Arthur Erickson & Japan Poster

Posted on November 22, 2009November 22, 2009 Posted in Architecture, Design, Events, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged Architecture, event, graphic design, helvetica, International Typographic Style, poster, Typography6 Comments

Love this poster for an event called Arthur Erickson & Japan that focuses on modernist architect Arthur Erickson’s journey to Japan in 1961. Not sure who designed it but the big bold type, white text on black, two-column grid and the uneven horizontal strips of color make for a beautiful design.

Hey Ho

Posted on November 20, 2009November 20, 2009 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, poster, print, studio, Typography2 Comments

I wrote about France based studio Hey Ho back in the day and since then they’ve filled their portfolio with drool-inducing work. Like this piece for Éditions Galaade. So yummy and full of grid goodness.

Hofstede Design

Posted on November 9, 2009November 9, 2009 Posted in Design, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged graphic design, International Typographic Style, poster, typeface, Typography3 Comments

I love this double-sided A2 poster, by Australia based Hofstede Design, to promote Tobias Frere-Jones’ visit to Melbourne for a conference. Simple and works both folded and opened.

Hans Neuburg

Posted on October 14, 2009September 10, 2010 Posted in Design, Design Legends, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged design legend, graphic design, International Typographic Style, poster5 Comments

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Swiss modernist graphic designer Hans Neuburg (1904-1983) is one of the pioneers of the International Typographic Style along with Brockmann, Crouwel, Aicher, Hofmann, Casey. He’s left a collection of stellar work that includes this stunning poster pictured here and as well as this diagonal design. This gallery contains some more of Hans’ excellent poster work.

He also authored the classic design books Moderne Werbe- und Gebrauchsgraphik (1960), Graphic Design in Swiss Industry (1965), Publicity and Graphic Design in the Chemical Industry (1967) and Conceptions of International Exhibition ( 1969).

Hans Neuburg is a graphic design legend.

Serif + Sans Serif Classification

Posted on September 24, 2009September 24, 2009 Posted in Design, TypographyTagged font, graphic design, poster, type, typeface, typographic, Typography21 Comments

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Interesting poster by Martin Plonka that classifies typefaces by seven major groups: Slab Serif, Serif Old Style, Serif Transitional, Serif Modern, Sans Humanist, Sans (Neo)Grotesque and Sans Geometric.

Design by Music

Posted on September 17, 2009September 19, 2009 Posted in DesignTagged Books, graphic design, manchester, poster, print, uk10 Comments

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Not much to say about Manchester based studio Music other than that they produce amazing work. Pictured above are a series of reports printed on sugar paper for the Manchester Independent Economic Review.