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Sunday 1st August 2010
Imagine the magic when the Polaroid Land camera first came out back in 1948; the technology is still something of a marvel today. “See this new miracle of photography in action today – and you’ll want a camera to enjoy for years to come.”
We have just got our new studio books hot off the press! Both of the 24 page sewn booklets are printed two colour on 25% cotton white uncoated stock. The first–All About Us–uses mixtures of Yellow and Magenta to create a different colour for every spread. The second–The Importance of Professional Design–uses Yellow and Cyan to create a gradient of greens. A die-cut tabbing system is used to make it quick and easy for readers to find the information they are looking for. For more info or a copy feel free to get in touch.
We have just been to see our friends at Dodd to sign off our latest collaboration with Dorsch Gallery. It’s all looking good, watch this space.
A classic poster from 1963 by design legend Massimo Vignelli. The Italian once has said, “If you can design one thing, you can design everything,” and this is reflected in his broad range of work ranging from package design to furniture design to public signage… Vignelli works firmly within the Modernist tradition, and focuses on simplicity through the use of basic geometric forms in all of his work.
This classic is a book cover for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, designed by one of our favourites Wim Crouwel in 1966. It doesn’t get much better than this.
ELSKEN, ED VAN DER - Sweet Life.1966. Cloth-covered boards (hardcover), illustrated dustjacket (with protective mylar), 29 x 29 cms., (32) pp. text in Dutch + 179 fine black-and-white plates in photogravure.
Rounding off March nicely our work for Dorsch Gallery was featured on the Creative Review blog. There is a nice description of the work by CR Senior Writer Gavin Lucas, and a quote from our Creative Director. Creative Review magazine was launched in London in 1980 and is the leading visual communication journal. It now has subscribers in over 80 countries and readers online in over 120.
Link: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/march/dorsch-gallery-identity
We are currently researching for a new project we are working on that requires an early 20th C look. Along with the typefaces we know from the period we found and thought we would share these. Time to step back from the Mac for a while and get the pencils out.