-
April 08, 2014
Blechman Palladino for Architectural & Engineering News
Tony Palladino collaborated with R.O. Blechman in the 1960s. One of the best examples of their combined sensibilities appeared on their covers for Architectural & Engineering News.
Continue Reading
-
April 07, 2014
Georgia’s always on my mind
Herb Lubalin was among the many designers and illustrators who contributed to the United States Information Agency’s 1962 graphic arts exhibition that toured the USSR.
Continue Reading
-
April 06, 2014
The hard stuff
And now, the companion piece to the Pushpin beers post. “Any port in a storm.”
Continue Reading
-
April 04, 2014
Henry Wolf for Olivetti
In the late-1960s Henry Wolf produced a number of advertisements for Olivetti, which touched on two of his favorite devices: the use of celebrity and the distortions of scale and context used to dreamlike effect.
Continue Reading
-
March 31, 2014
Group W
From the James McMullan Collection, a look at some of the best illustrators who got their start the 1950s and 60s.
Continue Reading
-
March 30, 2014
For the pleasure and edification of all
Before Push Pin Studios, before the Push Pin Graphic, there was the Push Pin Almanack.
Continue Reading
-
March 27, 2014
Russell Hoban
Russell Hoban’s portrait of Joan Baez on the cover of Time, 1962.
Continue Reading
-
March 26, 2014
Department of guest objects
A special guest appearance by Gartenschönheit, a magazine that pre-dates our collections.
Continue Reading
-
March 25, 2014
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
The United States Information Agency deploys its secret weapon in the Cold War: designers and illustrators.
Continue Reading
-
March 23, 2014
Milton’s menus, part 3: return to Subseries G
Descending into Series II, Subseries G, we take another look at some of Milton Glaser’s logos and menus for restaurants.
Continue Reading
-
March 23, 2014
Henry Wolf on typography
In 1958 Henry Wolf, newly appointed art director for Harper’s Bazaar, was tapped by the Advertising Typographers Association to write an essay on magazine typography for their bulletin.
Continue Reading
-
March 21, 2014
Childcraft
In 1970, Childcraft Education Corp. turned to Milton Glaser to design their flagship store at 150 E. 58th Street.
Continue Reading
-
March 17, 2014
Tscherny’s flag motif
One of George Tscherny’s graphic hobbyhorses was the jumbled appearance of type on an undulating surface.
Continue Reading
-
March 16, 2014
The Cook
Milton Glaser created this 1965 book jacket for The Cook, a satirical horror novel about a mysterious chef, Conrad Venn, who seduces and manipulates the wealthy Hill and Vail families with food.
Continue Reading
-
March 15, 2014
Do you see what I see?
A symposium of “provocative visual material” inspired Milton Glaser to come up with some of his own.
Continue Reading
-
March 10, 2014
Fashion Illustration at SVA
Fashion illustration was a popular pursuit at SVA in the 1960s.
Continue Reading
-
March 05, 2014
Urban Outfitters’ Slant, part 2
Some remarkable art and writing from the corporate zine.
Continue Reading
-
March 04, 2014
Auteur, auteur
Andrew Sarris, film critic for the Village Voice and screenwriting lecturer at the School of Visual Arts, delivered a special free lecture in 1968.
Continue Reading
-
March 03, 2014
That New York
Brownjohn, Chermayeff and Geismar’s expressive typography for The Composing Room.
Continue Reading
-
March 02, 2014
Spot on
James McMullan is best known for his gorgeous posters for Lincoln Center theatrical productions, but he applies the same care to his spot illustrations for The New Yorker theater reviews.
Continue Reading