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Graphic design

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 483 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Eckersley, 65, Graphic Designer, Dies / Heller, Steven., 2006

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Identifier: CC-44886-47058
Scope and Contents

Eckersley was one of the most important book designers of the avant garde in the 20th century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

+ rosebud: Action. No.4 / Ralf Herms, editor., 2003

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Identifier: CC-41141-43122
Scope and Contents

The pages of this issue are cut out of the corner near the lower spine to form a booklet within the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Russian Art of the Avant Garde: Theory and Criticism 1902-1934 / Bowlt, John E., editor ; Burliuk D ; Goncharova N ; Iliazd ; Puni I ; Malevich K ; Kliun I ; Stepanova V ; Popova L ; Rodchenko A ; Lissitzky E., 1988

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Identifier: CC-23003-23440
Scope and Contents

Revised and enlarged edition. Edited, translated and with an introduction by J. Bowlt. Originally published in 1976. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Rust Belt (Collectors Edition) / Orangeflux., 1997

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Identifier: CC-31854-33376
Scope and Contents

The pages of the book consist of the verbal score for the recording. These reproduce highly varied typefaces and layouts achieved with a digital computer. The recording itself is not held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Scriptura: Letters on Stamps. No.95 / Hans Adolf Halbey, editor., 1994

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Identifier: CC-02885-2929
Scope and Contents

Each month of this calendar is represented by a calligraphic stamp print and an enlarged reproduction of the actual stamp in different colors than the original. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Sex and Typography: 1925-1970 Life and Work by Emily King / Brownjohn, Robert ; Chermayeff I ; Fletcher A ; Moholy-Nagy L ; Spencer H ; Finlay IH ; Poynor R ; Butor M., 2005

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Identifier: CC-44407-46556
Scope and Contents Brownjohn was an American graphic designer who emigrated to London in the 1960's. "The design profession doesn't produce many larger-than-life figures. Robert Brownjohn-BJ, to just about everyone who knew him, and everyone did-was one. His gifts were immense, as were his appetites. Enfant terrible and visionary, he was both. Mick and the Stones wanted to hang with him. Of course it couldn't last. Robert Brownjohn was simply too big for this world. He died in 1970 at the age of 45, a victim of his own excesses. Today, he is best remembered for his sexy James Bond credit sequences. But Brownjohn's legacy is far more significant, and his story has all the drama and pathos of a Hollywood blockbuster. Now, for the first time, this extraordinary life and career is remembered in print, with all its richness and complexity. Robert Brownjohn: Sex and Typography tracks the story of this legend from his early years as the prized student of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to his days as a visionary star in...
Dates: 2005

Signes: Special Festival de Chaumont. No.4 / Obalk H., 1997

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Identifier: CC-29490-30855
Scope and Contents

The issue has a supplement by Hector Obalk entitled, "Sensible a la Typographie." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Smashed / Sych, Paul., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27605-28682
Scope and Contents

The poster depicts the typographically stretched word, 'smashed' overlaying an image of a broken bottle and fabric with psychodelic colors making up the background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996