German design

Euro 2012 recently began and, for those of you who don't know, it's the European football championship. European football is what we Americans call

Fanfare by MyFonts, via Flickr

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In the first of a new series, we look at Germany’s creative culture, which is both forward-thinking and respectful of the country’s rich history.

DIN 1451: Designed in 1931 for the German standards body DIN – Deutsches Institut für Normung – it looks and behaves as if it had been produced today. It extols all of the principles of the Bauhaus and has not dated in any way.

A collection of articles about 04 from The New Yorker, including news, in-depth reporting, commentary, and analysis.

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German designer Mark Bohle certainly has a knack for poster design, boasting a portfolio of work that showcases skilfully drawn typography and illustration that manages to be at once wonderfully weird and very concise.

A Renå Binder and Max Eichheim design through the Ehmcke workshop. A poster for the International Press Exhibition called Pressa, Cologne, Germany 1928.

This book tells the exciting design history of West Berlin. The posters of SFB, using modernist graphics to announce concerts of new music.