kellycain.com » typography http://www.kellycain.com the pursuit of life to the full Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ikea 1965 catalog: brilliant! http://www.kellycain.com/2009/08/ikea-1965-catalog-brilliant/ http://www.kellycain.com/2009/08/ikea-1965-catalog-brilliant/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:28:25 +0000 kellycain http://www.kellycain.com/?p=685 I found this post and had to share it – below is the copied content, I was so amazed at how high quality their design was even in 1965! And, the THIRD  most printed book other than the Bible, I had no idea!

I was reading up on this because of an article, I hopped across regarding Ikea’s switch to Verdana from Ikea Sans/Serif.

Something inside of me leaps when I hear of others talking so controversially of fonts and typesets! Sure, there is a lot going on in the world that is much more urgent, but TYPE is the way we communicate those urgencies.

My parents like to keep the annual IKEA catalogs – it says it is the most printed book after the bible. Yesterday my mum showed me this…. the IKEA catalog from the year 1965.

ikea_col4It is not in the best shape and the front cover is missing, but still an extraordinarie experience to look through.

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“Furnish 2 rooms, kitchen and hall for less than 3300 crowns” it says here on the ad below.

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Like something? You could try if this order form still works….

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