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Ashley Minner: building meaningful connections with art

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Gustavo, Ashley Minner, 2012. While I was formally trained in drawing, painting, printmaking, etc in the western academy, my practice encompasses so much more. You heard Ashley Minner, keep making art and spread the word about it with Luxe Business Cards and custom marketing materials by MOO. My aunt sings… . Keep making art! .

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35 Examples of Vintage and Retro Typography You Need to See

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British typeface Gill Sans was designed by sculptor, printmaker and typeface designer Eric Gill —who clearly named his most famous typeface after himself. Eames: Beautiful Details (USA, 2012). English Riviera tourism poster (UK, 1982). It will definitely bring a Gatsby-esque 1920s’ luxury to any project. Eames Century.

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50 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2020

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Type gourmets Steven Heller and Louise Fili have scouring the antiquarian book and flea markets of Paris, Berlin, Rome, Florence, Barcelona, Eastern Europe and elsewhere to bring together an intoxicating range of rare eye candy from this golden era, from stock pictorial cuts and type catalogues to filigree borders and cartouches.

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59 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2022

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Through case studies, the book shows how designed objects relate to capitalist societies and cultures and examines how designers support and uphold the market economy. Women in Graphic Design 1890-2012 by Gerda Breuer. It shows that things that uphold capitalism—banknotes, branding, adverts—would not exist without graphic design.