The International Dada Archive

Posted by Fabio 10 May 2010

Beautiful Archive of Dada publications gathered by the University of Iowa. The Archive includes materials in all formats that have been cataloged for the collection, including books, essays in books, periodical articles, manuscripts, sound and videorecordings, and other media related to the Dada movement and to the individual dadaists. read more

György Kepes – Vision + Value

Posted by Fabio 7 May 2010

György Kepes (October 4, 1906 – December 29, 2001) was a Hungarian-born painter, designer, educator and art theorist. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1937, he taught design at the New Bauhaus (later the School of Design, then Institute of Design, then Illinois Institute of Design or IIT) in Chicago. In 1967 He founded the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he taught until his retirement in 1974. read more

FILE Issue 3

Posted by Fabio 17 March 2010

We are happy to announce the 3rd issue of FILE Magazine is available in shops now.
To purchase a copy online click here

FILE ISSUE 3

Posted by Fabio 17 March 2010

For our 3rd issue we commissioned American art director, journalist and author Steven Heller to write a piece about Czech Constructivist and pioneer of information design in the United States, Ladislav Sutnar. The cover for this issue features a painting by the very talented Spanish born artist Antonio Santin followed by an interview as well as a beautiful selection of his work. read more

Ben Wiseman

Posted by Fabio 26 January 2010

Illustrator and designer Ben Wiseman has an eye catching selection of book covers in his folio. Shown here is a rejected proposal for a cover – don’t know why, its great.

www.ben-wiseman.com

You Work For Them – Archive

Posted by Fabio 20 January 2010

For over eight years online book shop ‘You Work for Them’ provided us all with great design titles in magazines and books. Sadly they had to close down due to competition from the likes of Amazon. Luckily they’ve decided to put their whole back-catalogue online as an archive for us all to browse through – thanks.

www.books.youworkforthem.com

Digital Dada Library

Posted by Fabio 15 January 2010

The Digital Dada Library provides links to scanned images of original Dada-era publication in the International Dada Archive. These books, pamphlets, and periodicals are housed in the Special Collections Department of The University of Iowa Libraries. Well worth a look.

Dada Digital Library

The Radio Post – Issue 1

Posted by Fabio 20 November 2009

The other day I received this new publication through my letterbox, the very first issue of “The Radio Post”. The publication, a foldable poster is compiled and designed by Simon Roche of Field Graphic Designers, based in Dublin and Copenhagen. read more

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