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40 years ago, Otl Aicher and his team designed the revolutionary identity system for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. UCA Canterbury in the UK is celebrating this iconic work with an exhibition featuring posters, pictograms, information design, and range of print and promotion materials from the games. The exhibit will be held from June 29th – July 31st at the Herbert Read Gallery.
Eye Magazine also has a nice write-up of the exhibit, along with some photos.
Salon.io is an entirely new website creation and portfolio building tool. It removes the technical barrier of online publishing and allows users with no coding knowledge the ability to quickly create image collections, mood boards and even complete portfolios by using an intuitive drag and drop system. Easily control fluid and grid-based layouts or just freely arrange any kind of media on endless virtual walls.
Salon.io is made by a team of creatives, coders and designers based in Berlin. We are still in private beta, but giving away 200 invites to AisleOne readers.
BVD has launched a new identity and a website with mobile optimized versions. They put together a nice little video showing off the new site. Looking sharp.
We have given ourselves a new design. BVD has appointed a new CEO, installed a new Chairman of the Board and welcomed a new Partner and in our minds an updated company requires an updated identity. Our new identity reflects our ambitions och represents our quality standards in all parts. Now we have a distinct logo with clean, geometrical lines. A logo that stands out, that is useable in all medias and, of course, easily recognized. Simplify to clarify!
This is great. Program Your 808 is a series of posters by Rob Ricketts that show popular drum sequences that were programmed using the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine. The posters are beautiful and they also allow you to re-programme each sequence for your own pleasure.
You can grab a copy of the posters here.
Lufthansa + Graphic Design: Visual History of an Airline is a book by Lars Müller Publishers that highlights the corporate identity of Deutsche Lufthansa. In 1963 , Otl Aicher and his Gruppe E5 student group at the HfG Ulm were commissioned by Lufthansa to develop a new visual identity.
The book also includes the design and advertising history of Lufthansa from the 1920s until today, illustrations from the corporate archive, background articles, interviews, reproductions from the Ulm study of 1962, and the first corporate design manual for Lufthansa from 1963.
You can grab a copy on Amazon.
Hey Studio is quickly becoming one of my favorite design agencies. This identity for the Catalonia Ministry of Enterprise and Labour is stellar. The cover illustrations are metaphors that represent statistic analysis and information flow.