Entries tagged “print”
said the shower curtain to Dave Eggers…
Text becomes another object for issue #16 of the form shifting THE THING Quarterly.
“Published on a shower curtain, with the idea that one would read it while showering, this issue is a monologue told to Dave Eggers by his shower curtain. It was produced in collaboration with Izola and is printed on a 72x72 inch PEVA (PVC Free) shower curtain.” —THE THING
(first discovered via Junk Culture)
NASA Graphics Standards Manual c. 1976 by design firm Danne & Blackburn
(via aisle one via AIGA Design Archives)
Life Savers print advertisements from 1928 through 1978
(via Buzzfeed, above c. 1950s via Jason Liebig)
SPD starts Classic Art Department Mastheads series
“We’re not only fans of old magazines, we’re fans of old magazine mastheads. On a recent search through the Google collection of digitized magazines, we came across the July 1994 issue of Spy, which featured a great collection of folks on the art department masthead. This inspired the first of what we hope is an ongoing series of looks back at classic art departments…” —Robert Newman for SPD
It’s interesting to see that famed illustrator, Edel Rodriguez, was a Production Assistant for Spy magazine back in 1994 (same year he received his BFA in Painting from Pratt).
Jessica Hische’s Should I Work for Free? flowchart now available as a 5 color letterpress print (with a price tag of $75, printed by Studio on Fire).
more sad news in the world of print publishing: ReadyMade magazine will shut down.
(Farewell, Ready Makers. but for now, you can still follow @ReadyMadeTweets)
new House Industries serigraphs, above Caslon g print based on Benguiat Caslon
adorable “Paper Record Player” wedding invitation designed by Kelli Anderson
“…The hand-spun record yields a garbled, but scrutable listening of a original song by the couple. It requires a bit of tinkering and folding —effectively championing the inner science-nerd kid in the recipient. The whole thing serves as an interactive packaging for the song—which can be experienced on the paper record player, unscrewed + set on a regular turntable, or enjoyed online…” —Kelli Anderson
In case we forget, Khoi Vinh made a diagram for “How to Use Magazine.”
(via Subtraction, print for Stack America)
small, but striking round-up of corporate printed collateral for mid-Century modern pharmaceuticals from Europe, c. 1960s
(above art by Hans Schweiss found in issue 10 of Gebrauchsgraphik, via Aqua-Velvet)
vintage Print Magazine Cover, Vol XII, No 1, designed by Morton Goldsholl c. 1958
(via Jennifer Kennard)
A Redesign for the Oscars Envelope
To honor the 70th anniversary of the Academy Awards, designer Marc Friedland brings out the bling with iridescent gold paper for his “iconic” makeover of the ordinary white envelope and plain announcement cards…
CBS News takes a look at the lost history of penmanship and education in handwriting.
8 Faces magazine issue #2, with Typotheque Typefaces 1999-2010 supplement
(image via twitpic)
