Everyone is talking about the power of The Story. Apparently, it’s always been important—marketers and advertisers are now just folding all their weapons under its umbrella. Makes sense.
The thing about stories is they go both forward and backward—from history into the future. Some stories are about vision, goals, and where we hope to be. Others are about where we’ve come from.
This quick synopsis of Hollywood Studio Logos tells the history of what has been. I loved it. Go read all the logo backhistory here.
Have I mentioned my ephemera-fascination? Not all things old, just the cool ones.
The New York Public Library just stepped up and delivered an online database of images spanning back thru history. Amazing (especially for designers who like this stuff)! Searching for “cyrillic” gave me this image:
… and searching for 1950 gave me photos of zillions of people I don’t even know!
Check it out next time you need something visually oldschool. Even if it’s way oldschool.
Wow, just found this website detailing (short) the history of graphic design. Great visuals and simple explanations keep this easy to access, understand, assimilate. A really great overview. Thanks designhistory.org!
