Tony Nourmand
This full colour series is a great place for the design student to begin to notice all the principles come together and a fantastic way to chart the development of design sensibilities through the twentieth century.
As an all-picture retrospective, aim to approach this reference book after reading up on major dominant and minor emphasized pairings in Wucius Wong’s Principles of Form and Design, and notice how one might create a contrast of male and female protagonists as reflected in John Berger’s Ways of Seeing. The use of contrast as a principle in and of itself is best explained in Robin William’s The Non-Designer’s Design Book whilst a geometric approach to composition can be learned in Elam’s Geometry of Design.
I fell in love with the 1940s edition, which is why I have chosen to feature it here – please feel free to check out the entire series and enjoy building them up in your collection.
Film Posters of the 40s: The Essential Movies of the Decade
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