Second issue of this great little journal is now available. Features a collection of essays from various figures who use design as a perspective from which to examine other areas of interest.
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Corporate Diversity: Swiss Graphic Design by Geigy
Published July 8, 2009 Books , Graphic Design , Typography Leave a Comment
“The design studio of J. R. Geigy AG was the launching pad for one of the great periods of Swiss graphic design, in the 1950s and 1960s. The open-minded corporate culture of the chemical company in Basel combined product and company advertising in an exemplary way. The resulting works reveal a modernist formal idiom without being indebted to a specific, formulaic look.”
Great book covering the output of Swiss design studio Geigy from 1940-1970. Tricky to come across during the last few months, its now available again from
You Work For Them.
“Counter-print.co.uk is dedicated to the promotion and sale of Art and Design related material. Often out of print or hard to find, we aim to celebrate both forgotten gems as well as those heralded designers that we all admire.”
Gorgeous selection of vintage, design-related books and journals available from this English site.
London’s Design Museum, in collaboration with Beefeater 24, have recently opened a new exhibition entitled Super Contemporary. Featuring projects from 15 of the capitals leading creatives, each of the 15 commissions aimed to improve day to day life in the city. Some of the responses include a lamp post chandelier and a post office kiosk located within a disused phone box. The exhibition runs at the Design Museum until October 4.
I finally got around to building my personal website last week . On it you’ll find a selection of recent work , as well as some older projects I have completed over the last number of years.
Militant Modernism argues for a Modernism of everyday life, immersed in questions of socialism, sexual politics and technology. It features new readings of some familiar names – Bertolt Brecht, Le Corbusier, Vladimir Mayakovsky – and much more on the lesser known, quotidian modernists of the 20th century. The chapters range from a study of industrial and brutalist aesthetics in Britain, Russian Constructivism in architecture, the Sexpol of Wilhelm Reich in film and design, and the alienation effects of Brecht and Hanns Eisler on record and on screen. Against the world of ‘there is no alternative’, this book tries to excavate Modernism’s other futures.
Since 2002, Industrial Facility have been creating a variety of brilliantly designed objects for clients including Established & Son, Muji and LaCie. Their new website, Retail Facility, is making available a selection of these previously difficult to acquire products for online purchasing.
