I hope ever had a safe and happy new year.
To kick-off the new year, here’s some excellent print work by Research & Development, a studio made up of Daniel Olsson and Jonas Topooco.
Happy Holidays
Another year has come and gone. Time flies as you get older. Anyway, just want to thank you all for making this site what it is today. I really appreciate all of the support. I wish you all a safe and happy holidays and new year.
Posts will be sparse over the next week. I’m going to relax a little with the family, but I’ll be back in the new year. See ya then.
Robin Uleman Update
I haven’t posted about Robin’s work in a while. Glad to see that he’s updated his site with some new work.
Polaroid Branding
In 1958, Polaroid hired graphic designer Paul Giambarba to help them develop a new visual brand that would separate them from Kodak. What Paul designed was a simple, beautiful and unique visual language. At its core was a color bar system and sans-serif typeface that is still recognizable today. The typeface used in the branding is News Gothic, by Morris Fuller Benton.
To my enjoyment, Paul has blog where he’s written about the branding and gives a little insight on what went into developing this brand. This info is pure gold, and hopefully it remains available for a long time.
Salone Posters
The Salone Internazionale del Mobile is a trade fair that was formed in 1961 that is a showcase of excellent Italian furniture. Dwell has featured a great gallery showing the evolution of the event posters. My favorites are pictured here. Both were designed by by Alberto Longhi, the top in 1968, and the one below was done in 1976. You can find some additional information here.
Lark Cigarette Packaging
Love this packaging design created in 1968 by George Tscherny for Lark. A great design for a terrible product.