Malaysia Design Archive

Malaysia Design Archive

Design Education | Designs . Politics . Artifacts | Rekabentuk . Politik . Artifak . Understanding Malaysian history through Graphic Design

Book: Modern Teaching Atlas for Malayan Schools

Modern Teaching Atlas for Malayan Schools

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Book: New Method Malayan Readers

1952 "New Method Malayan Readers", an English text book for Standard 3 students.

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Book Cover : Nyawa Di-Hujong Pedang

A personal accounts of an individual sufferings at the hands of the Japanese. Published by the author and printed by Khee Meng Press, Kuala Lumpur. This true story is presented in a semi-fictional form, many of the Japanese names are those of real persons who served in Perak.

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Book: Tourist Guide to the Federated Malay States

Title: Tourist Guide to the Federated Malay States Language: English Type of Graphic: Guidebook Printer: nil Publisher: nil Date: 1925 Dimensions: nil Technique: nil (Source)

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Books: Guidebook to the Federated Malay States

Title: Federated Malay States Language: English Type of Graphic: Guidebook Printer: nil Publisher: nil Date: 1912 Dimensions: nil Technique: nil (Source)

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Far East Buses: Bus Journeys Through Malaya in the 1950s by F.W York

This Book is the second in the Far East Buses series, and takes the form of an album containing over 180 black and white photographs, mostly by the author, and complemented by extended and informative captions as the photographic trail takes the reader from Singapore to almost the most northerly point in what was then correctly called Malaya.

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About This Project

This project is an attempt to trace, map and document the development of graphic design in Malaysia.It is also a project to highlight the importance of archiving as a way to protect and preserve our own visual history.