A collection of text graphics and related works, stretching back thousands of years. Textiles, BBS-graphics, poetry, mosaic, typography, and much more. Collected by Raquel Meyers and Goto80.

Includes formats such as shift-JIS, PETSCII, ASCII, ANSI, RTTY, ATASCII, unicode, braille, xbin ...
Made for media like videotex, teletext, BBS, buildings, typewriters, clothes, textile, letterpress, toys, telidon, antiope, print, minitel

With styles such as animation, typography, mosaic, poetry, text art, χχχ, text mode, advertising, elite, kufic, sloyd

Putting the emphasis on grids, patterns, emoticons, tiles, tessellations

From ancient times and the 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s , 2000s, 2010s
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The 34th Cleveland International Film Festival Campaign poster by Twist Creative (2010).

The 34th Cleveland International Film Festival Campaign poster by Twist Creative (2010).

#design      #2010s     

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“Uitzendkrachten hebben rechten”  poster by Paul Schouten (1977), via

“Uitzendkrachten hebben rechten”  poster by Paul Schouten (1977), via

#1970s      #design     

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Stewart Home: Plagiarism: Art as Commodity and Strategies for its Negation (1987), via.

Stewart Home: Plagiarism: Art as Commodity and Strategies for its Negation (1987), via.

#1980s      #typography      #design      #book     

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Textile Art by Sven Markelius (1889–1972) from the 50s.

#textile      #1950s      #Architecture      #design     

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1–2–3–Helsinki ! Design en Seine, an official satellite event of World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 in Paris. Designed by Esa Vesmanen (Pure Design)

#design      #text-mode      #2010s     

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Typographische Monatsblätter (TM), cover design by André Gürtler (1966).

#design      #Typography      #1960s     

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gurafiku: Japanese Magazine Cover: Design, Vol. 2. Yusaku Kamekura. 1960

gurafiku:

Japanese Magazine Cover: Design, Vol. 2. Yusaku Kamekura. 1960

#grid      #1960s      #design     

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Morse code, Punched card recording medium, Binary numeral system, Baudot code and dot matrix printer for the TM cover design by Heinrich Fleischhacker (1975).

#Typography      #design      #morse      #binary      #punched-card      #baudot-code      #print      #textmode      #1970s     

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TM cover design by Theophil Stirnemann (1969).

#design      #Typography      #1960s     

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 TM Issue 4 cover design by Heinrich Fleischhacker using the braille writing system (1975).

 TM Issue 4 cover design by Heinrich Fleischhacker using the braille writing system (1975).

#Braille      #Typography      #design      #print      #1970s     

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Emoticon Calendar by Brigada Creativa

#design      #emoticons      #grid      #2010s     
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W AREZ ROSE, ascii wallpaper by Erich Ginder Studio (2010).

#2010s      #ascii      #wallpaper      #design     

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Cross Stitches Stickers Pack, designed by Lauren Moriarty.

Cross Stitches Stickers Pack, designed by Lauren Moriarty.

#cross-stich      #sticker      #design     

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Design for poster for Muuu Effektenbörse (Stock Exchange), 1927-28by Erich Comeriner (German, active ca. 1920-1930). Via.

Design for poster for Muuu Effektenbörse (Stock Exchange), 1927-28
by Erich Comeriner (German, active ca. 1920-1930). Via.

#design      #Typography      #1920s     

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agfronzoni: Poster for an exhibition about Antonio Gramsci. Design by AG Fronzoni (1979)

agfronzoni:

Poster for an exhibition about Antonio Gramsci.
Design by AG Fronzoni (1979)
#advertising      #design      #grid      #1970s