#graphicdesignhistory — Public Fediverse posts

In general, the local dimension of our national graphic design history remains largely unknown. In this article (in Turkish), I documented the master-apprentice transmission of commercial artists in Adapazarı, beginning with horsecart painter Numan Balıca in 1940s. I explored how this informal education system evolved from traditional carriage painting to contemporary outdoor advertising, fundamentally shaping the region's visual memory.

🔗 https://izlik.org/JA86ZR45XK

#bursa #adapazarı #graphicdesignHistory #vernaculartypography #vernacular

Before the era of computer graphics, the visual identity of cities was crafted by sign painters whose handmade signs are now largely anonymous. In this article (in Turkish), I trace the forgotten vernacular heritage of Bursa by documenting the lives and works of key sign painters through archives and interviews with their families, securing their place in our national graphic design history.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.55004/tykhe.1192452

#GraphicDesignHistory #SignPainting #VernacularTypography #Bursa

1958 Swissair to the Mediterranean
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#Swissair #VintageTravelPoster #AirlineAdvertising #MidCenturyModern #AviationArt #TravelPoster #GraphicDesignHistory #MediterraneanTravel #Aviation #Avgeek

1969 Come to Chevron Island Advertisement
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#VintageAd #1960sAdvertising #AviationHistory #Chevron #StandardOil #AviationOil #PrintAdvertising #MarketingHistory #IslandAesthetic #ClassicAds #GraphicDesignHistory #Avgeek #retro #vintage

EL AL Israel travel poster for Greece, 1965.
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#Avgeek #VintageTravelPoster #ELAL #Athens #Parthenon #Acropolis #Travel #AirlineHistory #TravelPoster #Art #AviationHeritage #GraphicDesignHistory #IsraelAirlines #VintageAdvertising #Graphics

Worlds Aids Day
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In 1987, the
Silence = Death poster was created by a New York-based group of artists to protest the U.S. government's inaction on the AIDS epidemic, which they saw as a result of government and societal silence.
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#AIDSActivism #SilenceEqualsDeath #PinkTriangle #LGBTQHistory #AIDSCrisis #ActivistPoster #1980sDesign #VisualProtest #PublicHealthAdvocacy #PoliticalArt #QueerHistory #GraphicDesignHistory #SocialJusticeArt #HistoricalPoster #worldaidsday

Many thanks to Kerr Houston and BmoreArt for the thoughtful review of Meggs' History of Graphic Design, 7ed.! We greatly value criticism and are pleased folks are talking about the transformation of the new edition.

https://bmoreart.com/2025/11/charting-the-sea-meggs-history-of-graphic-design.html

#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #mhogd7ed #designwriting #designcriticism

Well, isn't this something. Many thanks to Cheryl D. Holmes Miller, DHL for her kind and insightful thoughts about the new 7th edition. It has been quite a journey and getting feedback is a great reward. https://www.printmag.com/design-education/meggs-history-of-graphic-design-7th-edition-reforms-the-canon/

#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #designwriting

Friends~ I have a hopefully small request. We are very soon after the launch of Meggs' 7ed. and understand a lotta folks haven't had a chance to dive into the book. That said, if you have early impressions and/or fully formed opinions (good, bad, or indifferent) we'd be grateful if you would submit a review to Amazon. Thank you!

#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #designwriting

That last post from @Lfaimagebot is from 1925 and has some stunning layouts
https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_bauhaus_0008&targPic=lfa_bauhaus_0008_001.jpg

#graphicDesign #GraphicDesignHistory #bauhaus #photography

With new book finally released, I’m having a lot of feels, but mostly this. More to come… https://youtu.be/_HEkxxhUlxs?si=wAf5xH2T2VW4_xuW

#mhogd7ed #graphicdesign #designhistory #graphicdesignhistory #meggs

It's a book! Delivered at 12:09pm and weighing in at just shy of 100lbs. Meggs’ History of Graphic Design 7ed. is finally here! Expect many photos soon.
#rgaphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designwriting #designhistory #mhogd7ed

After 5.5 and a half years of work, tomorrow we'll finally see and hold the sum of countless conversations, hours of looking / reading / writing, days of designing, and years of working with and redefining purpose. It will be thrilling and a fair amount terrifying to finally page through Meggs' History of Graphic Design, 7ed. Looking forward to introducing you all to what we've made soon. #mhogd7ed #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #meggs

I really want a copy of this: Octavo Redux 1:1 from Unit Editions
Hamish Muir's and Mark Holt's amazing Octavo magazine. It was already legendary when studying back in the early 90s. I saw Hamish talking about the 'mac style' and how prior to DTP the layering effect was colored blocks of type on glass, hung and photographed. I also remember something about one issue being an 8 color job, but all variants of black. #graphicDesign #GraphicDesignHistory

https://uniteditions.com/products/octavo-redux

From our production specialist: “I have no revisions or questions concerning your book, and I am moving on to the next stage.” Meggs’ History of Graphic Design goes to print today! Supposed to arrive at store by end of September. #mhogd7ed #designhistory #graphicdesignhistory #graphicdesign

Introducing Representing! "Drawings, trademarks, custom fonts, patterns and symbolic images can be used to embody people, places, products, services and ideas." Spanning 27,000 years, this chapter documents the use of visual signs depicting individuals, groups, organizations, countries, and concepts.

#designhistory #graphicdesignhistory #mhogd7ed #graphicdesign #bookdesign #designeducation

Meet Mobilizing. "In a visual culture, graphic design is an influential social medium. Throughout history, and especially in times of conflict, graphic designers have created posters, newspapers, and other graphics to recruit, boost morale, protest ideologies, or mobilize support...Using symbols, narrative images, bold typography, and other techniques, designers have changed the minds of audiences with all types of persuasive media."

#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #mhogd7ed

We would like to introduce you to the 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design.

Meet Exalting. We have restructured the book with chapters demonstrating motivations (themes) of why we create graphic design. Many people and movements now occupy multiple chapters reflecting their complexity. We invite readers to question the ways these works have been categorized and consider what alternative themes they might represent.

#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #mhogd7ed

My eyes are melting. Been typesetting 30 pages of bibliography for 2 days straight. Working like hell to get it complete today. Oof. #graphicdesign #typography #pagelayout #typesetting #designhistory #graphicdesignhistory

We are thrilled to share the final Table of Contents for the soon-to-be-released 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Page design is nearly complete for all 500 pages and are doing prepress with final files being sent to print in the next couple weeks.

There is so much to share about the new edition, but we'll wait for proper introductions until after we ship all the final files.

Stay tuned!

#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #mhogd7ed

just found the bookmarks that came with #unitiEditions Lubalin One Hundred
I had forgotten how lovely they are

#GraphicDesignHistory #graphicDesign #paperposts

Wanna feel worse about your writing? Hire a copy editor. Don’t get me wrong they are amazing! But, every grammatical and formatting error is laid bare. To make matters worse, correct the errors on typeset pages. In the end, though, our new book is significantly sharper. #writing #designwriting #designhistory #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #process

And, we came across this gem from the 3rd edition of Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Wowee!!!

#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #mhogd7ed #designhistory #designprocess

A new chapter we are excited about is a timeline documenting important graphic design and cultural events from pre-history to present. The Timeline takes a unique form that we hope is understandable. Traditionally timelines chart time linearly from top-to-bottom or from left-to-right. To simplify and condense our timeline, move through time from top-to-bottom, but over 2-column per page. What do you think?

#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #mhogd7ed #designhistory #designprocess

An update on our progress with completing the 7th edition of Meggs' History of Graphic Design... Sandie and I have typeset 2/3 of the anticipated 500 pages. The cover design is now also complete. We are on target for a delivery of final files by the end of June 2025.

#graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #mhogd7ed #meggshistoryofgraphicdesign #designhistory #designprocess

Cover mechanicals complete and submitted! We keep chipping away at this 600 page weight. Onward! #mhogd7ed #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #bookdesign

I'm 200 or so pages into layout and finding my rhythm. I can now layout a spread in 2-3 hours. Granted this is only initial layout and all pages are printed and tuned typographically before final review. But still, getting step 1 done fairly quickly is progress! #meggs7ed #graphicdesignhistory #designhistory #graphicdesign #bookdesign #pagelayout #typography

This all seems pretty reasonable. It is interesting to put a current monetary value on many of the items included in Meggs' 7th Ed., though. https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-catalogs/ART-DECO-AT-100-WILLIAM-CROUSE-COLLECTION?saleno=2702&viewby=Lot_asc&pg=1 #designhistory #graphicdesignhistory #meggs7ed

Let the design proofing begin! We've got some design system adjustments and all the fussy typographic corrections to make, but having the weight of 4 chapters in our hands feels good. #meggs7ed #designhistory #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #process #inprogress #bookdesign

Today is a BIG day. Almost 5 years to the day from when we began the project, we have submitted the complete 1st draft of the 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Will share further thoughts about the project and this milestone soon, but for now... whew! #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #meggs7ed #designwriting #designhistory #firstdraft #milestone #designwriting #typography

Managed to layout 3 spreads today (a PR!). The type and design system are coming together. Thinking we may have 500 or pages total once all is in place. There's something hypnotic about page layout and design production. And at the end of the day there's measurable progress. #designhistory #graphicdesignhistory #meggs7ed #pagelayout #graphicdesign #bookdesign. #typography.

This is real thrilling and more than a little scary. Exciting! #designhistory #comingsoon #graphicdesignhistory #meggs7ed

Wes Wilson, posters for concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, 1966–67, and Alfred Roller (lettering), Ver Sacrum Kalender, Austria, 1903.

See more from the Ver Sacrum calendar in the Online Archive: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_austria_0001

#LetterformArchive #PsychedelicArt #WesWilson #FillmoreAuditorium #AlfredRoller #VerSacrum #Jugendstil #Lettering #GraphicDesignHistory

At the 4th NFDI4Culture Community Plenary, Brian Switzer from HTWG Konstanz is presenting the Graphic Design History Database (GERD), which was funded by NFDI4C-FlexFunds. The Upgrade involved enriching the database with additional data records and improving functionality

GERD web site: http://p665966.mittwaldserver.info/

@nfdi4culture #arthistory #NFDIrocks #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory

‘Why Graphic Culture Matters’ by Rick Poynor is now available for pre-order.

https://occasionalpapers.org/product/why-graphic-culture-matters/

#GraphicDesign #GraphicDesignHistory #Typography #Typography #independentpublishing

:kare_mac: TROUVAILLES GRAPHIQUES /
Radical Software
Un zine / magazine des années publié de 1970 à 1974, exclusivement consacré à la vidéo indépendante et à la vidéo artistique à l'époque où l'on inventait ces pratiques.

Sources : https://www.radicalsoftware.org/e/index.html

#Zine #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory #typography #floss

#Musk hat augenscheinlich auch das Design-Team gefeuert und den Miami Vice Logo Generator gegoogelt. 😆

#Twitter #Design #graphicdesign #graphicdesignhistory

A good #LogoDesign can be almost timeless, creating a memorable, recognizable #BrandIdentity that withstands changes in #trends.
@reddit ⁦users are pouring over an #infographic that claims to show the oldest #logos that are still in existence.

https://www.creativebloq.com/news/oldest-logos

#GraphicDesign #GraphicDesignHistory #Branding #CorporateIdentity via #CreativeBloq