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New from Letterform Archive Books! NKF: Piet Zwart’s Avant-Garde Catalog for Standard Cables, 1927–1928.

A legendary masterpiece for a Dutch cable company that helped rewrite the rules of modern typography, Zwart’s NKF catalog remains a sought-after touchstone of art and design history.

This first-ever facsimile reproduces the complete book with exacting details and in its original format.

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/nkf-piet-zwarts/?utm_source=mastodon

#LetterformArchive #PietZwart #NKF #Typography #DutchDesign #GraphicDesign #Ad

Annegret Beier, cover and book design for Frères Comme Ça, Lubalin, Smith, Carnase Inc., New York, 1970.

The typeface is Eckmann (aka Eckmann-Type or Eckmann-Schrift) https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/6802/eckmann by Otto Eckmann, first cast by Rudhard’sche Gießerei in 1900 and revised for phototype by Werner Schulze in 1961.

#LetterformArchive #AnnegretBeier #LubalinSmithCarnase #Eckmann #OttoEckmann #1970sDesign

Werner Stitz, Fotomagic Modifikationen, Optelma Grafica, 1971.

This comb-bound book is one of our favorites, documenting the rise of experimental phototypesetting. In this example, a Basel-based company distorts type and artwork using their FOTOMAGIC overlay optical units.

See it up close in the Online Archive: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_type_0953

#LetterformArchive #Phototype #1970sDesign #PsychedelicArt #ExperimentalTypography #DavidaTypeface #Typography

A catalog designed for an exhibition that ran in Darmstadt, München, and Zürich in 1978–79, Typographie: Schrift und Graphik mit Letraset (1978) features the work of the catalog’s designer, Christof Gassner, as well as dozens of other artists and designers using Letraset.

For a closer look at select images and typefaces from this book, check out @FontsInUse: https://fontsinuse.com/uses/5433/typographie-schrift-und-graphik-mit-letraset

#LetterformArchive #Letraset #ChristofGassner #1970sDesign #ExhibitionCatalogue #Typography #GraphicDesign

A portfolio of illustrations of Miffy (“Nijntje” in the original Dutch) and book covers by Dick Bruna.

This portfolio was published by the Groninger Museum to accompany their 1996 exhibition Dick Bruna: The Smell of Success. The folder was designed by Swip Stolk, the designer for the Groninger Museum at that time.

#LetterformArchive #DickBruna #Miffy #Nijntje #Illustration #ChildrensBooks