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

On: March 24, 2023

Tagged: artist, business, colorful, creative, creativity, Design, Designer, draw, graphic, logo, man, 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 →

Lithography (Design Term)

On: July 17, 2022

Tagged: art term, design dictionary, Design Term, draw, drawing

A method of printing from a design drawn directly on a slab of stone or other suitable material. The design is not raised in relief as in woodcut or incised as in line engraving, but drawn on a smooth printing surface. Initially, this surface was provided with a slab of unique limestone, but metal (usually zinc or aluminium) or more recently plastic sheets were prefered because they are less bulky. Read More →

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882) British painter and poet

On: November 6, 2021

Tagged: applied arts, arts and craft, British, British Design, British Designers 🇬🇧, British Furniture, Design, designs, draw, graphic design, painting, porcelain, stained glass, William Morris

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a British painter and poet. He was born in London. He studied drawing with Cotman and, in 1848, with Holman Hunt. Read More →

Humble history of the pencil

On: July 24, 2021

Tagged: Art, creative, Design, draw, drawing, graphic, illustration, object, wood, 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 →

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Adult Colouring Books the new bestsellers

On: June 6, 2021

Tagged: animal, Art, artwork, beautiful, Book, cartoon, decorative, Design, draw, drawing, fun, illustration, retro

Some of the best selling books online are adult colouring books. They are not like your typical children’s colouring books – which have huge illustrations and are not especially challenging to anybody who has hand-eye coordination and is over the age of 12. Read More →

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