AisleOne. A visual journal on design, photography, film, music and culture.
“Grids: Their Meaning and Use for Federal Designers” is a book based on a presentation given by Massimo Vignelli at a seminar for federal graphic designers at the Illinois Institute of Technology on November 10, 1976.
He covers the basics of grid design, then shows how grids were used in some of the projects that he worked on. It’s a nice little read. Hi-res scan of the entire book is available here.
Via Sean Wolcott
A stellar collection of work from DIA, a New York City based strategic brand consultancy, design studio and production company.
Mark Bloom (aka Mash Creative) has designed this limited edition A2 poster featuring 126 logos he designed between 1998 and 2014.
Each poster comes hand numbered and signed by Mark, and it’s a hybrid of litho printed black with screen printed fluorescent yellow ink on 250gsm GFSmith Naturalis Absolute White Matt.
You can grab a copy here.
Reform RFRM is an online shop from the folks at Sans Form that features a collection of minimal poster designs by select designers. So far the shop has posters designed by Aesse, Duane Dalton, Sawdust, Mash and more.
Want.
Album Anatomy is a personal project by Duane Dalton where he explores the imagery of some of his favorite albums. He started the project in 2011 and it’s now up to 70 designs.
An exploration in the art of reduction. This personal project breaks down album imagery into its purist form by discarding any unnecessary information.This is achieved using a strict grid that displays the relevant album details, which leaves a central void to convey a response to the album. This void is filled by my personal response to an album. It can be influenced by the cover art, a key track or the overall flavour of the album. The chosen albums have had an influential and personal impact on me. It is music I listen to over and over again or more excitingly rediscover.
