Herbert W. Kapitzki

Posted on November 17, 2009September 10, 2010 Posted in Design, Design Legends, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged design legend, graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, logo, minimalism, modernism, posters, Typography1 Comment

My jaw dropped when I saw the work of Herbert W. Kapitzki over at Grain Edit this morning. Never heard of him before today but I’m glad I stumbled upon his work.

Kapitzki was a former student of Willi Baumeister, conceived and designed exhibitions for the state industrial inspection board (Landesgewerbeamt) in Stuttgart in the 1950s and the early 1960s. He later invited by Otl Aicher to teach at the Academy of Design in Ulm.

His poster work is exceptional and I also love his logo and pictograms. What an excellent collection of work but unfortunately the quality of the images are poor. I really wish all of this classic work was better archived. Too many great pieces from great designers are getting lost.

Experimental Jetset Shirts Reissued

Posted on November 10, 2009November 12, 2009 Posted in Design, International Typographic Style, Merch, TypographyTagged graphic design, International Typographic Style, merchandise, t-shirt, Typography3 Comments

After a year of being out-of-print, the excellent collection of t-shirts by Experimental Jetset are being reissued by Yoshi Kawasaki’s new label, Publik.

The first designs available are John & Paul & Ringo & George, New Wave/Neue Welle/Nouvelle Vague, Cu Vi Estas Esperantisto?, Flag/Sabbath/Big and Grow Your Hair. All are available in several color combinations.

I personally have the New Wave/Neue Welle/Nouvelle Vague and Cu Vi Estas Esperantisto? tee’s and they’re awesome. Might have to get these new color combos.

You can get more info on the designs here, here and here.

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.

2010 Calendar Wallpaper

Posted on November 6, 2009January 25, 2010 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, Typography, WallpapersTagged calendar, graphic design, grid system, helvetica, International Typographic Style, Typography, wallpaper7 Comments

I’ve been working on a 2010 calendar poster that I plan to have letterpressed and figured that it would also work well as a wallpaper. So I put some wallpapers together based on the poster design that features a 2010 calendar and the year written out in English, Italian, French and German. Available in pink and white at 1920×1200.

Hans Gremmen

Posted on October 19, 2009 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged graphic design, grids, International Typographic Style, minimal, posters, Typography3 Comments

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Amsterdam based designer Hans Gremmen’s work is clean, beautiful and extremely well designed. He’s has an exceptional skill for composition and typography that make his designs shine. The poster pictured here is set in the lovely Franklin Gothic.

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Pistilli Roman Returns

Posted on October 13, 2009 Posted in TypographyTagged font, Herb Lubalin, type, typeface, Typography10 Comments

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The previously unavailable typeface Pistilli Roman, designed by Herb Lubalin and John Pistilli, is now available as a font called Eloquent. As of now the only weight available is Regular but better than nothing. I’m looking for to using this gorgeous typeface in a future design.