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An Archive of Graphic Design by Year 1 Graphic Design Students at Edinburgh Napier University
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Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band
There isn’t that many album covers that have become as synonymous as the music that lies underneath. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band…
Jack Mullins
Oct 4, 2017
Jamie Reid — God Save the Queen
Jamie Reid — God Save the Queen
Born in 1947, Jamie Reid lived during the rise of the punk and anarchy movements within the UK. Being an artist and designer, a lot of…
Dan Brady
Oct 9, 2017
Pirelli Logo
Pirelli Logo
As part of my Graphic Design module ran by Dr. Peter Buwert the class was shown the Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design and told to blog…
Jack McSeveney
Oct 11, 2017
Obama Hope Poster — Shepard Fairey (2008)
Obama Hope Poster — Shepard Fairey (2008)
Widely considered to be a pop cultural phenomenon, this iconic portrait of Barack Obama caught the attention of millions during the…
Mac Scott
Oct 15, 2017
Pirelli Slippers — Fletcher, Gill and Forbes (1962)
Pirelli Slippers — Fletcher, Gill and Forbes (1962)
Pirelli (an Italian company most commonly known for formula 1 racing and the tires they produce) in 1962 commissioned Alan Fletcher, Bob…
Christy Orr
Oct 16, 2017
Zermatt Matterhorn by Emil Cardinaux 1908
Zermatt Matterhorn by Emil Cardinaux 1908
This trendsetting, 103 x 73cm poster by Emil Cardinaux was created as part of a comission by the Zermatt Tourist office to create an…
Yusra
Oct 16, 2017
IQ by Uwe Loesch 1986
IQ by Uwe Loesch 1986
This eye-catching, self-commissioned piece by Uwe Loesch was made to be a statement about the devastation and damage caused by the…
Yusra
Oct 16, 2017
The New York Times Op-Ed by Mirko llic 1992
The New York Times Op-Ed by Mirko llic 1992
Ilic’s backstory and his view on the role of a Graphic Designer
Yusra
Oct 16, 2017
Cooper Black — Oswald Bruce Cooper (1921)
Cooper Black — Oswald Bruce Cooper (1921)
Fashionable since its creation in 1921, Oswald Cooper’s truly twentieth-century eponymous typeface, Cooper Black, is just as ubiquitous now…
Mac Scott
Oct 17, 2017
Design Process Auto — Pierre Mendell (1986)
Design Process Auto — Pierre Mendell (1986)
German designer Pierre Mendell was commissioned by Die Neue Sammlung — Munich’s international museum for applied art — in 1986 to produce a…
Mac Scott
Oct 17, 2017
Mexico Olympics 1968
Mexico Olympics 1968
The choice of Mexico to hold the Olympic Games was controversial because of Mexico’s high altitude, making it easier for fast paced sports…
Chloe Wooldrage
Oct 17, 2017
Westinghouse — Paul Rand (1959)
Westinghouse — Paul Rand (1959)
In 1959, Paul Rand was commissioned by Westinghouse Electric Corporate, where he redesigned their visual identity using humorous and clever…
Christy Orr
Oct 17, 2017
Morse Code (1836)
Morse Code (1836)
The Universal Language of Morse Code, was designed by Samuel Morse, an American inventor and painter, Alfred Vail, an American machinist…
Chloe Wooldrage
Oct 17, 2017
Nazi Identity
Nazi Identity
The National Socialist German Worker’s Party easier known as the Nazi’s; although a controversial topic and to say the least a bad bunch of…
Jack McSeveney
Oct 17, 2017
ERCO (1976)
ERCO (1976)
by Otl Aicher
Billy Adams
Oct 18, 2017
McDonald’s (1962)
McDonald’s (1962)
by Jim Schnidler
Billy Adams
Oct 18, 2017
La Fin du Monde (1919)
La Fin du Monde (1919)
by Fernand Leger
Billy Adams
Oct 18, 2017
Found Font (1995 — present)
Found Font (1995 — present)
Paul Elliman, born in 1961, is a British artist and designer based in London. His work mainly focuses on communication and different ways…
Chloe Wooldrage
Oct 18, 2017
Crossword Puzzle (1913)
Crossword Puzzle (1913)
Crossword puzzles are in no doubt the world’s most played word games. They first appeared in the 19th century in England on children’s…
Leia
Oct 18, 2017
In 1919 André-Gustave Citroen founded the well known french automobile manufacturing company…
In 1919 André-Gustave Citroen founded the well known french automob...
It’s a lovely bold and powerful design. The singular primary red colour has been paired with two monochrome shades (black and white) really…
Bréagh Cameron
Oct 18, 2017
Kiyoshi Awazu
Kiyoshi Awazu
A designer’s mission is to extend the rural into the city, foreground the folklore, reawaken the past, summon back the outdated.
Lucy Laughland
Oct 18, 2017
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
In the future, everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes.
Lucy Laughland
Oct 18, 2017
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