Modernist Anton Stankowski.

The Crystal – Form and Mass / Calendar illustration for Standard Elektrik Lorenz of Stuttgart
Graphis 98, 1961
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“You can create a system for yourself, but you will only become good when you break out of it.”
–Anton Stankowski

Anton Stankowski (1906–1998) was a German graphic designer, photographer and painter, inspired by the abstract paintings of Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, Malevich and Kandinsky. He developed an original Theory of Design and pioneered Constructive Graphic Art. Stankowski’s goal was to convey clear information through design.

Typical Stankowski designs attempt to illustrate processes or behaviors rather than objects. Such experiments resulted in the use of fractal-like structures long before their popularization by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975. –Wikipedia

Electromagnetics / Calendar illustration
Gebrauchsgraphik No. 10, 1961

At the points of intersection, the horizontal and vertical lines, the contacts are linked electromagnetically. In the graphic design the coordinates which enter into action when a certain connection is established, are emphasized in color.

Electronic Computer
Gebrauchsgraphik No. 10, 1961

The principle of yes-no information is easy, but the immense rapidity with which contacts are established passes human understanding. The graphic design makes this attempt to this rapidity. At the same time, the conception of time in flux and of time subdivided are contrasted.

Rotation / Calendar illustration for Standard Elektrik Lorenz of Stuttgart Graphis 98, 1961

Play and Image
Graphis 98, 1961

Folder containing sheets in which basic elements—paper and red and black oblongs—are arranged to make a number of symbolic groupings.

Oscillograph of a Leveling Oscillation / Calendar illustration
Gebrauchsgraphik No. 10, 1961

The representation visualizes the superimposed oscillations.

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Sandi Vincent grew up in the bay area of California surrounded by mid-century modern architecture and other influences responsible for her affinity for the period and its pop style, including her early exposure to The Monkees, The Avengers and Gerald McBoing-Boing. Sandi now resides in Portland and is a board member of a local nonprofit preservation group, the Mid-Century Modern League. In her day job at a community foundation, she sports the web/social media/print materials coordinator title.

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