The first piece of work that I am analyzing are the Franklin and Jefferson Graphics. These graphics were designed by Charles and Ray Eames around 1975-1976. The Eames officed designed these posters and catalogs for an addition to its final exhibition called The World of Franklin and Jefferson. This exhibition was created in honor of…
Harumi Yamaguchi worked as the head of advertising for PARCO, a department store chain who’s mission was to “combine retail and creative activity with a consciously female focus.” The copywriter and art director for PARCO’s advertising were also women, further reinforcing the female-centered approach to their marketing strategy. This particular piece, titled Parco, appeared in…
This project, designed and created by Kate Moross, was for Vogue UK. They wanted her to draw the backdrop (seen in the featured image) for the Brit Awards in May 2010, and commissioned her based on completion. Each artist performing or hosting at the awards were photographed at the backdrop illustration and were featured in…
As I walked around the Special Collections exhibit, the book that caught my eye was The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer. The book was most prominently eye catching due to its size and, upon closer inspection, the intricate designs covering almost every page (which after some research I…
It Is What It Is, is a collective of images and work from the 2×4 studio. The images were compiled by of 2×4’s founding partners, Michael Rock. This book is very important in that it directly reflects the ideology and methodology that Rock showcases in his work and what the 2×4 studio aligns with as…
This is a poster designed by Art Chantry in 1986, for the Give Peace a Dance event held during the World’s Fair at the Seattle Center House. The Give Peace a Dance event is a twenty-four hour dance marathon put on to raise funding for the nuclear freeze movement that ended in 1989. Chantry calls…
What is it: a 1965 cover of Harper’s Bazaar Designed by: Ruth Ansel, An image of: Steve McQueen Photographed by: Richard (Dick) Avedon (who was also guest editor) One reason this cover is notable is because it is ground-breaking. This cover, by Ruth Ansel, was the first time a man was on the cover…
What is it: a 1965 cover of Harper’s Bazaar Designed by: Ruth Ansel, An image of: Jean Shrimpton Photographed by: Richard (Dick) Avedon This cover (and issue) of Harper’s Bazaar is one of Ansel’s most popular and well known. Not only is the cover striking and eye-catching but the backstory is also interesting. Originally,…
65 Bridges to New York Poster New York, 1968 65 Bridges is an architectural poster which is now contained in the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art. The image was captured by photographer Harvey Lloyd and manipulated by Tomoko Miho. it was published in 1968 as a series to put on…
In 1990, Gran Fury was invited to exhibit in the “Aperto” section of the Venice Biennale. They used this platform to criticize the position of the Catholic Church towards the AIDS crisis in a work entitled “The Pope and the Penis.” The work is made up of two huge posters hung next to each other. …
During the 1880s, the type industry began to face a frustrating design problem. Because type supplies – sizes, widths, base alignment and metal alloy – were uncommon, most printing establishments had no choice but to continue a business relationship with a single type foundry rather than branching out into others. The lack of advanced printing…
http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/5-cent-voice-of-america-stamp/ In 1967, following the creation of his postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation, Georg Olden was given the opportunity to create another postage stamp for U.S. Government-run Voice of America (VOA), which was celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding. During the days of the Cold War, VOA not only…
Century is a family of serif typefaces meant for use in body text. Linn Boyd Benton with American Type Founders (ATF) designed this font in 1894, for Theodore Low De Vinne to be used in The Century Magazine. Following his many machine-produced typography inventions, this typeface was the only one created by Benton during his…
http://www.historygraphicdesign.com/the-age-of-information/corporate-identity-and-visual-systems/188-georg-olden Georg Olden made history as he became the first African American to design a commemorative postage stamp for the U.S. Post Office. Olden created this five-cent stamp to commemorate the Emancipation Proclamation on its 100th anniversary. Olden describes the experience as quite uneventful, and says he was approached by a member of the President’s…
Tadanori Yokoo’s poster “Koshimaki-Osen,” which can be literally translated as “Loincloth Hermit,” is a work the artist produced in 1966 in advertisement of an upcoming theatrical event which was to be put on by the Gekidan Kara-Kumi troupe. The poster, advertising a show open only to those above 18 years of age, as evidenced by…