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Category Archives: Minimal


Happy 50th, Museum of Modern Art Oxford

Happy 50th, Museum of Modern Art Oxford

In honor of their upcom­ing 50th anniver­sary, the Mod­ern Art Oxford is dis­play­ing 50 exhi­bi­tion posters from their archive to the pub­lic. Stuff like this makes me really appre­ci­ate the sim­plis­tic design sen­si­bil­i­ties of so many design­ers from the UK. Check …

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Internation Year of Chemistry Posters by Simon Page

Internation Year of Chemistry Posters by Simon Page

Simon C Page is back with another series of prints ded­i­cated to a field of sci­ence. As usual, they are fan­tas­tic. Great col­ors, great type, great min­i­mal­ism. View them all here. See his other set of posters devoted to astronomy, …

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The Work of Jonas Eriksson

The Work of Jonas Eriksson

Swedish designer/developer Jonas Eriksson’s work is amaz­ing. I first stum­bled on his work when scour­ing dribb­ble for some UI design inspi­ra­tion. There I found the most amaz­ing almost-iPad app called 76 Syn­the­sizer. This piece, for me, proves his bril­liance without …

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IBM Smarter Planet

IBM Smarter Planet

Being a huge fan of Herb Lubalin and pretty much every­thing that came out of that man’s brain, I love these posters that intel­li­gently incor­po­rate his ITC Lubalin Graph type­face. To me, this type­face speaks to all things techy with …

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Minimal Pan Am Posters

Minimal Pan Am Posters

You have to love these min­i­mally per­fect travel posters from 1971, designed by the leg­endary design firm Cher­may­eff & Geis­mar for Pan Am. I think my neigh­bors had some in their base­ment when I was younger, strung up on a …

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