Nazi graphics standards manual (via kottke)

Steven Heller had heard rumors of a Nazi graphics standards manual for years and finally tracked one down <http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=24358> .

Nazi Graphics Standards<http://www.kottke.org/plus/misc/images/nazi-graphics-standards.jpg>

Published in 1936, The Organizationsbuch der NSDAP (with subsequent annual editions), detailed all aspects of party bureaucracy, typeset tightly in German Blackletter. What interested me, however, were the over 70 full-page, full-color plates (on heavy paper) that provide examples of virtually every Nazi flag, insignia, patterns for official Nazi Party office signs, special armbands for the Reichsparteitag (Reichs Party Day), and Honor Badges. The book "over-explains the obvious" and leaves no Nazi Party organization question, regardless of how minute, unanswered.

More photos and a copy for sale here <http://www.usmbooks.com/ns_organisationsbuch.html> .