Levi's Design Stands the Test of Time
Who can forget those 1990’s Levi’s commercials – marketing sex appeal, celebrity fashion, romance and rock ‘n’ roll style! Instilling marketing slogans like “Originals stand the test of time” and “The...
View ArticleExercising Their Rights
Propaganda posters are among the most important documents remaining from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). These posters are vivid testimonies depicting the social and political landscape that endured...
View ArticleBack to 1983!
Tune up your flux-capacitor and take a trip back to 1984. Macintosh computers are making their first appearance and causing waves across industries, especially the design market. Devoted to traditional...
View ArticleThe Theater. Very Parco.
Eiko Ishioka was a prolific and revolutionary designer. She contributed enormously to the fields of art direction, graphic design, production, as well as costume design for film, theater and opera....
View ArticleMontana
Throughout the 1940s, the graphic designer E. McKnight Kauffer created numerous book jackets for Harcourt Brace, Alfred Knopf and others as well as his illustrated version of The Complete Poems and...
View ArticleA Dramatic Line
After the revolution of 1959, Cuba developed a new visual language that expressed an enthusiasm for change. Graphic design was one of many artistic outlets Cuban designers channeled their individual...
View ArticleReading the Imagery
The work of Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell invigorates the fields of design and photography as well as blurs the distinction between the two. Their collaborative creative process has often been described...
View ArticleA Dramatic Gesture
Massimo Vignelli’s poster was commissioned by the Napoli 99 Foundation along with twenty-three other artists from around the world as a contribution towards the cultural image of Naples. Each artist’s...
View ArticleSign of the Times: Music and Design, 1960s-1980s
Join us for a look at how popular music and design influenced the material culture and lifestyle of the 1960s--1980s. Pat Kirkham (Bard Graduate Center), Paula Scher (Pentagram), Ben Watson (Herman...
View ArticleLife Lessons
The impetus for Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far came directly from a list in Stefan Sagmeister’s diary under the same title. Over the course of seven years, Sagmeister found unorthodox ways to...
View ArticleIdentity and Symbolism in the Poster Art of Rebeca Méndez
Rebeca Méndez has come to terms with her identity. Having been called a teacher, filmmaker, photographer, graphic designer, and fine artist, Méndez has lovingly embraced all of these labels. In fact,...
View ArticleSomething Old, Something New
Yusaku Kamekura achieved what most only hope to accomplish in more than half a century of professional longevity. Kamekura was born in Japan’s Niigata prefecture in 1915 and was schooled at the...
View ArticleA Bright Idea
Over a century ago, IBM founder, Chairman and CEO Thomas J. Watson Sr. (1874-1956) held a meeting with NCR (formerly National Cash Register) sales managers to brainstorm ways to improve the business....
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Lux in Tenebris/ Artists are Dogs
Lux in Tenebris, Latin for "Light in Darkness", is a line from Dylan Thomas’s “One Warm Saturday”, the last story in “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.”“The barman switched on the light. ‘A bit of...
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