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Image credits
Every image on a design-history page is credited here, grouped by cluster and designer. Imagery is used under the Australian Statutory Education Licence (Copyright Agency Part VB), open-access museum collections, publisher permission, estate-granted access, or Creative Commons — the licence for each image is listed alongside its credit.
If you are a rights-holder and want to request an amendment or removal, the take-down process explains what we need and our response time.
Modernism foundations
Portrait by Ron Kroon/Anefo from May 26, 1967 (exhibition opening, Rijksacademie Amsterdam). CC0 1.0 Universal — safe for TGDS statutory educational licence. Shows mature Cassandre; taken one year before his death.Public domainsource
Étoile du NordCooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (authoritative source); Smithsonian Open Access program allows use with attribution; dimensions not provided in metadata.Museum editorialsource
Dubo Dubon DubonnetThree-panel series view from People's Graphic Design Archive, sourced from MoMA collection. Shows complete narrative sequence.Museum editorialsource
NormandieV&A Museum IIIF image; original lithograph 62.5 × 100.5 cm; in Study Room viewable by appointment.Museum editorialsource
YSL monogramOfficial Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris collection — highest authority; the hand-drawn monogram as preserved in the museum.Museum editorialsource
Bifur (typeface)Continental Types specimen book scan (1930) showing Bifur's two-color chromatic version—the defining feature of the design.Museum editorialsource
PROUN (Project for the Affirmation of the New)El Lissitzky Figurines: The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show Victory over theSun (Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg über die Sonne) 192…Museum editorialsource
Of Two Squares (Pro Dva Kvadrata)El Lissitzky Study for the book About Two Squares: A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares inSix Constructions (Pro dva kvadrata. Suprematicheskii skaz v 6-ti postroikakh) 1920Museum editorialsource
Proun Room (Prounenraum)People's Graphic Design Archive institutional entry; shows installation with geometric planes and color relationships.Museum editorialsource
The Constructor (self-portrait photomontage)Wikimedia Commons version with full cataloguing; V&A Museum provenance (Inv. PH142-1985); public domain.Public domainsource
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Universal TypefaceCredit pending
State Bank of Thuringia banknotesCredit pending
Bauhaus Dessau printing + advertising workshopCredit pending
Bauhaus 1919–1928 exhibition design (MoMA)Credit pending
Container Corporation of America — Great Ideas of Western Man campaignCredit pending
World Geo-Graphic AtlasCredit pending
Aspen Institute campus + environmental graphicsCredit pending
Bauhaus 1919–1928Credit pending
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Die neue TypographieCredit pending
Typographische GestaltungCredit pending
The Form of the BookCredit pending
Penguin Composition RulesCredit pending
Penguin Books cover redesignCredit pending
Sabon typefaceCredit pending
Transit typefaceCredit pending
Zeus typefaceCredit pending
PhotogramsMetropolitan Museum of Art, accession 1987.1100.158, gift of Ford Motor Company Collection. Via Wikimedia Commons.Public domainsource
Swiss & International Typographic Style
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UniversCredit pending
OCR-BCredit pending
Frutiger (typeface)Credit pending
AvenirCredit pending
VectoraCredit pending
Charles de Gaulle airport signage systemCredit pending
Type Sign SymbolCredit pending
Der Mensch und seine Zeichen / Signs and SymbolsCredit pending
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Basler Freilichtspiele poster seriesCredit pending
Stadttheater Basel poster seriesCredit pending
Herman Miller poster seriesCredit pending
Graphic Design Manual / Methodik der Form- und BildgestaltungCredit pending
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Basel School typography curriculumCredit pending
Typografische Monatsblätter (editorial direction)Credit pending
Typographie / Typography — A Manual of DesignCredit pending
Tonhalle Zürich concert poster seriesJosef Müller-Brockmann Überholem..? Im Zweifel nie!(Overtaking? When in doubt, never!) 1957Museum editorialsource
Swiss Automobile Club traffic-safety postersJosef Müller-Brockmann Das FreundlicheHandzeichen, Schützt vor Unfällen 1954Museum editorialsource
Gestaltungsprobleme des Grafikers / The Graphic Artist and His Design ProblemsJosef Müller-Brockmann Poster for a concertat Tonhalle Zürich 1953Museum editorialsource
Grid Systems in Graphic Design / Raster Systeme für die visuelle GestaltungJosef Müller-Brockmann Werner Bischof 1957Museum editorialsource
A History of Visual CommunicationSarah Morris Creative ArtistsAgency (Los Angeles) 2005Museum editorialsource
Neue Grafik / New Graphic Design (journal)Josef Müller-Brockmann Poster for a concertat Tonhalle Zürich 1953Museum editorialsource
American mid-century masters
Portrait seated at desk, France 1950. High-quality archival print, exceeds resolution minimum (short edge 740px).Public domainsource
Harper's Bazaar art directionMarch 15, 1938 Harper's Bazaar cover by A.M. Cassandre (commissioned under Brodovitch's art direction) — surrealist design with floating eye motif, reflecting Brodovitch's experimental editorial vision.Museum editorialsource
Ballet2024 Little Steidl facsimile reissue; reproduction of 1945 original with grey French-wrap dustjacket, white-printed BALLET title, designed by Brodovitch to mirror originalMuseum editorialsource
Portfolio magazinePortfolio Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter 1950) cover, designed by Alexey Brodovitch. First issue of the legendary three-part series.Museum editorialsource
ObservationsFonts in Use (specialist typography archive); shows Brodovitch's slipcase design with red, blue, and grey Didot lettering on white ground—the definitive typographic reference.Museum editorialsource
Design Laboratory teaching programme1941-1942 New School for Social Research Art Classes catalog cover (66KB). Direct institutional documentation of the Design Laboratory programme.Museum editorialsource
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Mother & Child logoCredit pending
ITC Avant Garde GothicCredit pending
ITC Lubalin GraphCredit pending
U&lc (Upper and lower case) magazineCredit pending
Eros magazineCredit pending
Avant Garde magazine mastheadCredit pending
1966 archival portrait by SåRN Incorporated, held in Vignelli Center archives; era-perfect, 300 DPI resolution, ideal for print reproductionPublic domainsource
1972 New York City Subway MapEmbedded in Open Culture's design-history article with contextual commentary; readable editorial presentation of the mapMuseum editorialsource
NYC Subway signage systemOriginal Vignelli 1968 porcelain-enamel-on-steel station sign (actual artifact from the 1966–70 design period). For master-resolution versions, replace 'sized' with 'master' in URL path.AU statutorysource
American Airlines identityAmerican Airlines timetable (June 1968) showing the identity system in published communications; part of Northwestern's transportation design archive.AU statutorysource
Knoll identity + advertisingOfficial Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian museum image of the 1967 offset lithograph poster (81.3 × 120.7 cm). Primary authoritative source with museum documentation.Museum editorialsource
Bloomingdale's identityPRINT Magazine's 50-year anniversary article header graphic showing the iconic Big Brown Bag design; editorial republication with sourcing to Bloomingdale's official.Museum editorialsource
United Colors of Benetton (early identity)Credit pending
The Vignelli CanonOfficial publisher (Lars Müller) — 150 DPI high-quality product image; original edition coverMuseum editorialsource
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I ♥ NY logoCredit pending
Bob Dylan posterCredit pending
DC Comics "bullet" logoCredit pending
Brooklyn Brewery identityCredit pending
New York magazine (co-founder + design direction)Credit pending
Graphic Design (essay)Credit pending
Drawing is ThinkingCredit pending
Art is WorkCredit pending
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Munich 1972 Olympic Games visual identityCredit pending
Munich 1972 Olympic pictogramsCredit pending
Lufthansa corporate identityCredit pending
Braun brand identity and design collaborationCredit pending
ERCO lighting corporate identityCredit pending
Rotis typeface familyCredit pending
TypographieCredit pending
Die Welt als Entwurf / The World as DesignCredit pending
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The Man with the Golden Arm (title sequence)Credit pending
Vertigo (title sequence)Credit pending
Psycho (title sequence)Credit pending
Anatomy of a Murder (poster + title sequence)Credit pending
AT&T logo (globe mark)Credit pending
United Airlines logoCredit pending
Quaker Oats logo (smiling Quaker)Credit pending
Casino (title sequence)Credit pending
Postmodern & deconstructivist (1980s)
Professional studio portrait by Norman Posselt at Beyond Tellerrand Düsseldorf conference, May 2019. Shot on Sony α7R III with 85mm lens. Highest resolution freely licensed image available.CC BY-SAsource
Transworld Skateboarding art directionJune 1987 magazine cover from Skateboard Magazine Archive — scanned archive of printed issue from Carson's tenure.Museum editorialsource
Beach Culture magazineLegendary third issue cover (August/September 1990) featuring Geof Kern photography; earned Carson 150+ design awards.Museum editorialsource
Ray Gun magazine art directionEarly issue cover (1992) with Henry Rollins, Sonic Youth, Inspiral Carpets — early Carson layout examples from Dazed Digital archiveMuseum editorialsource
The End of Print: The Graphic Design of David CarsonPrimary cover from People's Graphic Design Archive (established crowdsourced archive). Shows Carson's trademark experimental typography with overlapping, multi-sized fonts in grayscale/monochrome.Museum editorialsource
2ndsight: Grafik Design After the End of PrintLaurence King UK/international edition (1997, ISBN 9781856691048) — softcover release; may have different jacket designMuseum editorialsource
TrekOfficial source from David Carson's design portfolio; direct cover image embedded on book project page (~139KB JPEG indicates substantial resolution)Museum editorialsource
Nike "Hell Yes" / Hi campaignAre.na-hosted Nike advertisement directly labeled as David Carson work; cover-fit processed version of original JPG.AU statutorysource
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The Face magazine art directionCredit pending
Arena magazine art directionCredit pending
Industria typefaceCredit pending
Insignia typefaceCredit pending
Arcadia typefaceCredit pending
FF Blur typeface familyCredit pending
Fuse magazine and conference seriesCredit pending
The Graphic Language of Neville BrodyCredit pending
The Graphic Language of Neville Brody 2Credit pending
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Public Theater identity systemCredit pending
CBS Records album coversCredit pending
Swatch "Bauhaus copycat" advertisementCredit pending
Citibank identityCredit pending
Tiffany & Co. identity refreshCredit pending
Windows 8 logoCredit pending
Make It BiggerCredit pending
Contemporary practice (2000+)
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Saks Fifth Avenue identityCredit pending
MIT Media Lab identityCredit pending
Mastercard logo redesignCredit pending
Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign identityCredit pending
New York Jets identityCredit pending
New York Times Magazine redesigns (multiple)Credit pending
How to: Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things, Make Things Look Better, Make People Laugh, Make People Cry, and (Every Once in a While) Change the WorldCredit pending
Now You See It and Other Essays on DesignCredit pending
High-resolution portrait by Christopher P. Michel; editorial quality headshot; not from 2000 era but strongest openly-licensed option (uploaded 2026-02-17)CC BY-SAsource
Lou Reed — Set the Twilight Reeling album artPromotional poster version featured in PRINT Magazine's 'Image of the Day' column; design-focused publicationMuseum editorialsource
Casa da Música identityBehance portfolio documentation by Virginia Donelli; shows faceted logo variations with color applications from the system.Museum editorialsource
The Happy ShowThe Happy Film Pitch Book cover, published by ICA Philadelphia 2013; official exhibition catalog documenting the 2012 showMuseum editorialsource
Things I Have Learned in My Life So FarCommunication Arts (design industry publication) portfolio entry; authoritative design-press source.Museum editorialsource
Made You LookFrom The Print Arkive (UK design dealer). Verified Booth-Clibborn 2001 first edition, softcover section-sewn, 292 pages. Product image format.Museum editorialsource