Resource Klaxon: The People's Graphic Design Archive

Here we feature a recent find – The People’s Graphic Design Archive – uncovered by Dylan Carr. In its own words here’s an overview of the website and its intentions:

The People’s Graphic Design Archive is a crowd-sourced virtual archive that includes everything from finished projects to process, photos, letters, oral histories, anecdotes, published and unpublished articles, essays, and other supporting material in the form of documents, videos, audio, as well as links to other relevant archives and websites.

Our goal is to enable new and expanded stories about a graphic design history— one that represents diverse cultures and a broad range of interests! The archive exists in Notion now, but will eventually move to a purpose-built, public website.

We’ve had a brief peruse and it is clearly an absolute warren of resource. Below is just a very small snippet of a quick journey over a coffee. So, from The People’s Graphic Design Archive, we went to The School of Visual Arts Archive, which took us to an archive of Chermayeff & Geismar. 

This is along with our other featured archives is a free, seemingly infinite resource of graphic design from across history. Incredibly important. Incredibly useful. Thanks Dylan.

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SVA Subway Poster – 1990

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Examples from the Chermayeff & Geismar archive

Norman Ives

Norman Ives: Constructions & Reconstructions

Recently we’ve made aware of a designer who wasn’t on our radar, by a designer who is on our radar. Jim Sutherland’s instagram post shared the recently published book ‘Constructions & Reconstructions’.

The book is dedicated to Norman Ives, 1923-78, who was acclaimed as both a fine artist and seminal graphic designer. He was also a teacher and publisher of fine art portfolios.

The website and accompany instagram also has a fantastic archive of his work. A gem of a find, and thanks to Jim for sharing.

Resource Klaxon: Herb & More

Year 1 are currently researching the great designers and typographers who moulded the world we live and work in today. As a consequence; some great resources have been uncovered, we’re posting here to inspire, but also to bookmark.

The Herb Lubalin Study Center

Lubalin 100

Flat File

Design Is Fine

Design Is History

YKK Brief - Industry Brief - 2020

Here we feature a solution to the recent industry brief set by Ric Bixter of The Chase Manchester

The concept

The proposition

The design development

The final Mark

The connection

The location explained

Slide show from exterior to interior

Cloakroom and Cafe

WC

Slide show of the deliverables

Menu Development

Ticket Development

Poster development

Thaipography

Here we feature a great typography project that has recently been sent to our offices by x Preston Graphics student Tim Sumner. This self published book was inspired by the typography that Tim encountered in Thailand on his globe trotting adventures.

Card board wraparound case

Front & back cover designs

Forward

Slideshow

The typeface

For more on this project follow Tim here.

Science Festival - Industry Briefs - 2020

Here we feature a solution to the recent industry brief set by Ric Bixter of The Chase Manchester

Colour & Type toolkit

Development

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Outdoor - Posters

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Lanyards

Tote Bags

Way finding Signage

Edit Brand Studios - Industry Brief - 2020

Here we feature a couple of final year response to recent the industry set brief by Edit Brand studios

Wordmark

Language

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Typeface & colours

Photography style & feel

Turn the now over to reveal the here

Post cards

Post card slip case

Stationary & keys

Toiletries

Menues

Editorial Advertisements

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Simply Scan

The thinking - Sketch book

The rational

Words, copy & Language

Type Style reference

Odd image style reference

Preferred type styling

The word mark

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Odd outdoor advertising

Tour Guide Lanyards

Merchandise

Mobile

Bottle UK Seawater - Industry Briefs - 2020

Here we feature a couple of final year solutions in response to the recent industry brief set by Forepoint.

Background

Brand - Wordmark

typeface & colour ways

The can

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Point of sale & dispensers

Instagram

The brand wordmark

Typefaces

The offshore regions

The label designs

The full forecast

Multipack box

Pump Handles

The bar

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The Male Pill - Industry Briefs - 2020

Here we feature Emma Barber’s solution to the recent industry brief set by Chris Mason .

The back story

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The brand mark

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The Language & tone of voice

Copywriting

Alternative copy styling

Assets - Shapes and photography styles

The outer packaging & content designs

The pill packaging

Outdoor - Posters

Print - Brochure

Digital - Mobile look & feel

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App designs

A very strong, well thought through and deceptively simple design solution to what was a sensitive and challenging subject and brief.

RDInsights

RDInsights is a series of lively and informal interviews conducted by graphic designer Mike Dempsey RDI with fellow Royal Designers. These memorable conversations and inspiring stories span a wide range of design disciplines.

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Below we’ve highlighted the graphic designers:

Derek Birdsall RDI
Graphic Designer Derek BirdSall became an RDI in 1993.
Listen to the interview

Margaret Calvert RDI
Graphic designer Margaret Calvert became an RDI in 2011
Listen to the interview

Michael Wolff
Graphic designer Michael Wolff became an RDI in 2011.
Listen to the interview

Mark Farrow
Graphic designer Mark Farrow became an RDI in 2009.
Listen to the interview

Roger Law
Graphic design & caricature designer Roger Law became an RDI in 1999.
Listen to the interview

Peter Brookes
Graphic designer, Peter Brookes became an RDI in 2002.
Listen to the interview

Ivan Chermayeff
Graphic designer, Ivan Chermayeff became an HonRDI in 1991.
Listen to the interview

Pearce Marchbank
Graphic designer, Pearce Marchbank became an RDI in 2004.
Listen to the interview