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A Life in Letterpress
On April 21, the fantastic Pick Me Up Graphic Arts Festival opens at London's Somerset House, and there is a fantastic program of some top design and small print houses who showcase their work. We have...
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Rediscovering Robert Brownjohn
Thanks to the work of his daughter Eliza, the work of the late designer and art director Robert Brownjohn can now be found online. Some iconic work by BJ (As he was known) includes the Goldfinger...
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The Old (And New) Standard: Reviving a piece of NASA history
In 2015, designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth had a brilliant idea; as NASA imagery is public-domain, they created a Kickstarter campaign to publish the NASA Graphics Standards Manual as a hardcover...
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Ski-Ffy, a Collection of Science Fiction Book Cover Art
Being lovers of book cover design, and especially vintage book cover design, and even more so vintage science fiction book cover design, we were pleased to come across Ski-Ffy, a blog that features...
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How Stranger Things Got Its Retro Title Sequence
Vox explores how Netflix's new hit thriller"Stranger Things" got it's title sequence.
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See Red Women’s Workshop Feminist Posters 1974-1990
Founded in 1974, See Red Women’s Workshop grew out of a shared desire to combat sexist images of women and to create positive and challenging alternatives. Women from different backgrounds came...
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Aaron Draplin: The Major Design
A proper logo speaks a universal language. Designer, tradesman, and self-proclaimed collector-of-stuff, Aaron Draplin has made a career solving puzzles of visual communication and promoting fundamental...
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The Color Palettes of Famous Films
Graphic designer Ruby Radulescu's blog Movies in Color explores the color palettes of famous films.
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The Kaleidoscopic Work of Awazu Kiyoshi
Designer and artist Awazu Kiyoshi's colorful, psychedelic visuals served a strong career of political advocacy within Tokyo's artistic community. He is celebrated for his contributions to poster and...
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Reissuing the 1977 EPA Graphics Standards Manual
In April 2017, designers Hamish Smyth and Jesse Reed, the men behind the brilliant reissues of both the NASA Graphics Standards Manual and New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual,...
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Opening Night: Henry Chalfant Retrospective at The Bronx Museum
Last week, The Bronx Museum opened the long-awaited retrospective of New York photographer Henry Chalfant. Curated by Spanish street artist SUSO33, and previously seen at Centro de Arte Tomás y...
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