NASA Graphics Standards Manual (1976) [pdf]

There was a kickstarter[0] about reissuing that manual. I'm sad I missed it.

If I understand correctly, they did another kickstarter for another manual and then released it again[1] in smaller format out of the kickstarter. Maybe they'll do the same here.

By the way, I found about this manual when I was specifically looking for inspiration about old space race era graphics design. The inspiration is for a SaaS website. I'm one of those that would like the web was more about content and less about big pictures, parallax effect, ... In particular, the manual uses classic quality fonts that are now regarded as unprofessional by web designers because they are too ubiquitous. I would be very tempted to use them.

[0]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thestandardsmanual/reis... [1]: https://standardsmanual.com/

Everything old is new again. In the 90s it was the fashion to disdain the "worm" logotype and concerted efforts were made to remove it from NASA facilities. In all my time on various NASA facilities I only saw the worm logotype on a few old stickers marking NASA property, some old technical reports, and on some nameplates of facilities. A shame, really, because as this standards manual shows, the logotype and its surrounding typography were very well considered.

The NASA book actually just went on sale (pre-order) to be shipped May 3: https://standardsmanual.com/products/nasa-graphics-standards...

Looks like the book is now on pre-order at:

https://standardsmanual.com/products/nasa-graphics-standards...

Shipping May 3, 2016.