Graphic design 1945-1969

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― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

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― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

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― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:38 (4 years ago) Permalink

― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:39 (4 years ago) Permalink

This is from 1972, but I don't care:

― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

I love Josef Müller-Brockmann stuff.

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:47 (4 years ago) Permalink

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:50 (4 years ago) Permalink

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:51 (4 years ago) Permalink

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

Ooh, there's a whole flickr set here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankaposters/sets/72157605199393277/

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:54 (4 years ago) Permalink

akzidenz grotesk junkie

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

Bass for yo face

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

is a bit early but my grandads work for London Transport.

http://www.ltmcollection.org/posters/artist/artist.html?IXartist=Laurence+Bradshaw

― Jarlrmai, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 12:14 (4 years ago) Permalink

looks like the secret sundaze posters took some inspiration from josef müller-brockmann

― rio (r1o natsume), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 12:20 (4 years ago) Permalink

akzidenz grotesk junkie
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:55 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark

Just a tad!

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 12:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

supposed former akzidenz grotesk junkie

― i am david suzuki (get bent), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 14:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:31 (4 years ago) Permalink

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

wow

― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://robsog.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/08/pelican_riddles.jpg

http://thingsmagazine.net/projects/1960s/index.htm

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad/7152/1950koukoku/1950koukoku.html

Japanese in-train advertising from the 1950s: the Keirin/horseracing ones (set 5) are probably my favourite.

― horses that are on fire (c sharp major), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

brilliant!

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:40 (4 years ago) Permalink

― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

Lance Wyman who did the Mexico 68 thing also did this Obama thing, which I have but have yet to get framed.

― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:44 (4 years ago) Permalink

North By Northwest title credits:

― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

the only one from bookcoverarchive.com that's in the right timeframe:

― horses that are on fire (c sharp major), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:03 (4 years ago) Permalink

I bought at the flea market a free in-flight book from Sabena from this era and every page is filled with the most amazing illustrations and design. Not this exactly, but along these lines.

― robotsinlove, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:10 (4 years ago) Permalink

Futura was pretty rare post-war, wasn't it? It was designed in the 1920s.

― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:14 (4 years ago) Permalink

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:23 (4 years ago) Permalink

great thread :D

― stimulus package (cozwn), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

lol i have that hulot poster
xp agree

― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

whoa at Fly TWA poster!

― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

^^ niiiiiice

Futura was pretty rare post-war, wasn't it? - you do see it used in A LOT of popular design from this era, though (including some stuff on this thread) - especially on paperbacks and posters. I was unaware that it was as old as the 20's. I guess I associate a lot of prewar design with Art Deco-style typefaces, but I do not profess to be an expert on the subject (even though I am a g. designer by trade lol).

I would love to read a comprehensive history of typography from the industrial age onward, if such a book exists (recommendations plz).

― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:38 (4 years ago) Permalink

otto treumann

― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:40 (4 years ago) Permalink

hans hartmann

― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

wow i'm trying to work out how the colors in that dove work and my brain is still confused!

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:43 (4 years ago) Permalink

'72 but whatever

― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:48 (4 years ago) Permalink

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i know this thread is supposed to be all clean, streamlined hypermodern living

but honestly it just makes me think of dusty old magazines in my grandparent's garage

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

weird, cuz i find these images incredibly refreshing. like they let cool, clean air into my mind, making me feel all relaxed, sensible and efficient. there's an lightness and elegance to midcentury design that i find nearly intoxicating. get the same same thing from the era's product design:

― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

well, i have a baha rocker in my living room, and while i am quite fond of it i'd never call it light or elegant ... it's actually rather bulky and awkward

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

a 19th century shaker rocking chair is def more "light and elegant" if you ask me

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

midcentury is so played ... "found" design is where it's at

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

i love the dusty textbook vibe

― caek, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

midcentury is so played ... "found" design is where it's at

how is an amish quilt a "found" design?

should have a thread for fabric/textile designs i suppose (or "found" design or w/e)...

― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

Wtf Amish quilt, next you'll be talking about putting bird feathers in your hair

― mh, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'm just kidding about "found" design, but in all seriousness it's a term that i've seen thrown around blogs when talking about folk design / naive design that mirrors modernism

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

i realize it's at least as loaded and patronizing as talking about naive art or outsider art

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

looks dope http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0956356281/

― caek, Thursday, 17 November 2011 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

― caek, Thursday, 17 November 2011 00:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

― caek, Thursday, 17 November 2011 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'm trying to think of a US house brand that had excellent design and am failing :/

― mh, Thursday, 17 November 2011 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

― caek, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

― caek, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

via http://50watts.com/2758319/One-Thousand-Daily-Book-Graphics

― caek, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

I've been following that daily book graphics blog for some time now. My my latest "design" see the ask Dan Selzer thread.

― dan selzer, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 15 March 2012 01:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

Straight outta Albers

― dan selzer, Thursday, 15 March 2012 03:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

1956

― caek, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

1967

― caek, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

1959

love this one!

― caek, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

all via https://secure.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/

― caek, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

Enjoyed this show of Galt Toys stuff: http://kemistrygallery.co.uk/shows/2012/ken-garland-galy-tots

― Tim, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

xp maybe one day i will scan all the full colour future of space exploration type full page spreads i remember seeing in old eagle annuals that i hope my parents still have.

― ledge, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

Essential reading for corporate propaganda sci-fi/space exploration: http://www.anothersciencefiction.com/

― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

Dunno if this qualifies (also 1 year too late) but this was my favorite picture book as a kid:

Vodnik by Stepan Zavrel, 1970