German graphic design

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Walter Dexel. Die Sport Ausstellung (The Sport Exhibition) (Poster for exhibition in Magdeburg). 1929. Photolithograph. 33 1/8 x 23 1/2" (84.1 x 59.7 cm). W. Pfannkuch & Co., Magdeburg. Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection. 339.1937. Architecture & Design

Jan Tschichold's re-design of the German Printers Association journal. He had been invited to showcase his collection of contemporary graphics and he went the whole way, even redesigning the cover and inside layout, much to the shock of the editors.

German graphic designer Anton Stankowski (1906–1998) was a master of the minimal—and a pioneer of what was referred to as “constructive graphic art” that involved using photographic media. He was also a master of visual shorthand, with emphasis on logos, the minimalist Deutsche Bank, the Münchner Rückversicherungen, REWE and Olympic Congress Baden-Baden. I recently found a long-lost file with a portfolio of ads he designed for Standard Elektrik Lorenz from his hometown, Stutt

Swiss sports poster, designer Jürg Schaffer 1969.

This is a series of advertisements for Ovomaltine designed by Carlo Vivarelli with advertising consultant Ernst Baenziger in Zurich. Some ads were in multi-color but could be changed to a two-color run for newspapers, before 1958.

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This book tells the exciting design history of West Berlin. The posters of SFB, using modernist graphics to announce concerts of new music.

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Emil Ruder, 10 Zürcher Maler (10 Zurich Painters), 1957. The l/c "e" above the "u" is curious. An amended error, perhaps, or a standard solution for a missing e-dieresis?

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Learn all about Otl Aicher, regarded as one of the most famous German graphic designers of all time. He revolutionised the iconography of the 1972 Olympics.

japanese graphic designer kohei sugiura presented a lecture at icograda world design congress, beijing 09.

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Simple design is hard, since it requires much more thought and inspiration. Colors play a major role, and today Vitaly Friedman would like to show you a couple of illustrations that may motivate you to try out some new color combinations and techniques. From 3D illustrations to artwork created with ink and watercolors, Vitaly is sure there’s something that’ll spark your inspiration. Be warned though, some of them may even give you wanderlust from just looking at them.

An advertisement for Monotype and it's Universal setting machine, designed by Herbert Bayer 1926.

Here we’ll look at how to create a tribute poster, using typography, colors and grids which are trademarks of the Bauhaus style.