Move Over Phillip Meggs
Mary Ellen McFadden, in her 80 years of existence, has amassed an extensive collection of Graphic Design history. And she’s sharing it with everyone...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20745656@N00/sets/
Here you will find plenty of well organized images from some of history’s greatest graphic artists, graphic art movements and styles. It might not be hardbound, but it’s still inspiring.
27.Mar.2008 7.11am
Ms. McFadden has just made an absolutely incredible contribution to the field. Design students everywhere will be thanking her for years to come.
27.Mar.2008 7.17am
My write up was a bit campy, wasn’t it?
27.Mar.2008 7.24am
It was appreciated though.
ChrisL
27.Mar.2008 8.04am
My write up was a bit campy, wasn’t it?
Not half as campy as 99% of articles on Design Observer, and this Flickr gallery is very deserving of the praise. These images could have been collected into another overpriced stock library or sold to art schools for use during lectures. Turning them into a free online gallery is pretty generous. It may not equal the establishment of a great museum collection in financial terms, but it does in spirit. For design students, tracking down some of these images would involve tracking down an obscure book to see it at the size of a postage stamp. Good luck scanning that up for re-use in a research paper. Having these images available on Flickr is going to free up a hell of a lot of time that can be spent reading, writing, and of course, designing.
27.Mar.2008 9.30am
This is great. Thanks.
pbc