Keyword: Poster Design
Art of the Modern Movie Poster: International Postwar Style and Design
Art of the Modern Movie Poster: International Postwar Style and Design
Critically authoritative, visually stunning, and physically massive, Art of the Modern Movie Poster is the first and last word on post-World War II film poster design. Showcasing fascinating examples from 15 nations, this collection of more than 1,500 exemplary designs is a must-have for film buffs, designers, and poster aficionados alike. […]
Jan Tschichold: Posters of the Avantgarde
Jan Tschichold: Posters of the Avantgarde
Jan Tschichold (1902-1974) was one of the most outstanding and influential graphic artists and typographers of the twentieth century. Throughout his life he stood in the service of print and writing, first as a talented young calligrapher and poster designer, and later as a self-critical typographer. In his posters, he expresses the avant-garde ideas of [...]
History of the Poster
Co-written by Josef and Shizuko Müller-Brockmann, History of the Poster is a landmark account of one of the most prolific visual traditions of our culture. Originally published in 1971, this seminal study is clearly written and richly illustrated. This edition features a large, colorful collection of nearly 300 posters from the late-nineteenth to late-twentieth centuries, [...]
Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920-1965
Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920-1965
This lavishly illustrated volume looks at the uniquely clear graphic language developed by such Swiss designers as Theo Ballmer, Max Bill, Adrian Frutiger, Karl Gerstner, Armin Hoffman, Ernst Keller, Herbert Matter, Josef Müller-Brockmann, and Jan Tschichold. The style of these artists received worldwide admiration for its formal discipline: images and text were organized by geometrical grids. […]
Armin Hofmann: Poster Collection
Armin Hofmann: Poster Collection
Poster Collection contains the most important posters of Armin Hofmann, presenting them in the context of works by his most famous students. An exceptionally influential graphic-design teacher, Hofmann instructed, and has seen his methods continued by such practitioners as Nelly Rudin, Karl Gerstner, Pierre Mendell, Klaus Oberer, and Gérard Ifert. Hoffmann and his colleagues contributed to the development of Swiss International Style […]