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Description: “Feeling Discombobulated.” Are you confused, unsettled, bewildered, perplexed, baffled, muddled, flustered, dazed, and disoriented? On days when you don’t know “up from down,” you still have your quirky sense of humor. “Discombobulated” is an American word first recorded in the early 1800s.
Description: “The Spirit of Israel.” Poster, circa 1948, with symbols for religious (menorah), military (uniforms), patriotic (flag), and agricultural (scythe) life. Designed by John Shayne and Robert Hopstein, published in the United States, public domain, via PPPA. John Shayne (1901-1977) was born Jacob Sheinfine in Ukraine. He was raised in the United States and moved to New York in the 1920s. He worked as a graphic artist, type designer, and painter. The poster was conceived and sketched by Robert Hopstein and painted (gouache on paper) by John Shayne. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
Description: “The Land of Israel (Hebrew.) The Country of Our Future.” Poster promoting immigration, designed by Franz Krausz, 1934. Public domain, via PPPA. Franz Krausz (1905-1998) was one of Israel’s most accomplished poster artists. Austrian-born, he made Aliyah to Tel Aviv in 1934. He created hand-painted gouache posters characterized by vivid colors and bold typography. This poster was part of a broad effort to promote Aliyah (immigration) and agrarian settlement during the British Mandate. The woman embodies nurturing and the pioneering spirit. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
Description: “Buy the products of Eretz Israel! The building of your country is in your hands.” (Hebrew.) Circa 1930. Published by Association for Products of Eretz Israel. Designed by R. Dayan (Rudolf Deutsch.) Public domain, via PPPA. The image shows a large hand holding a factory, symbolizing the building of the nation through industry. Rudy Dayan (Deutsch) was part of the wave of European-trained designers who shaped Israeli graphic design’s early institutions and visual style by combining European modernist practices with local needs. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
Description: “We are all for the sake of immigration and absorption.” (Hebrew.) The poster calls on the public to work to encourage immigration and absorption of the new arrivals into the Yishuv. It was published in 1940 by the World Zionist Organization (WZO) and circulated by the Israel Government Press Office. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The poster has a bold 1940-era design, including a typographic Hebrew slogan and layout typical of wartime community campaigns. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
