2012-05-07
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Tasked with the brief of ‘deep space and nebulae’, Howard Wakefield researched through the collection of Nasa imagery at SpaceImages. While tempted with a nebula called Factory, its name was too good to be true, for it didn’t compare with the more expansive deep blue nebula of Hubble NGC 346 SMC. Peter Saville was keen to see how it could be transformed from being purely documentary, so suggested an inverted, monochrome version.
2012-05-01
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Architectural Signing and Graphics by John Follis and Dave Hammer, as posted by Joe Kral to Flickr.
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A Sign Systems Manual by Theo Crosby, Alan Fletcher, and Colin Forbes, as posted by Joe Kral to Flickr.
If you’re curious, there’s a set of photos from inside the book on Flickr, and a few on Amazon (although you’ll do well to find the book).
2012-04-28
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Eight years of BBC handbook covers, from 1961 to 1969. Some are from Between Channel’s three posts on the handbooks, but where his graphics were a little smaller, I headed off to Deptford Dralons and LoopZilla on Flickr.
The BBC Handbook was produced annually (with a short break) for nearly sixty years. As the British Online Archives site puts it,
Sir Ian Jacob, a former Director General of the BBC provides us with a useful statement of the handbooks’ aims:
“To provide a clear and reliable guide to the workings of the BBC, to survey the year’s work in British broadcasting, and to bring together as much information about the BBC as can be assembled within the covers of a small book.” (BBC Handbook, 1955)
Most of the handbooks follow the same template – a review of the BBC’s year, information on notable programmes, and other basic factual material including names of senior staff and governors, engineering developments, audience trends, the accounts, and a copy of the BBC’s charter.
There’s something particularly charming about the covers in this decade of change, with the Light, Home, and Third radio programmes still appearing on one early cover before television steps completely into the limelight by 1969.
To see all the 1960s covers, try Auntie’s Nuggets.
2012-03-27
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Back Cover of the Pan An Complete Reference Guide to France.
Azimuthal polar projection, cropped and rotated. See also.
2012-03-20
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‘Words and Music by Saint Etienne’: the new album, full details. Larger image from Titch Likes; there’s also the video for the new single there.
2012-03-15
2012-03-14
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The Square Root Of Sex, by Ted Mark. (via)
(I was a bit surprised at the popularity of the cover of I Was A Teeny-Bopper For The CIA, so when I ran across this I thought I’d give it a repost. Sadly, the cover of The Man From O.R.G.Y. isn’t quite in the same style.)
