National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graphics Standards Manual (1975)

The NASA Graphics Standards Manual by Richard Danne and Bruce Blackburn is a futuristic vision for an agency at the cutting edge of science & exploration.

The book features a foreword by Richard Danne, an essay by Christopher Bonanos, scans of the original manual (from Danne’s personal copy), reproductions of the original NASA 35mm slide presentation, and scans of the ‘Managers Guide’, a follow up booklet distributed by NASA.

Specifications
220 pages
129 image plates
9.5 × 11.5"
24.1 × 29.2 cm

While NASA is the source of the Manual, the publication and distribution of the NASA Graphics Standards Manual is not sponsored or endorsed by NASA and is an independent project undertaken in an effort to preserve and disseminate an archival record of graphic design from the era.

All images of the 1975 NASA Graphics Standards Manual, 1974 presentation to NASA & The Manager’s Guide to NASA Graphics Standards contained in this edition have been scanned from the private archive of Richard Danne.