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Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design - Theo Inglis
Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design by Theo Inglis / ISBN 9781849944823 / 256-page hardback, 8.8 x 8.8 inches, published by Batsford
Possibly on its way out of print... also, I think I contributed a book cover scan to this book!
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A visual and comprehensive guide to a hugely popular graphic style.
The distinctive aesthetic of mid-century design captured the post-war zeitgeist of energy and progress, and remains hugely popular today. In Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design Theo Inglis takes an in-depth look at the innovative graphics of the period, writing about the work of artists and designers f
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Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design: Inglis, Theo: 9781849944823: Books - Amazon.ca
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Why was early to midcentury typography so good?
Before desktop computers, WYSIWYG software, and digital printing, design was a trade that relied upon a lot of specialized hand skills by a collection of highly-skilled tradespeople. Printed materials that didn’t get mass-produced were often made by hand. There was a lot of need for sign painters. Even in the 80s when I was growing up, hand-lettered signs were everywhere. Every grocery store I remember visiting in those years, for example, advertised their weekly specials with hand-lettered posters in their windows. That meant there was someone in the back, or a sign shop in town, that had people getting paid to letter signs. And those people were also the ones making protest signs after hours. There are sign painters still practicing today and they do beautiful work. But their work takes time and costs money, and it’s faster to just run something off on the nearest desktop printer. More on reddit.com
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April 20, 2024Unpopular opinion: I hate mid-century modern
I like Scandinavian and transitional. It's a lot easier to find pieces once you know the name of the style you prefer. https://havenly.com/blog/interior-design-types More on reddit.com
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October 20, 2020Graphic Design Books from/about the 1950s
Don’t know if you’re into typography but if so I want to recommend the documentary Helvetica . It deals with the transition in style between the 50s and the 60s, just looking at it through the lens of the development of the font Helvetica. Fascinating stuff! More on reddit.com
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July 1, 2021What is this type of graphic design from the 2000s called?
People have attempted to give taxonomy to design styles. It's a futile gesture since design can be very broad and incorporate lots of styles. This is somewhere between 'Global village coffee house' and 'Curly girly' Eta: source: https://cari.institute/aesthetics/curly-girly More on reddit.com
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Mid-century modern - the movement of the greatest design icons
Nüspace Furniture (Canada) loves Mid-century modern (MCM), the movement in design, product, graphic design, architecture and urban development from 1945 to 1975. The term celebrates the style that is now recognized by designers and museums worldwide as a significant design movement.
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Mid-century modern graphic design: a designer's guide | Creative Bloq
October 24, 2024 - Hence, the simple, direct flatness ... graphic design has a similar aesthetic to flat design, using geometric shapes, clean lines, bright hues and earthly palettes to create bold, reductive images....
Claire Makes Things
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Mid-Century & Retro Inspiration: 10 Resources for Artists - Claire Makes Things
April 30, 2025 - Related article: Retro Lettering Made Easy: 5 Tips to Add a Midcentury Charm to Your Designs · Another gigantic collection of retro inspiration on Flickr. Search by art studio, artist or subject. ... A visual catalogue of Mid-Century Modern graphics on Tumblr, collected by Theo Inglis.
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Theo Inglis takes us on a visual journey of Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design | Creative Boom
September 8, 2021 - Full of gorgeous colour palettes, experimental type and prints that "buzz with kinetic energy", the hardback title is a visual and comprehensive guide to the much-loved graphic style with an in-depth look at the innovative graphics of the period. Featuring over 150 artists and designers from all over the world – including Paul Rand, Alex Steinweiss, Ray Eames, Joseph Low, Alvin Lustig, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Leo Lionni, Rudolph de Harak and Abram Games – Theo draws from a broad range of sources including advertising, magazine covers, record sleeves, travel posters and children’s book illustration to show the development of the design style globally, and how this continues to influence design today.
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The Moderns: Midcentury American Graphic Design | book by Steven Heller & Greg D'Onofrio
February 2, 2019 - Modernism transformed American graphic design in the mid-twentieth century and established a visual language that still carries tremendous authority.
Wikipedia
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Mid-century modern - Wikipedia
3 weeks ago - Mid-century modern (MCM) is "a style of design popular in the mid-twentieth century, characterized by clean, simple lines and lack of embellishment." The style was present throughout the world, but gained most popularity in North America, Brazil ...
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Exploring the Elements of Midcentury Graphic Design
March 20, 2023 - Utilitarian sans serifs reigned in the mid-1900s, bringing classic type designs like Futura, Helvetica, Univers, Frutiger, and Akzidenz Grotesk to the forefront of graphic design.
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Mid-Century Type book surveys graphic design of 1945 to 1965 | Wallpaper*
October 10, 2023 - Letraset, introduced in 1959, transformed the small graphic design office, whilst phototypesetting, a precursor to digital desktop publishing, started the wholesale move away from traditional hot metal type. Push Pin Studios, Mahalia Jackson, Milton Glaser, 1967 (Milton Glaser /Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence) ... Mid-Century Type captures the very best of the new design’s adaptability to a changing world, a world of mass transit, documentaries, pop music and political posters.
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Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design - Rizzoli New York
May 15, 2018 - A visual and comprehensive guide to a hugely popular graphic style. The distinctive aesthetic of mid-century design captured the post-war zeitgeist of energy and progress, and remains hugely popular today. In Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design Theo Inglis takes an in-depth look at the innovative graphics of the period, writing about the work of artists and designers from all over the world.
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The Moderns: Midcentury American Graphic Design – SHOP Cooper Hewitt
The book is made up of generously illustrated profiles, many based on interviews, of more than 60 designers whose magazine, book, and record covers; advertisements and package designs; posters; and other projects created the visual aesthetics of postwar modernity. Some were emigres from Europe; others were homegrown - all were intoxicated by elemental typography, primary colors, photography, and geometric or biomorphic forms. Some are well-known others are honored in this volume for the first time, and together they comprised a movement that changed our design world.
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Mid Century Modern designs, themes, templates and downloadable graphic elements on Dribbble
Discover 1,100+ Mid Century Modern designs on Dribbble. Your resource to discover and connect with designers worldwide.
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Mid-century modern: How to create in the style
August 8, 2025 - In graphic design, think strong grids, clear alignment, and bold geometric compositions. Mid-century layouts rely on order and structure. This style works particularly well for posters, packaging, or digital interfaces as it fits naturally into ...
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Mid Century Modern Graphic Images – Browse 108,730 Stock Photos, Vectors, and Video | Adobe Stock
Search from thousands of royalty-free Mid Century Modern Graphic stock images and video for your next project. Download royalty-free stock photos, vectors, HD footage and more on Adobe Stock.
Museum of Arts and Design
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An Exploration of Midcentury Graphic Design and a Visual History of MAD's Exhibition Catalogues Highlighted in 'Eye for Design', Opening June 7 | Museum of Arts and Design
"The graphic design included in this exhibition, particularly the work of Antonucci, Reiss, and Richardson, captures a sense of humanity—through their hand-rendered illustrations—that goes missing in graphic design of the later decades of ...
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r/graphic_design on Reddit: Why was early to midcentury typography so good?
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Watching this video and i see these nice, seemingly handmade protest signs and it reminds me of some of the older packaging designs i see on fonts in use, usually from midcentury, in particular the 70's. It makes me wonder how so many great fonts were so good, yet so ubiquitous. I figured it could make for a good conversation.
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it used to be important to make good things, to make things the right way, and to make things that would last. now it's only important to make things fast so we can make more money, yay capitalism
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Before desktop computers, WYSIWYG software, and digital printing, design was a trade that relied upon a lot of specialized hand skills by a collection of highly-skilled tradespeople. Printed materials that didn’t get mass-produced were often made by hand. There was a lot of need for sign painters. Even in the 80s when I was growing up, hand-lettered signs were everywhere. Every grocery store I remember visiting in those years, for example, advertised their weekly specials with hand-lettered posters in their windows. That meant there was someone in the back, or a sign shop in town, that had people getting paid to letter signs. And those people were also the ones making protest signs after hours. There are sign painters still practicing today and they do beautiful work. But their work takes time and costs money, and it’s faster to just run something off on the nearest desktop printer.
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Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design
November 29, 2017 - A visual catalogue of Mid-Century Modern graphics. Collected by Theo Inglis.