Classic Omnific cover for Penguin found in a bookshop in Lyme Regis. Omnific is Derek Birdsall's company, this design is from 1972. It was the influence for my recent BB/Saunders diary which you can see below.
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Two Wounded Birds - All We Wanna Do
Promotional video for Two Wounded Birds 'All We Wanna Do' taken from the 'Midnight Wave' single out 18 April 2011 as part of Moshi ...
omnific birdsall - hummingbirds
things to look at: Inside Typography Workshop
If you have ever wished you could dive into Alan's workshop, see where he gets his ideas from and see his actual working process Later there were two closing print-shop auctions, plus Herbert Spencer's press and collection of wood-letter, but it was the acquisition of theatrical poster wood block letters from the small village of Wrington that really made an impact....
omnific birdsall - Read It!
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Graphis It was designed by Derek Birdsall of Omnific Ltd., London. Along with Chermayeff and Geismar, Birdsall has been a major con- tributor to Mobil's quest for graphic excellence. He was first engaged by Mobil in 1969 as art director of ... |
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Communicate, independent British graphic design since the sixties In 1989, after a period working in corporate graphic design, including directorship of Omnific Studios with Derek Birdsall, Kitching established the Typography Workshop in Clerkenwell, London. In the same year, he was appointed visiting ... |
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Eye, the international review of graphic design This is the home of Omnific Studios, the design firm Birdsall runs with his partner Martin Lee, a production man. The most high-tech piece of equipment in the place is an electric typewriter. In a world of screens, bytes and digital ... |
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What Is Graphic Design? Opposite: Book of Common Worship Derek Birdsall of Omnific, with assistants John Morgan, and Shirley and Elsa Birdsall, ... Birdsall set the type size first, then the grid and page size, which followed the longest line length. |
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New book design iterview: )erek Birdsall, esigner 'I'm rather boringly sensible.' Derek Birdsall has been described as many things ... He set up Omnific Studios with Shirley in 1983 and in recent years has mainly (though not exclusively) undertaken ... |