Skip to Content
Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History
book

Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History

by Richard Poulin
November 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1 pages
10h 27m
English
Rockport Publishers
Content preview from Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History
THE POSTWAR WORLD 1950–2000III
POSTMODERNISM AND BEYOND 1966–19957
STUDIO DUMBAR AND PTT
PTT GRAPHIC PROGRAM
Netherlands
Studio Dumbar (est. 1977), Designers
Rotterdam, Netherlands
1989
Since the 1920s, the Dutch postal and telecom-
munications authority or PTT has been a avid
supporter of twentieth-century graphic design
and therefore has had a strong visual presence
throughout the Netherlands. Their new graphic
program, influenced by the tenets of de Stijl
and constructivism, was designed by Studio
Dumbar (est. 1977) to mark the company’s
privatization in 1989. It visually reinforced the
relationship between the post and telecom
companies to their ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design

Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design

John Clifford
Graphic Design Process

Graphic Design Process

Nancy Skolos, Thomas Wedell

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781592537792