Creative Boom

JUNE 11, 2023

Paul Bailey and Mike Sullivan explain how and why they're archiving the work of some of our most-missed graphic design agencies. So the kernel of an idea was formed – what if there was an online archive of all the best design and branding agencies who were no longer around? It turned out the designers hadn't heard of any of them.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 15, 2024

She'd done a show at the Design Museum and various other things, such as a forthcoming Channel 5 documentary, all of which entailed a lot of searching in her archive. Consequently, there'll be a number of unique and rare materials from Margaret Calvert's archive in the mix. It's long overdue." I love her sketches for her typefaces.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

That’s because this month marks the Eames Archives’ inaugural welcome for guests looking to experience their new permanent collection, which showcases the design duo’s storied history of iconic artifacts guided by none other than Llisa Demetrios , chief curator and granddaughter of the legendary design couple.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The new initiative highlights iconic BBC logos and graphic design, offering a nostalgic collection for apparel, accessories, and gifts. Today, the BBC has unlocked a treasure trove of nostalgia for fans of its iconic television and radio shows, launching a brand-new platform that celebrates its rich graphic design history.

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Design Milk

MAY 17, 2024

She dives into her archival research linked to design, including the work of Karmele Leizaola, the first female graphic designer in Venezuela, who Mereb studied in 2021 under the 10×10 Photobooks’ Research Grants on Photobook History. through her design studio, Letra Muerta Inc.,

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

We were surprised that some prime examples were no longer available, even in the archives of some respected firms." The authors faced challenges in documenting this vital period. Our choice of visual material was limited by what we were able to obtain," Ian admits. "We

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Design Milk

MARCH 21, 2023

Once again, legendary design brand Herman Miller is opening up the vault to bring back some of their most iconic archival materials. This go round, they’re reintroducing eight archival originals by Alexander Girard.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

From limited runs to crowd favourites, these prints come directly from the creatives' archives, with no reprints allowed! “Now, I’m thrilled to give back and donate some of my prints alongside other former mentees and mentors who also want to help this wonderful community thrive and keep The Arena doing what they do best,” she adds.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 10, 2023

This 200+ page archive is a non-linear time capsule exploring two decades of creativity forwards and backwards, charting, reflecting and refracting a broad spectrum of excellence across multiple disciplines. The release of its new anniversary book, Semi Permanent 20 years Forward & Back puts the record straight, in beautiful fashion.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In researching for the project, the team did a deep dive into the archives of retro athletic club branding, from tennis to golf to polo, and found it a treasure trove of inspiration. It's pickleball, after all." Eventually, they zeroed in on colours, patterns, and iconography styles that evoked the preppy country club aesthetic.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 7, 2023

They've developed a strong reputation in the creative world for archiving, preserving and publishing design history collections, such as artefacts related to the New York Subway, as well as reprinting standards manuals from the likes of NASA and EPA. Were they trying something creative, or just in a hurry?"

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Colossal

JANUARY 15, 2025

Containing 10,000+ items, the Public Domain Image Archive is a vast trove of illustrations, prints, scans, and more, all downloadable and free for use. And, if you’d like more deep dives into copyright-free works, check out the public domain archive on Colossal. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Ponti’s hand represents the human ability to imagine, to go beyond the world of objects to enter those of theatre, poetry and playfulness, says Salvatore Licitra, curator of the Gio Ponti Archives. Photo: Courtesy the Gio Ponti Archives We are thrilled to present this historic piece from our catalogue in a new guise.

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Design Milk

JUNE 3, 2024

Back in January 2021, the heritage team that’s responsible for maintaining Fritz Hansen’s 151-year-old history and archives found two small photos in an old furniture catalogue dating back to 1946. One of those showed a whimsical rocking horse with its sculptural shadow cast onto the wall.

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Designer Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Elhossieny has catalogued a huge archive of book covers in Arabic on plenty of topics and styles. Apart from obnoxious influencers, Instagram also includes some accounts that are real gems. This account , dedicated to Arabic book covers and maintained by Egyptian designer Moe Elhossieny, is one of these gems.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tozer reveals that the design team took inspiration from "archival brand collateral, architectural details and the interior palette from each venue", resulting in a design system that distinguishes each theatre through relevant shapes and colours.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 12, 2023

Team's visual direction embraces the out-of-the-box spirit of jazz with hand-built collages composed primarily of archival photographs of jazz legends performing on Blue Note's storied Greenwich Village stage.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This endeavour led her to the archives of Condé Nast, where she gained a deeper understanding of Turbeville's work. Then, a few years ago, Nathalie was approached by the MUUS Collection, who invited her to look at their archives. "In In terms of Deborah Turbeville's work, they had everything ," she recalls. What is unknown.

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Design Milk

JULY 5, 2024

To learn more about Theresa Fitzgerald, watch the entire lecture below: To learn more about The Vignelli Center for Design Studies at RIT, they have launched digital access to the archives through Google Arts & Culture , joining over 2000 cultural institutions from around the world.

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Designer Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2020

A new home for Ivan Chermayeff’s design archives. 700 collages, paintings, prints, book covers, promotional posters, and drawings of the iconic designer have recently been donated to the School of Visual Arts’s Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives. Read the article.

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Creative Bloq

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Tavern puts a contemporary spin on Sizzler's archived illustration.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Go back into the archives and find styles that may influence your choices or bend the rules and pinch it from another category or industry. "It not only pushes our thinking with font selection but also aligns with the overarching idea or strategy. The clues are in the research: look into what's trending and avoid it," he continues. "Go

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 31, 2024

The new visual identity references Switchboard's archives, drawing inspiration from 50 years' worth of materials hosted at Bishopsgate Institute in London. The personality of the community came through powerfully in the archive materials; we wanted to keep a sense of this spirit within the new brand.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 8, 2024

That's because the LEGO Group and Interbrand have rummaged through the LEGO company archives to dig out existing brand elements that work, polish them off, and pair them with comic book-inspired action graphics to build a new, instantly recognisable design system.

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Colossal

MAY 2, 2025

The Lagos Studio Archives project was born. ” Ohiri, along with his partner, Finnish-British artist Riikka Kassinen, conceive of Lagos Studio Archives as a means of preserving and showcasing the wealth of history, culture, style, and daily life in Nigeria’s former capital.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Responsible for handling the creative concept, animation, photography and typography for the campaign, the From Form team set about making a real, physical flip book packed with digital photos of the city's famous museums, as well as a few exclusive snaps of items stored away in archives.

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2024

"One day, it will show some of my archive of several thousand original drawings, but, much more importantly, it will be an international centre to display, discuss and celebrate the extraordinary wealth of illustration. The site will also be a permanent home for Blake's archive of over 40,000 works created over seven decades.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 17, 2024

Directed by the filmmaker Carl Addy at The Mayda Creative Co , the trailer re-imagines archive material, built by creative VFX studio Daydreamer. It uses a mixture of archive footage, advanced 3D animation, CGI and photography to revisit historic Wimbledon moments from angles that would never have been seen on the original broadcasts.

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Creative Boom

MAY 30, 2022

The exhibition begins with a closer look at the company's beginnings in 1950s Britain with rare archival material and early prototypes revealing a little more about its founder, the three-times Wimbledon champion Fred Perry. Fred Perry against BH Grant, court one Wimbledon, London, 1936. The Original M3 Fred Perry Shirt, 1952.

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Creative Bloq

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Explore the BBC's fascinating branding legacy.

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Design Milk

JULY 16, 2024

Desk, 1969 © Vitra Design Museum Photo: Jürgen Hans, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2024 Running through May 11, 2025, Science Fiction Design: From Space Age to Metaverse is a must-see exhibition for anyone fascinated by the interplay of design and futuristic vision.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 18, 2023

Following the sell-out success of its first issue, The Paper Bag Archive is back with a new edition of its packaging retrospective, To Have & To Hold. And it's this history that The Paper Bag Archive explores both online and in its print accompaniment, To Have & To Hold. And this time it's taking you on a trip to the museum.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We've gone through the design archives at Nationwide and recalled some beautiful elements from their history while at the same time creating a new brand that is fit for the future." "The Nationwide brand is a special one, and it now has a look and feel to match – strikingly modern, refreshingly simple, yet still so familiar.

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Design Milk

JULY 22, 2021

Dr. George Ablin House Bakersfield, CA (1958) Textile Block Design Courtesy of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art / Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York) All rights reserved. . – Stuart Graff, CEO, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

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Design Milk

MARCH 31, 2025

The Anna Stick and Alessandro Stick (launching soon) revive a whimsical design from the archives of Alessandro Mendini , adding charm and character to a set of chopsticks and a coordinating stand. This is how Yucatan and Oaxaca were born two small wooden totems that find their place in the kitchen.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 15, 2023

IKEA Nytillverkad Collection Delves Into the Archives in Colorful Fashion Celebrating their 80th anniversary, the brand released a selection of home goods and furnishings from their archives with a colorful, contemporary refresh.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Brand research "We looked through the entire Graff brand archive, interviewed staff and met with the craftspeople who work on every piece to uncover new visual aspects and themes we could bring to life for the new brand world," explains SomeOne founder and ECD Simon Manchipp.

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