Excited to share this brilliant project by @alexbrovvn which we had the privilege to photograph. — Modernism in the UK is a new collection of over 1,000 British trademarks and symbols which date from the post-war pre-internet era (1946-1991). 

 Binding: Softbound 
Dustjacket: 8pp w/ Foilco 
 Pages: 360pp 
Size: 150x188 mm Published: 2022 

 Print by Gavin Martin Colournet 
Paper by GF Smith
 Text by Alex Brown 
Design by Alex Brown 
Photography by Layers Limited edition of 200 units Neither a reference manual nor a nostalgia trip, but a document of both the ephemeral nature of modern life in the UK and as a critique of corporate culture and the design industry’s complicity within it. Logos are lost as a result of companies being rebranded, merging or going bust. This book serves as a reminder of UK's visual casualties of post-war, pre-internet capitalism. Modernism in the UK is a celebration of the pioneering British design agencies of the post-war/pre-internet years (1945-1991). Designers that stood for a purpose of ‘design for the people’ not just design for other designers. These men and women helped to change the British public’s perception of graphic design and understand its true value. Over 1,000 obsolete British logos from the era have been meticulously researched and redrawn for reappraisal in a contemporary context. Accompanied by essays that investigate the wider economic, social and political context of the age when the identities were developed. — Contact us for bespoke projects through www.layers.design or DM us. — #madebylayers #graphicdesign #grafik #typography #design #photography #type #visuelle #graphicindex #digitalarchive #photoshop #templates #flyposters #brandidentity