The 1957 Penrose Annual — a graphic design time capsule
I know it’s been a long time since I posted, but hey, quite a lot has been going on over the last few months ;)
I picked up a few editions of U&lc (which I’ll post about soon) from Matt Lamont and he also had this 1957 Penrose Annual — Volume 51. It may be a little dog eared but I could not resist it. The cover was enough but then Matt shared some of the inside and I had to get it.
Being a Graphic Arts trade annual it’s an incredible blend of writing from the time, trade ads and technique examples. Best of all that means, stock variations, inserts, overlays, print variation and some wonderful ads.
Some here are some of the things that caught my eye. Also at the bottom I’ve added the contents pages for reference, incase there’s something someone is looking for.
First up here are a few spreads:
Here’s a sampling of the wonderful illustrations and print techniques.
Then there are these great ads, like this for Linotype and then the two for type. Love seeing the Nebiolo ad.
This one is particularly close to my heart, for Penguin.
And finally a few more pages and details from the articles.
As promised here are the contents pages. If there’s something you see here and want, add a comment and I’ll see what I can do.
Originally published at http://www.paperposts.me on July 11, 2020.
