Display
Kind Company, New York, United States
Image from Display.
Description 
A descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.
Display is “a curated collection of important modern, mid 20th century graphic design books, periodicals, advertisements and ephemera“. Developed by Kind Company, a web and print design agency based in New York, the intention was to spread awareness of Graphic Design as “a source of educational, historical and scholarly analysis for teachers, students, designers and independent researchers“. Images from Display are digitised from original items within the collection.
Collection Type Broad terms that define the type of digital collection
Subject Broad terms or phrases that describe, identify, or interpret the digital image collection and what it depicts or expresses. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute.
Style Period Terms that define the styles, art periods, movements, etc. whose characteristics are represented in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute
Work Types Terms that identify the kinds of works in the digital collection being described. It typically refers to a work’s physical form, function, or medium in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Thesaurus For Graphic Materials (TGM) by Library of Congress.
Openness Openness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).
Allow Reuse, Redistribute, Revise and Remix for educational and non-commercial purposes
Notes on Usage Additional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.
Content on the site is intended for “personal, educational and non-commercial purposes such as teaching, research, evaluation and commentary“. Attribution is required by crediting and linking back to http://www.thisisdisplay.org.
e.g. Image from Display. e.g. Matter, Herbert. Arts & Architecture, No. 3, July 1945. Magazine cover, 12 cm x 9 cm. New York: Display. http://www.thisisdisplay.org.
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