Iron Curtain Graphics. Eastern European Design Created without Computers / Grafică fără computer. 40 de ani de mărunte împliniri
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IRON CURTAINS GRAPHICS - Exploring the graphic expertise and vision behind Communist-era posters
The ideological imagery from the height of Communist rule in central and Eastern Europe has become a familiar motif in the west in the decades since its fall. From the illustrations of bourgeois fat cats to the classic "Niet" posters depicting a stern and handsome man refusing alcohol, the political and cultural lines drawn by these materials are clear. What is less recognized on this side of the former Iron Curtain is the technical ability and graphic skill that went into composing posters representing the industrious superiority of the former Communist empire. Read more
COOL HUNTING
IRON CURTAINS GRAPHICS - Exploring the graphic expertise and vision behind Communist-era posters
The ideological imagery from the height of Communist rule in central and Eastern Europe has become a familiar motif in the west in the decades since its fall. From the illustrations of bourgeois fat cats to the classic "Niet" posters depicting a stern and handsome man refusing alcohol, the political and cultural lines drawn by these materials are clear. What is less recognized on this side of the former Iron Curtain is the technical ability and graphic skill that went into composing posters representing the industrious superiority of the former Communist empire. Read more
CREATIVE REVIEW
Gestalten's new publication Iron Curtain Graphics features examples of
socialist graphic design, illustration and typography from the 1950s to
the 1970s. Featured in May's iPad edition is a gallery of posters from
the book. (http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/may/ipad-may-edition)
IMPRINT by Steven Heller
When I think of Romania (Rumania), alas I think of this song in Yiddish
by Aaron Lebedeff (you'll need to click to play). I also think of Saul
Steinberg, who left Romania in the 30s and brought with him to America a
native sense of the absurd. Now, thanks to the typographer Ovidiu Hrin
from Timisoara, I'm thinking of Romania in terms of its Cold War design.
He writes:
A couple of Romanian designers (living & working in
Bucharest) have launched a brilliant book about Romanian graphic design
(1930’s - 1990’s), I bought a copy instantly for you and want to send
you one asap as the information I saw there was flabbergasting even for
me.
Graphics Without Computer: 50 Years of Modest Achievements by Atelierul De Grafica, with essays by Vivana Iacob, Calin Torsan and Mihai Tudoroiu, is a fascinating collection of commercial, government, and industrial posters and other graphics. Some of it recalls the Socialist Realism of the Iron Curtain, others suggest the influence of Polish and Czech design that through wit and abstraction bypassed the censors. Read more
Graphics Without Computer: 50 Years of Modest Achievements by Atelierul De Grafica, with essays by Vivana Iacob, Calin Torsan and Mihai Tudoroiu, is a fascinating collection of commercial, government, and industrial posters and other graphics. Some of it recalls the Socialist Realism of the Iron Curtain, others suggest the influence of Polish and Czech design that through wit and abstraction bypassed the censors. Read more
COVERJUNKY
Commie covers '48 - '89
Here something very spectacular: GRAFICA FARA COMPUTER / GRAPHICS WITHOUT COMPUTER is a book about the history and evolution of Romanian graphic design during the communism era 1948-1989. It's the only book published after the Ceausescu communist regime crashed with more than 400 images: - covers of magazines, books & booklets, ads - theatre, festivals, propaganda, labour protection posters - labels of matches, games, packaging, envelopes - stamps drawings Bilingual in Romanian & English. [...]
Here something very spectacular: GRAFICA FARA COMPUTER / GRAPHICS WITHOUT COMPUTER is a book about the history and evolution of Romanian graphic design during the communism era 1948-1989. It's the only book published after the Ceausescu communist regime crashed with more than 400 images: - covers of magazines, books & booklets, ads - theatre, festivals, propaganda, labour protection posters - labels of matches, games, packaging, envelopes - stamps drawings Bilingual in Romanian & English. [...]
A JOURNEY AROUND MY SKUL (50WATTS)
1968 Romanian Labor safety posters, courtesy of graphicfront.ro
http://50watts.com/filter/ephemera#1105305/Don-t-fall-off-the-building
http://50watts.com/filter/ephemera#1105305/Don-t-fall-off-the-building
MOTTO DISTRIBUTION
Grafică Fără Computer / Graphics Without Computer 160 Pages 16.5 x 23.5
cm
Texts in English and Romanian Viviana Iacob tells us about representation and its role in building society and Călin Torsan evokes personal experiences. Both texts are accompanied with quotes of Irina Nicolau, Iosif Cova, Marin Sorescu [important Romanian cultural personalities] etc. The book starts with [...]
Texts in English and Romanian Viviana Iacob tells us about representation and its role in building society and Călin Torsan evokes personal experiences. Both texts are accompanied with quotes of Irina Nicolau, Iosif Cova, Marin Sorescu [important Romanian cultural personalities] etc. The book starts with [...]
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