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Vintage Logo Design: Inspiration & Examples

Inkbot Design

Modern designers frequently draw creative inspiration from retro advertisements, typography, colour palettes , and graphic styles. Some of the most iconic images were crafted 50 or more years ago by masterful designers who understood visual communication at its most basic, recognisable level. They embrace bold custom typography.

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Inspiring creative women to follow in 2022

Creative Boom

Current clients include unicorn startups like Zola and Klarna, cultural institutions like NYC Tourism and NYC Pride, as well as established brands like Evian and MassMutual. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Sanuk Kim is a designer and an art director based in New York. Jolene Delisle. Alessia Mazzarella.

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I ?? NY

Fonts in Use

At a time when New York City’s reputation was in tatters and the city on the verge bankruptcy , the State of New York hired advertising agency Wells Rich Greene to work on a PR campaign to boost tourism. And there is just enough nostalgia in American Typewriter to give it top billing in contemporary typography.

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Milton Glaser: Designing a Cultural Revolution

Inkbot Design

Mentorship and Early Career While studying at the renowned Cooper Union School of Art, Milton Glaser found a mentor in the designer and typographer Henry Wolf. As art director of iconic magazines such as Esquire and Bazaar, Wolf was a typography and advertising design titan.

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9 Graphic Design Styles to Integrate Within Your Designs

Shillington

Art Deco Art Deco is a form of design, visual arts and architecture which came to prominence as a symbol of luxury, wealth and sophistication in challenge to the austere influence of World War I. Try it and see what you find. Few other schools of design contributed as much to last century’s stylistic innovations.

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Graphic Design Styles: The Ultimate Guide

Shillington

Art Deco is a form of design, visual arts and architecture which came to prominence as a symbol of luxury, wealth and sophistication in challenge to the austere influence of World War I. Art Deco style lent itself perfectly to the purpose of promoting luxury brands, fashion labels and far flung travel destinations.

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Inside “Abstract”

Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

Most reporting about typeface design devotes all of its energy to explaining graphic design, leaving little room for typography, and almost none for the actual typeface designer. Anyone hoping to document typeface design learns quickly that behind this wonderful visual art are almost no visuals worth capturing.