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Happy birthday Armin Hofmann (1920–2020)! The eminent Swiss graphic designer and educator at the Basel School of Design played an instrumental role in developing the Swiss International Style. #LfABirthday
Image: Armin Hofmann, Stadt Theater Basel poster, 1965.
Lou Dorfsman, CBS ephemera, ca. 1940s–60s. These pamphlets are part of a lot of ~40 pieces that could be yours this week! Duplicate copies of these and more from our collection will be available in our auction w/@SwannGalleries on 5/12. #LfASwannAuction https://t.co/tjge86Za33
Happy birthday to Dutch visual artist @sigridcalon! #LfABirthday #SigridCalon
Image: Sigrid Calon, Letters Become Patterns, Tilburg, 2014.
Happy birthday Herbert Matter (1907–1984)! The Swiss-born American designer and photographer was born 114 years ago today. Pictured: a few examples of his work for Knoll, where he began as a design consultant in 1944 and spent 12 years building its visual identity. #LfABirthday
Folded newspaper grocery advertisement page used as source material for Aaron Marcus's Symbolic Constructions, 1971. Check out the Symbolic Constructions series in the Online Archive: https://t.co/lA2HesX55e
Sigrid Calon, Riso Book: Squares Circles 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, the Netherlands, 2020.
Theodor Reineck, Verzierte farbige Alphabete (Ornate Colored Alphabets), published by Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar, 1883.
Egizio: A Nebiolo Series, typeface by Aldo Novarese, Società Nebiolo, Italy, ca. 1960. See the full leaflet in the Online Archive: https://t.co/llDGeS6kkc
Chip Thomas, aka #jetsonorama, Criminal Justice Reform Now, 2016. Source photo Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker. See more screen prints from Thomas, a photographer, public artist, activist, and physician of the Navajo Nation: https://t.co/63Lb5h5uBL #BlackDesigners #BlackArtists #MLK
Arthur Baker, The Calligraphic Art of Arthur Baker proof with sketches and numbered pages, ca. 1980. See more from this beautiful handmade book in the Online Archive. https://t.co/qtT7imrW2b