A Brief History of Type
Read an essay discussing the times, technologies, and forms of type. |
AIGA Resource Archives
View a list of design history archives and resources from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Includes contact info for collections housed in libraries of schools and museums. |
Aleksandr Rodchenko MoMA Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, New York presents the history and work of Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891-1956), one of the leading Russian artists in the period following the Revolution of October 1917. |
American Sign Museum
Learn about the history of the sign industry and its contribution to commerce and the American landscape. Read museum news, view online exhibits, and research biographies, related events, book reviews, and sites. Includes topical forum. |
April Greiman
Visit the page of this pioneering designer who helped introduce the computer vernacular to graphic design through experimental mergers of type and image. Find a link to her projects. |
Cuban Posters
View a collection of Cuban domestic, cultural, Che, film, and anti-imperialist posters produced since the 1960s. Read interview articles, browse a reading list, and buy prints and postcards. |
Design Archive Online
Review twentieth century magazine design and photography with biographical profiles of designers. A project of the Rochester Institute of Technology, the image archives have limited access. |
Design History Discussion List
Text-based forum for design issues, local information, and reviews by the Design History Society in the U.K. Limited graphic design content. |
Docs Populi - Documents for the Public
See the oppositional artwork of Lincoln Cushing, a graphic artist involved in public access to images of peace and justice. Includes links to Cuban poster art and the Inkworks Press archives. |
Dr. Leslie and the Composing Room
Research the 1934 - 1942 biography of Dr. Leslie of New York City, including the Composing Room, PM and AD magazine archives, the A-D gallery, and video interviews. |
Finding Historical Typefaces on the Web
Find accurate digital revivals of historic typefaces by designers such as Claude Garamond, circa 1540. |
Follow the Sun: Australian Travel Posters 1930s - 1950s
View a colorful exhibit of 1930s - 1950s lithographs from the National Library of Australia. Browse images by destination, symbol, style, or artist. |
Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s in Travel Ephemera
View an international collection of historic travel brochures, airline time-tables, ocean liner time-tables, auto road maps, luggage labels, advertising, and graphic design publications from the 1920s and 1930s. |
Milton Glaser, Inc.
Learn about the firm and its interdisciplinary, internationally known designer who co-founded Pushpin Studios, New York Magazine, and the WBMG publication design firm. See posters, illustration, and other projects. |
Monuments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky
Explore the Getty Research Institute site devoted to this modernist Russian typographer, book designer, and architect. Includes chronology, images, and links to related resources. |
Paul Rand: Graphic Designer
Read an interview of this past influential designer on the subjects of graphic design critique, design philosophy and design education. |
Posters American Style
View major posters from the last century. Learn about their design, printing and historical impact on culture. Includes audio. Collection by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. |
Salon Magazine: Tibor Kalman
Read the obituary of this innovative designer, best known for the work he created with his New York design firm, M&Co, and his brief editorship of Colors magazine. |
Steven Heller
Read a brief biography about this educator, art director, writer and designer who is considered to be an authority on the history of graphic design. |
The Art of Persuasion: American Graphic Design Comes of Age
Read a critical analysis of the history of American advertising and graphic design during the early 20th century. View samples. |
The Bauhaus
Learn about the Post World War I German school that influenced design and typography through the ideal of art and technology integration. |
The History of PostScript
Learn the story of modern PostScript technology and its impact on the publishing industry. |
The History of the CND Logo/Peace Symbol
Read an essay about the logo of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, or peace symbol, designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom. |
The Media History Project
A timeline, graphics, and short articles guide you through the history of mediated communication. |
The National Graphic Design Image Database
Search an online database of documentary resources related to the history of visual communication in the twentieth century. Maintained by the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography in the Cooper Union School of Art, USA. |
The New Zealand Graphic Design Archive
Research projects, interviews, and an image database about New Zealand design from the School of Art and Design, Auckland University of Technology. |
The Stamp Gallery of Czech and Slovak Graphic Art
Information on stamp designing and engraving as part of the Czech and Slovak graphic art in general. |
The Swiss Poster Collection
See more than 300 posters from 1971 to the present by designers such as J. Müller-Brockmann and Wolfgang Weingart. Maintained by Carnegie Mellon University. |
Type and Typography
Read basic essays on the history of type including designers, printing, and technology. |
University of Florida Rare Book Collection
Examine labeled specimens of typography and book design from the 15th - 20th centuries. |
