I hope they won't mind me mentioning it, but Phaidon have been very busy over the past few years compiling the Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design, to be published later this year (we all hope). And I've had a very, very small part to play in it by describing a few groundbreaking pieces of design, including the Alexander Rodchenko poster above, designed in 1924. Now you all know this poster, don't you? Or maybe you only know about the recycled Franz Ferdinand cover? And if that's the case, deduct marks for skipping your design history classes.
Anyway, I've had to spend today doing a little bit more research and I came across this:
Which made me smile.
I just love these Russian turn of the century, bauhaus looking posters. Young designers have no idea that everything or almost has already been design. If only they would look at these old master intend of using drop shadows and and transparency. This is exactly the type of stuff we teach in our book http://www.amazon.com/How-Succeed-Graphic-Designer-ebook/dp/B007FUX1PY check it out. Great site. I will certainly be back. Very refreshing content
Posted by: Mario | 08 March 2012 at 09:58 PM