Postmodernism & deconstruction
An expressive break with the grid. Carson, Brody, Greiman, Émigré, Cranbrook: legibility traded for emotion.
Coming soonGraphic culture
A work-in-progress atlas: the studios, publishers and figures that shape how we see. Every reference is triangulated — official site, visual survey, institutional curation — and filed under an aesthetic family.
Families 1 & 3 published. The others will open progressively.
Aesthetic families
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Editorial neo-modernism
The legacy of Swiss modernism and the Dutch school, carried on by their contemporary descendants. Typography as the engine, the grid as the backbone.
Cultivated maximalism
"More is more, and less is a bore." Unapologetic authorship and generosity that means something: ornament as carrier of meaning, lettering on equal footing with type. Sagmeister, Scher, Bantjes, Barnbrook, Boom, Glaser, Lubalin.
Contemporary radical
Acid, editorial brutalism, post-internet. Aesthetics born from the web and its margins.
Coming soonEngaged, vernacular, political
Grapus, Pierre Bernard, Ne Pas Plier. A strong French-language tradition, design as a stance.
Coming soonNon-Western perspectives
Sulki & Min (Korea), Daikoku (Japan), Brazilian studios. Decentring the canon, widening the panorama.
Coming soon 29 references
Type
Style
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Editorial neo-modernism
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Experimental Jetset
Marieke Stolk, Erwin Brinkers, Danny van den DungenDutch neo-modernism, post-punk modernist
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A Practice for Everyday Life
Kirsty Carter, Emma Thomas (+ 6 collaborateurs)Quiet editorial, institutional identity, type design
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Mainstudio
Edwin van GelderTypographic editorial, cultural identity (art, architecture, fashion)
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Order
Jesse Reed, Hamish Smyth (anciens Pentagram)Brand identity, design systems, wayfinding, publishing
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Bureau Borsche
Mirko BorscheExpressive editorial, fashion, culture, global branding
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Studio Folder
Marco Ferrari, Elisa PasqualInformation design, cartography, data visualization, research
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Daly & Lyon
Editorial design, identity, art direction
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Hassan Rahim
Art direction, identity, editorial (culture, music, fashion)
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Manuel Bürger
Post-digital editorial, book design, typographic research
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Wkshps
Identity, editorial design, type design
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Hato Press
Print, risograph, editorial design and community printing
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Roma Publications
Roger WillemsDesign publishing house, Werkplaats Typografie context
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Valiz
Art publisher, critical theory, rigorous design
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Werkplaats Typografie
Post-graduate design school, DNA of Dutch modernism
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Standards Manual
Jesse Reed, Hamish Smyth (sister company d'Order)Documentary reissues of historic identity manuals
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Karel Martens
Dutch master, founder of Werkplaats Typografie
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Mevis & Van Deursen
Armand Mevis, Linda van DeursenHistoric Dutch studio, editorial conceptualism
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Cultivated maximalism
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Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister (né en 1962, Bregenz)Conceptual design, performative typography, object-books
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Paula Scher
Paula Scher (née en 1948)Cultural identity, expressive posters, environmental typography
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Marian Bantjes
Marian BantjesMeaningful ornament, custom lettering, typographic illustration
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Jonathan Barnbrook
Jonathan BarnbrookEngaged design, typography, typeface design, activism
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Irma Boom
Irma BoomEditorial design, book-making, object-books
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Studio.Build
Michael C. Place, Nicky PlaceBrand identity, art direction, motion design, packaging
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Mucho
Marc Català, Pablo Juncadella (+ partners internationaux)Brand strategy, visual identity, packaging, editorial
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Vault49
Jonathan Kenyon (co-fondateur)Brand design, packaging, animation, motion graphics
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Milton Glaser
Graphic pop, illustration, expressive typography, magazine direction
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Seymour Chwast
Illustration and graphic design, the "Push Pin Style"
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Herb Lubalin
Expressive typography, magazines, corporate identity, typeface design
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Tibor Kalman
Editorial art direction, engaged design, design as public discourse
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