graphic design  

Aage Rasmussen
I was smitten by Danish advertising posters from the 30s and 40s when wandering through the big design museum in Copenhagen in 1992 or so. Unfortunately, none of them were being reproduced at that time and I think still aren't, but the Danish Poster Museum has some simlar ones.
I like Aage Rasmussen the best. These three are by him.
http://www.plakatmuseum.dk/PostersUK/index.html

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I like constructivist posters too, Rodechenko et al, was lucky enough to pick up a big book on the subject for nothing a few years ago, I think it was published to coincide with an exhibtion....one day I will get some scanned + hang them.
Always amazes me how dynamic the images they could produce with low tech means were, so much more spirit compared to these adobe illustrator confections.

Paul Rand
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The layout for a Braun cookbook (I think) before they went all Star Trek Next Gen.

Pete, that's my current...
Pete, that's my current screensaver lol :oD ! I have it in the animated version. Love it.
Heath, have you seen this book ? I am desparately trying to get hold of a copy.
http://grainedit.com/2008/12/15/italian-modern-design-book/

btw got the link to the book...
btw got the link to the book above through the excellent site "grainedit". Lovely browsing material.
http://grainedit.com

wow! No I havn't but it...
wow! No I havn't but it looks very good. Always amazes me what a good job the Japanese do in presenting European design back to us, almost like they understand it or value it better than we do.
I have some original Olivetti graphics + manuals for the lettera typewriters and they are allways nice to look at.
Some Braun,Salter and Olivetti stuff I've got was all made in Ireland, I wonder if Ireland was once had lower labour costs?

I wonder if anybody else...
I wonder if anybody else likes this current work as much as I do.. It's all sold out now, though :o(
http://cameronmoll.bigcartel.com/product/letterpress-poster-16x24

I was lucky enough to hear...
I was lucky enough to hear FHK Henrion lecture once and have collected his posters off and on - sophisticated but never flashy - another emigre who brought a lot to British design! Kauffer's work from the late 30s ,just before the booze took over, is wonderful too. Also Hans Schleger

the original cut + paste!
the original cut + paste!

I am glad to see this...
I am glad to see this touched on. I love graphic design, unfortunately the computer age has taken away much of its inherent architectural qualities. I try to keep them intact where possible. Many clients today do not understand the purest forms in graphic design. They want something flashy rather than smart restraint. It makes me sad when I see graphic design like this that I love, because I know I will rarely be able to implement it in a commercial sense. Designing for the aesthetically illiterate is tough.
True, constraints are a great tool for design. But, I have to say, human constraints are nearly impossible to design around at times. Time, price, color, theme, information .... all of these are constraints you can work with easily in comparison. It's the constraint of the client which is painful. Even Charles Eames is cited as saying that he designed more furniture than buildings because it gave him more control over the end result (than working with a client for a specific commission). So true, so true.
I get hired based on work I have done for myself, and other clients who have let me shine in the past ... only to get stuffed in the man's little box. Why hire someone because you like what they do, and then ask them to do what they don't do? And so it goes ...

I admire graphic designers a...
I admire graphic designers a lot, I've got all the software but my images never look quite right.
Have you ever shown us samples of your work? Would love to see it.
And nice work getting the house! Would it make a viable home/office?

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Actually I'll have to take a photo of this hideous chinese made stereo that sells here and post it. They have copied Brauns style on the packaging quite faithfully, I imagine in the hope it might lend their product some gravitas.

I don't know much about graphic design.....
But I know what I like.