw this ’72 Munich Olympics Merchandise Catalog over at the Creative Review blog and thought it was pretty neat. When we think of the Munich Olympics identity, we always think about the great posters, brochures and programs, but in fact there was a ton of other items that were just as great. Love those striped tote bags. All of these other goodies, along with this catalog, were created by the German firm, Fahnen-Fleck.
Read more over at Creative Review.
Braun Brochures
I stumbled upon these Braun brochures on the Das Programm’s Flickr and I love them. There are two distinct designs at work here, but they’re both well-done. Great photography, color and the product is king. Wish I knew who designed these, but if I had to guess I’d say they were done by Wolfgang Schmittel. Anyone know for sure?