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A Peter Saville Review - A review and gallery of England's Factory Records art director. Includes Saville's work for Joy Division and New Order.
http://www.imon.org/saville/ |
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A Website about Corporate Identity - View a catalogue, bibliography and resource list for examples of corporate graphic design. Includes identity guidelines, agencies, and recommended texts.
http://users.ncrvnet.nl/mstol |
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AIGA Resource Archives - View a list of design history archives and resources from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Includes contact info for collections housed in libraries of schools and museums.
http://www.aiga.com/content.cfm?contentalias=lookingcloserarchives |
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Aleksandr Rodchenko MoMA Exhibition - The Museum of Modern Art, New York presents the history and work of Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891-1956), one of the leading Russian artists in the period following the Revolution of October 1917.
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/1998/rodchenko/ |
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April Greiman - Visit the page of this pioneering designer who helped introduce the computer vernacular to graphic design through experimental mergers of type and image. Find a link to her projects.
http://www.aprilgreiman.com/ |
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Design Archive Online - Review twentieth century magazine design and photography with biographical profiles of designers. A project of the Rochester Institute of Technology, the image archives have limited access.
http://design.rit.edu/ |
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Design History Discussion List - Text-based forum for design issues, local information, and reviews by the Design History Society in the UK. Limited graphic design content.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/design-history.html |
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Docs Populi - Documents for the Public - See the oppositional artwork of Lincoln Cushing, a graphic artist involved in public access to images of peace and justice. Includes links to Cuban poster art and the Inkworks Press archives.
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~lcush/ |
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Dr. Leslie and the Composing Room - Research the 1934 - 1942 biography of Dr. Leslie of New York City, including the Composing Room, PM and AD magazine archives, the A-D gallery, and video interviews.
http://www.drleslie.com/index.shtml |
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Follow the Sun: Australian Travel Posters 1930s - 1950s - View a colorful exhibit of 1930s - 1950s lithographs from the National Library of Australia. Browse images by destination, symbol, style, or artist.
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/sun/ |
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Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s in Travel Ephemera - View an international collection of historic travel brochures, airline time-tables, ocean liner time-tables, auto road maps, luggage labels, advertising, and graphic design publications from the 1920s and 1930s.
http://www.travelbrochuregraphics.com/ |
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Josef Müller-Brockmann - A review of the Swiss designer and his grid systems that are the foundation for modern corporate and public graphic design. Includes book and signage samples.
http://www.imon.org/mueller-brockmann/index.html |
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Milton Glaser, Inc. - Learn about the firm and its interdisciplinary, internationally known designer who co-founded Pushpin Studios, New York Magazine, and the WBMG publication design firm. See posters, illustration, and other projects.
http://www.miltonglaser.com/ |
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Monuments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky - Explore the Getty Research Institute site devoted to this modernist Russian typographer, book designer, and architect. Includes chronology, images, and links to related resources.
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital/lissitzky/ |
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Parkland College - GDS 131 Graphic Design History - Review an online course given by Parkland College's Fine & Applied Arts Department in Champaign, Illinois. Survey 12 major graphic styles since 1890. Includes timeline and links to influential designers.
http://virtual.parkland.edu/gds/131/ |
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Paul Rand: Graphic Designer - Read an interview of this past influential designer on the subjects of graphic design critique, design philosophy and design education.
http://www.mkgraphic.com/paulrand00.html |
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Posters American Style - View major posters from the last century. Learn about their design, printing and historical impact on culture. Includes audio. Collection by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/posters/index.html |
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Remember Those Great Volkswagen Ads? - Profile of book which is a compilation of Volkswagen's press, radio and television campaigns, with information on how to purchase it.
http://www.greatvwads.com/ |
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Salon Magazine: Tibor Kalman - Read the obituary of this innovative designer, best known for the work he created with his New York design firm, M&Co, and his brief editorship of Colors magazine.
http://www.salon.com/people/obit/1999/05/19/kalman/ |
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The Art of Persuasion: American Graphic Design Comes of Age - Read a critical analysis of the history of American advertising and graphic design during the early 20th century. View samples.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA99/piazza/portfolio/adweb/home.html |
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The Bauhaus - Learn about the Post World War I German school that influenced design and typography through the ideal of art and technology integration.
http://people.ucsc.edu/~gflores/bauhaus/b1.html |
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The History of PostScript - Learn the story of modern PostScript technology and its impact on the publishing industry.
http://www.prepressure.com/ps/history/history.htm |
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The History of the CND Logo/Peace Symbol - Read an essay about the logo of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, or peace symbol, designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom.
http://www.cnduk.org/INFORM~1/symbol.htm |
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The Italian Futurist Book - View an exhibition showcasing Futurism's innovative uses of typography and graphic design, from the years 1909-1944.
http://www.colophon.com/gallery/futurism/index.html |
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The Media History Project - A timeline, graphics, and short articles guide you through the history of mediated communication.
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/index2.html |
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The Swiss Poster Collection - See more than 300 posters from 1971 to the present by designers such as J. Müller-Brockmann and Wolfgang Weingart. Maintained by Carnegie Mellon University.
http://swissposters.library.cmu.edu/Swiss/home.html |
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Timeline for Graphic Design History - View a timeline of significant events from the start of the Industrial Revolution in the 1820's to the use of web browsers in the 1990's.
http://www.mkgraphic.com/basic.html |
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University of Florida Rare Book Collection - Examine labeled specimens of typography and book design from the 15th - 20th centuries.
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/art3283c/index.htm |
