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Mark Sanders<p>Cover mechanicals complete and submitted! We keep chipping away at this 600 page weight. Onward! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mhogd7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mhogd7ed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookdesign</span></a></p>
Nolwenn Maudet<p>:kare_mac: UN/SEEN – Innovative<br>women in graphic design 1865–1919 &amp; today</p><p><a href="https://unseen-women.design/en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">unseen-women.design/en</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"Talks with contemporary women designers + 300 biographies of women designers before the Bauhaus"</p><p>j'ai raté le symposium de la semaine dernière par contre 😵 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/DesignHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesignHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>I'm 200 or so pages into layout and finding my rhythm. I can now layout a spread in 2-3 hours. Granted this is only initial layout and all pages are printed and tuned typographically before final review. But still, getting step 1 done fairly quickly is progress! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meggs7ed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pagelayout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagelayout</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>This all seems pretty reasonable. It is interesting to put a current monetary value on many of the items included in Meggs' 7th Ed., though. <a href="https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-catalogs/ART-DECO-AT-100-WILLIAM-CROUSE-COLLECTION?saleno=2702&amp;viewby=Lot_asc&amp;pg=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catalogue.swanngalleries.com/a</span><span class="invisible">uction-catalogs/ART-DECO-AT-100-WILLIAM-CROUSE-COLLECTION?saleno=2702&amp;viewby=Lot_asc&amp;pg=1</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meggs7ed</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>Let the design proofing begin! We've got some design system adjustments and all the fussy typographic corrections to make, but having the weight of 4 chapters in our hands feels good. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meggs7ed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/process" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>process</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/inprogress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inprogress</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookdesign</span></a></p>
Andrew Boardman<p>My latest love letter to designers is out now (Dear Designer). I talk about giving up tech for a day (a little difficult for me) and remembering that rest is not a life hack (whoever thought that?)</p><p><a href="https://deardesigner.substack.com/p/talking-to-the-refrigerator-adventures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deardesigner.substack.com/p/ta</span><span class="invisible">lking-to-the-refrigerator-adventures</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/designers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designers</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>Today is a BIG day. Almost 5 years to the day from when we began the project, we have submitted the complete 1st draft of the 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Will share further thoughts about the project and this milestone soon, but for now... whew! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meggs7ed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/firstdraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstdraft</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/milestone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>milestone</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>Managed to layout 3 spreads today (a PR!). The type and design system are coming together. Thinking we may have 500 or pages total once all is in place. There's something hypnotic about page layout and design production. And at the end of the day there's measurable progress. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meggs7ed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pagelayout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagelayout</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookdesign</span></a>. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a>.</p>
Itamar Medeiros<p>Paola Antonelli has a litmus test for worthy design. People often ask the Museum of Modern Art’s senior curator of architecture and design how she decides what to add to the museum’s collection, and she gives them simple instructions: “Close your eyes and think, If this object did not exist, would the world miss out?” she says. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/designbusines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designbusines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoMA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/feedly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feedly</span></a> <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91268843/moma-paola-antonelli-pirouette?partner=rss&amp;amp;utm_source=feedly&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&amp;amp;utm_content=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fastcompany.com/91268843/moma-</span><span class="invisible">paola-antonelli-pirouette?partner=rss&amp;amp;utm_source=feedly&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&amp;amp;utm_content=rss</span></a></p>
Itamar Medeiros<p>I can't believe Photoshop is celebrating 35! When I first got into my undergraduate program in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicDesign</span></a>, one would go to design school to work on Print material. Photoshop was a "niche" software: you would edit your photos on it and then import them into other software (Freehand, PageMaker, CorelDraw, QuarkXPress). Then the web boom came, and you could not create websites without it! Happy birthday, Photoshop! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/feedly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feedly</span></a> <a href="https://www.dpreview.com/news/5807387805/adobe-celebrates-35-years-of-photoshop-with-a-new-video-series" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dpreview.com/news/5807387805/a</span><span class="invisible">dobe-celebrates-35-years-of-photoshop-with-a-new-video-series</span></a></p>
Itamar Medeiros<p>Apple officially bids farewell to the Lightning port after 13 years <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://www.engadget.com/mobile/apple-officially-bids-farewell-to-the-lightning-port-after-13-years-163402113.html?src=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">engadget.com/mobile/apple-offi</span><span class="invisible">cially-bids-farewell-to-the-lightning-port-after-13-years-163402113.html?src=rss</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>This is real thrilling and more than a little scary. Exciting! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/comingsoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comingsoon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meggs7ed</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>And so it begins. With the manuscript ~90% complete, we begin design production of nearly 600 pages. A grid and type system will guide us, 1 spread at a time. Here's the final table of contents:</p><p>Foreword<br>Preface to the 1st Edition<br>Acknowledgements<br>About Companion Website</p><p>Timeline<br>Overview of Graphic Design History<br>Writing<br>Exalting<br>Persuading<br>Unifying<br>Representing<br>Explaining<br>Refining<br>Interpreting<br>Criticizing<br>Mobilizing<br>Inventing</p><p>Glossary<br>Bibliography<br>Image Credits</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/meeggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meeggs7ed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>Not being a design historian, but writing/revising a major text on this topic has me discovering unusual twists and turns. Like Jan Tschichold. </p><p>Widely credited as an originator of modern, Swiss typography and layout, he had a change of heart. Working at Penguin Books 1947, "he believed designers should draw upon the whole history of design to create solutions expressing content" as evidenced by this brochure for The Pelican History of Art. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meggs7ed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>Writing about Herb Lubalin today for the new chapter 'Refining' is a great reminder of how daring and bold he really was. Eros and Avant Garde magazines redefined boundaries of what print and editorial content can be—challenging, critical and even crass. I've always thought of him as a type designer, but that practice contributed to a much greater whole.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/herblubalin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herblubalin</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/erosmagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erosmagazine</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meggs7ed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/editorialdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editorialdesign</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>The Phaistos disk continues as a figure in the 7th ed. of Meggs' History of Graphic Design in the new Writing chapter that illustrates and explains why graphic designers create and use marks to communicate. <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-hunt-phaistos-disk-2564109" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/the-</span><span class="invisible">hunt-phaistos-disk-2564109</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/earlywriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earlywriting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/minoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minoan</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meggs7ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meggs7ed</span></a></p>
Florin<p>In the Nokia Design Archive, the Finnish Aalto University has curated tens of thousands of entries and 959 GB of digitally created files. Over twenty years of design history, now open to all.</p><p><a href="https://www.aalto.fi/en/nokia-design-archive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aalto.fi/en/nokia-design-archi</span><span class="invisible">ve</span></a></p><p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/mobilecommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobilecommunication</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nokia</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>One of the strangest parts of writing a new edition of a book originally published in 1983 is removing the 'b.' birth designation and adding a death date.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>Will remember Woody with fondness and admiration. He has been an important resource we've included in both our books that teach new graphic designers to use typography and understand how graphic design history informs and provokes designers young and old. Cheers to Pentagram for a moving and comprehensive tribute to one of the greats. <a href="https://www.pentagram.com/news/in-memory-of-woody-pirtle-1944-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pentagram.com/news/in-memory-o</span><span class="invisible">f-woody-pirtle-1944-2025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/graphicdesignhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesignhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/greats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greats</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pentagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pentagram</span></a></p>
Mark Sanders<p>Super excited by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>publicdomainrev</span></a></span>'s new PDIA! It's an incredible resource and reminds me of the Index of DI we began in 2019: <a href="https://index.designinquiry.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">index.designinquiry.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/designarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designarchive</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designindex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designindex</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/indexing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indexing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/indexofamericandesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indexofamericandesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/infiniteprojects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infiniteprojects</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/noending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noending</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/openended" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openended</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/designhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designhistory</span></a></p>
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