re:collection

this is an awesome archive of australian graphic design.

about
re:collection is an inventory of australian graphic design produced in a period circa 1960–1980. It was never intended to be comprehensive, representative or exhaustive. the selection of content is purely subjective; fundamentally it is work I find inspiring, intriguing or influential.

the project was borne out of frustration at the lack of australian graphic design reference material available, specifically from the decades mentioned above. there is a paucity of books on the subject, a quandary noted by esteemed design commentator Rick Poynor in his excellent article ‘Look inward: graphic design in australia’ (eye magazine 46, 2001). poynor attributes the deficiency to ‘a tendency for australian design to underplay itself,’ a modesty that would be understandable if there was, in fact, nothing worthy of acknowledgment. It is my hope and aim that visitors to this site will appreciate that this is not the case.

the images shown on the site have been collated from a range of disparate sources including books, magazines and online resources, and consequently the quality of reproduction varies substantially. where possible, i have acknowledged the source of the imagery, the originator of the work and the approximate period or date it was created.

take a look here.