Germano Facetti
Recent articles about Germano Facetti
Every word in its place
Issue 84, Autumn 2012
Reading Richard Hollis’s writings, one can’t help wondering how the esteemed graphic designer, writer and…
Penguin in pictures
Issue 73, Autumn 2009
The Penguin Collectors’ Society is an owners club for people who worship at the shrine…
Penguin crime
Issue 53, Autumn 2004
Romek Marber’s 1960s paperback identity is a landmark of independent British design
The image as evidence
Issue 29, Autumn 1998
The career of Germano Facetti is exceptional in its range. As art director of Penguin Book covers in the 1960s and as a designer, he was a powerful influence on book and information design, throwing a special light on Modern Movement aspirations and on attitudes to illustration. Facetti has maintained the concept of “documentary” and diagrammatic illustration to induce understanding, to express emotion, or to accumulate information in a more memorable way.
Blog posts by Germano Facetti
British designers, ca. 1963
17 September 2009
Design history, Graphic design, Magazines, Photography, Typography
The spread everyone’s been asking about, from Typographica
OK, here’s a better view of that famous feature: photographs of British designers from Typographica…