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Australian Fabric Designer – John Rodriquez

On: August 28, 2021

Tagged: 1950s, abstract, australian design, australian designer, background, clothing, color, creative, curtain, decor, decoration, Design, drawing, dress, fabric, fabric designer, Fashion, flower, geometric, good design, material, materials, old, ornament, paper, pattern, retro, sample, seamless, striped, style, symbol, symbolism, textile, texture, tile, traditional, vintage, wallpaper, woman

John Rodriquez became well known for his textile designs in the early 1950’s. He introduced a unique Australian Style. Read More →

Humble history of the pencil

On: July 24, 2021

Tagged: art, creative, Design, draw, drawing, equipment, graphic, graphite, illustration, instrument, object, pencil, simple, tool, wood, write, yellow

I am feeling nostalgic for the humble pencil. There is a comfort and warm familiarity whenever I pick one up (rarely these days). Pencils are inexpensive, portable, simple to operate and the marks that they make are easy to erase. Unlike other writing tools, they do not run out of ink or skip.Read More →

William Morris – Beauty of Practicality

On: June 5, 2021

Tagged: abstract, architect, architecture, art, artist, artwork, attractive, beautiful, colorful, creative, creativeness, creativity, Design, designer, designing, drawing, graphic, graphic designer, hand, ideas, illustration, man, modern, pattern, professional, skill, texture, vintage, William Morris

Morris believed his responsibility was “to revive a sense of beauty in home life, to restore the dignity of art to household decoration.Read More →

Jules Cheret (1836 – 1932) – The Father of Modern Poster Art

On: June 1, 2021

Tagged: abstract, advertise, advertising, art, artistic, banner, book, bright, brush, bsd, card, colorful, concept, cover, creative, creativity, decoration, Design, drawing, flower, geometric, graphic, history, illustration, modern, paint, paper, paris, pattern, poster, presentation, retro, shape, sign, style, vintage

Jules Cheret was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of Belle Époque poster art. He has been called the father of the modern poster.Read More →

Paul Rand (1914 -1996) – Designer who led the way

On: May 7, 2021

Tagged: artist, business, colorful, creative, creativity, Design, designer, draw, graphic, indoors, job, logo, male, man, occupation, packaging, professional, studio, Typography, work

Paul Rand, was a seminal figure in graphic design who made innovative visual identities for some of America’s major corporations and book and magazine publishers

We all have seen the designs of Paul Rand at some stage of our lives. He had a career spanning nearly seven decades. There is the seminal logo for IBM and the logo for ABC. There is the Westinghouse logo, the logo for NeXT computers. There are posters and packaging, book covers, record covers and a multitude of magazine covers.Read More →

AIGA – American Institute of Graphic Arts – What is it?

On: February 25, 2021

Tagged: abstract, art, artistic, brochure, business, color, concept, creative, decorative, Design, geometric, geometric design, graphic, graphic design, hand, illustration, modern, poster, professional, professional association, red, retro, shape, style, text

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) is a professional design organisation. Members practice all forms of communication design, including graphic design, typography, interaction design, user experience, branding and identity. The objective of the organisation is to be the standard bearer of professional ethics and practice in the design profession. TRead More →

The best of the typographic posters by Robin Weissenborn

On: September 26, 2020

Tagged: alphabet, art, creative, decor, decoration, decorative, Design, element, font, graphic, illustration, label, letter, lettering, modern, poster, retro, symbol, text, texture, type, typeface, typographic, Typography, vintage

These posters by Robin Weissenborn are not new, they were designed in 2015 and awarded in an international poster competition. The graphic designer, who was studying at the prestigious Bauhaus university at the time, designed a series of posters using experimental typography and cool distorted perspectives.

Hannah Hoch's 1925 "Equillibre," or Balance," was originally titled "America Balancing Europe."

Dada Art Movement – Making Mischief

On: September 21, 2020

Tagged: abstract, art, art movement, artist, artistic, concept, conceptual, conscious, creative, dada, dadaism, Design, geometric, god, graphic, style, surrealism

As a designer, I am passionate about the history of art and their influence on ‘visual design.’ In art history, Dada is the artistic movement that preceded Surrealism, it began in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1916 by a group of mostly painters and painters. Dada artworks challenged the preconceived notions of what art meant. Many Dadaists felt that the way to salvation was through political anarchy, the natural emotions, the intuitive and the irrational.Read More →

The Substance of Letters

On: January 7, 2019

Tagged: abstract, advertise, annual, background, book, booklet, brochure, catalog, catalogue, concept, corporate, creative, Design, document, graphic, layout, magazine, marketing, modern, newsletter, page, print, promotion, publication

On the occasion of Philippe Apeloig’s lecture “Abstract or not” at Mudam Luxembourg, Design Friends published a 24-pages catalogue in French and English. The interview was conducted by Arthur Dreyfus.Read More →