I had been searching the internet for information about Swiss designer Max Huber when I found a number of smaller images of auto racing posters that he had designed in the late 40’s to late 50’s. This lead me to another set of discoveries. Porsche Racing posters from the 30’s through 80’s.

Now the reason I am posting this set of images, is because they reminded me of Huber’s design style. Not just the three posters by Huber shown above, but his overall style. Huber was a master of the international Swiss style that dominated so much of graphic design that was so prominent in the decades that followed the second world war.

I love the use of photography combined with the flat graphical elements in most of these posters. It is amazing how these designs, created years before computer graphics still feel fresh enough to compete with much of the design work that is being produced today. It just goes to show that you can have all the software in the world at your finger tips, but if you don’t have the skills you’re out of luck.

I didn’t list credits for the designers on these pieces, but if you look at the bottom of them, there usually is a production mark with the name of the designer and the printer.

The Porsche posters below are actually quite large. Approximately 11 by 14 in size, so if you click on them they might take awhile to load in your browser. By the way. I really like number 16 with Steve McQueen.