Anne Brownfield Brown

Returning to my first love, graphic design, after a multi-decade career in corporate communications. Recently earned my MA in graphic design.

[Anne Brownfield Brown @wordsplusimage]

Check out new work on my @Behance profile: "Autoscript: A brief survey of automobile lettering" https://t.co/miE2CKKx6c

[Anne Brownfield Brown @wordsplusimage]

@typecon So excited to be sharing my photos and research at TypeCon!

[TypeCon @typecon]

Love classic motor cars? Anne Brown’s presentation, “Autoscript: A Close-up View of Lettering on Post-war Automobiles,” focuses on type and graphic elements on classic cars.

Catch @wordsplusimage talk at #TypeCon2021 and register today!
https://t.co/Ztgi6XQkpv

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/dTO7YZvnoY

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In the News: Banana Republic in legal battle over distinctive ampersand https://t.co/VQUXtqcVL7

[Anne Brownfield Brown @wordsplusimage]

If you use stock photography, I invite you to check out my portfolio on Shutterstock:
https://t.co/nGjbzTKxQm

[Anne Brownfield Brown @wordsplusimage]

Inspired today by Jennifer Morla's presentation @designcamp:

A good designer is a great storyteller.

Words are as important as images.

Accidents often produce the best solutions.

Check out all of Morla's truism on her website:
https://t.co/jpQ9JjgFJJ

[University of Minnesota Alumni Association @UMNAlumni]

Congratulations to @UofMDesign on receiving the 2020 Society of the Year Award for their Design Student and Alumni Board (DSAB)! https://t.co/M97PKLYeJ9 #UMNProud

[Type@Cooper @CooperType]

Join us on Monday, September 14, at 12:30 pm Lubalin Lecture Series continues with a talk by @TypeLettering of @houseind about making a Lettering Manual. RSVP for this free online event. https://t.co/PlddisyIco

[Anne Brownfield Brown @wordsplusimage]

Fun GIF for Labor Day!

[Little & Company @littleandco]

Today we celebrate the contributions that workers have made and continue to make to our country. While we’re learning as a nation that we'll always have more learning and growing to do, today we honor and celebrate the people that have gotten us this far. Happy Labor Day!

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Type Walk, Kingman, AZ https://t.co/27KsEPFe0l

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A story about a typeface steeped in mystery. Well worth reading!

[Design Feast @designfeast]

📖 #MarcelsLetters recommended by @JRHInfoTrends in “The Impending #Creativity Boom in #Print” https://t.co/30zWOF7AJv for @WhatTheyThink.

Totally concur! Everyone should read @Porterfolio’s #nonfiction #book—my review https://t.co/M0broucdnX & interview https://t.co/FWhnjyCl6n

[Anne Brownfield Brown @wordsplusimage]

@designfeast @porterfolio @jrhinfotrends @whattheythink Wonderful story. Loved this book!

[Anne Brownfield Brown @wordsplusimage]

A Japanese abecedary for hirigana. Art directed by Ikko Tanaka, “The I-Ro-Ha of Japan: An Alphabetic Interpretation of Japanese Concepts,” was created for the 1979 Aspen Design Conference.

#ikkotanaka #internationaldesignconference #graphicdesignhistory #hirigana

[AIGA @AIGAdesign]

As we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we want to share some resources and initiatives that are elevating the Women's Vote. See below for more:

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Took the plunge and submitted a poster to @AIGADesign #GetOutTheVote campaign commemorating the 100th year anniversary of the 19th amendment. You can view the gallery of submissions here: https://t.co/dXhwA7u5qZ

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Excited to hear @johnmaeda will be speaking at this year’s #designcamp https://t.co/UKWwfqXGMy

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Harvey Ball was paid $45 for his work. He wasn’t the first, and certainly not the last, to get peanuts for his design.

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Who Invented the Smiley Face? Discover the Not-So-Smiley History of the Graphic Yellow Icon https://t.co/zZb07w7DyW Arts Daily via @mymodernmet

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Having some fun playing around with ideas for a voting poster. One uses dingbats to deliver the message; the other uses different fonts to represent the diverse voices within our country.