People‘s Graphic Design Archive
@peoplesgdarchive
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Join us in Dayton for AIGA DEC's Throughlines conference July 27–28. How does history connect to your Throughlines? Join an on-site archiving: bring any item from design history that connects to your story. Bring your favorite posters, stamps, cards, books, photographs, process works, logos, more!
Een Kleine Keuze Uit Onze Lettercollectie designed by Piet Zwart, 1932 Archived by @marinabyocean #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
What’s the future of the canon? Guiding Principles for Inclusive Design Values: Reimagining Design Practice and Education is a great new book from @annehberry @meaghandee @rebeccateg @aiga_educators that features the PGDA.
Piet Zwart, Brochure for Nijgh and van Ditmar, 1931 Archived by @marinabyocean From Letterform Archive #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Schnitz Menu Design by Becca Eley, 2013 with photographs by Vinesh Kumar archived by Shinki Nagayumi #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
New on the blog! @ChristaMay takes on Typographics. This year, analog methods came back as a way to find direction. They let designers connect with their work before the interface took over, making meaning through resistance, friction, and play. #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Fillmore Concert Poster by Wes Wilson, 1967 archived by Zheng Tian Wes Wilson pioneered psychedelic typography. His distorted letterforms challenged conventional readability and became symbols of 1960s counterculture. #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Guerrino Tramonti and the INA-Casa Ceramic Plaques, c. 1952 archived by Barbara Notaro "Ceramics were not merely a decorative medium, but a language capable of bringing together art, technique, and everyday life. #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Textile Designs by Eiko Ishioka for Issei Miyake, 1971 archived by Eva Trillo “One year after Issey Miyake opened his design studio in Tokyo 1970, he commissioned Eiko Ishioka to design textiles for his first New York SS Collection.” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Horizonte (July 1926 Issue) arhived by Jeanette illustration by Leopoldo Méndez “Horizonte magazine was published in Mexico 1926–27. Post-Mexican Revolution, the covers embodied Mexican avant-garde with artwork and writings related to political and social issues.” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Nature Magazine, June–July 1944 cover artist: Charles Philip Hexom archived by Robert Gleason #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Newsweek cover, July 16, 1979 Designed by Gerard Huerta #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Seventeen Magazine Cover, July 1949 by Cipe Pineles archived by Courtney Nolan “At a time when women were rarely given creative leadership in publishing, Pineles was not only doing the job but setting a new standard for it. #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Fete Nationale poster, Rene Vincent, c. 1930 from 1stDibs #Bastille #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Broadside for Negro League Championship, designed by Spencer T. Banks, 1943 archived by Aggie Toppins “…promoting a game between the World Champion Kansas City Monarchs & the Chicago American Giants. The illustration features Satchell Paige. Signed by artist Spencer T. Banks.”
Time and the Hour, June 6, 1896 designed by Ethel Reed archived by HuaGao “Time and the Hour was one of the small literary magazines that sprang up at the end of the 19th c. This image appeared with a poem by Louise Chandler Moulton.” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Cartogram of English Soccer tribes, designed by Eddie Opara, 2006 #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
“Mexico; No. 1” July, 1941 illustrated by Carlos Mérida #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: We Shall Overcome designed by Louis Lo Monaco #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Levi’s Pants Original Advertising for 1980 Olympics South America Soccer #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Alphabet A airport typeface designed by Jane Davis Doggett, 1956 archived by Rio “Alphabet A” was legible from a distance, designed for use throughout the Memphis airport. She designed a wayfinding system which later became utilized in many other airports.” #PeoplesGDArchive
1994 USMNT Home/Away Kit archived by simon “This kit was different compared from any previous kits, the use of red and white strips covering the whole jersey vertical as the Home, then denim print blue and white stars as the Away.“ #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
“Civil Rights Now!” pennant from the March on Washington, c. 1963 from Swann Galleries #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen (author and illustrator), J.M Barringer (photographer), Meredith Barchat (artist and cover designer), 1977 Ten Speed Press archived by Liwa and Lindsey Walker #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
New York World's Fair Seal Design Proof, 1939 archived by Nick Giammarco #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
The Shins Chutes Too Narrow Album designed by Jesse Le Douxville, 2003. archived by Karli Mae “whimsical and relatable, die-cut, fold-out album cover. Every inch of packaging is covered in playful, doodle-like illustrations of a make-believe land" #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Every Wednesday, Dancing for Women! at the Girl Bar, 15 Saint Mark’s Place, NYC, 1988 #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
HORROR ON THE NATIONAL MALL! Thousands of women locked in basements of D.C. museums, 2007 by the Guerilla Girls archived by Monique Gurruchaga #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Penguin Books 25th Anniversary Designs designed by Elizabeth Friedlander c. 1960 archived by UF x Design @ufdesigners “Friedlander was born to a Jewish family in 1903 Berlin and was one of the first women to design a typeface, Elizabeth-Antiqua for Bauer." #PeoplesGDArchive
The Rainbow Flag from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006, Polly Apfelbaum archived by Breanne Trammel from a portfolio of 31 color screenprints … to create a new system of symbols, Apfelbaum superimposed her own iconic pop flower shape on each flag.” (Neiman Center) #Pride