Modernist design

There is a Swiss influence in this design, and I like it. I like the right justification and the contrast between the letters and background work well to draw the eye.

Post Modernism The above is an example of Post-Moderist Graphic Design, the, in my opinion, poorly placed text, slightly difficul...

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Post-punk's fidgety edge and the unsettled sonic exploration of post-rock get stamped indelibly in new art prints by Dorothy...

Paul Rand, monograph cover, 1953. He manipulated visual form (through shape, color, space, line, and value) and skillfullly analyzed communications content, reducing it to a symbolic essence without turning it sterile or dull, making him widely influential while still in his twenties.

When I think of “experimental typography,” visions of dancing, distressed, and often illegible letterforms leap to mind. But in 1960, when the Composing Room (directed by Dr. Robert Leslie), one of New York’s most influential type shops-cum-graphic design showcases, invoked the term, clarity was the goal—somewhat. This was the moment when hot-metal typesetting was at the tipping point. Photo type was nudging the old methods into the shadows. Expression was replacing neutralit

Logo Modernism, a new Taschen book out next month by German graphic designer Jens Müller, is a brilliant catalog of 6,000 trademarks from 1940–1980...