Almost 20 years ago the Guardian newspaper did a major redesign. It was a big one; full visual system, grid, typeface and format overhaul - which meant full press and production overhaul too. That's a lot on the shoulders of the then creative director: Mark…
Here are a few items that I didn’t feel I could put a full post together for back in 2018. Either it’s because they only have a few pics or they were items I’ve spied elsewhere so didn’t have much extra info for them. PART…
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize I love a bit of design history. Whilst in the Mission yesterday I picked up this gem from 1970 at Farnsworth Mercantile on Valencia. It's part of an urban planning study that was carried out by the city in…
On my last visit to the Letterform Archive I got to have a look at some of the Braun design guidelines. These aren’t the Dieter Rams principles for good design, they are the translation of the Braun design philosophy into a set of brand guidelines.
As you'd expect, the Letterform Archive has a lot of identity and brand guidelines. Many of these are not very glamorous, often simply presented in ring binders, but they are graphic design gold. On a recent visit I spent some time cataloguing them. Here are…
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize This is a graphic design and 80's child, double hitter. Nasa was so cool growing up (even in the UK). I think it was mostly due to the Space Shuttle with a little help from Moonraker. This reissue of…