19-20 Flashcards

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Paul Rand

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Brooklyn designer. Credited with bringing modernist aesthetics to the US. Used scratchy hand writing in many of his designs. IBM logo, among many others.

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Alvin Lustig

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Architect, interior designer, graphic designer. Was blinded, died young. Incorporated his own painting style and private symbols in to his designs.

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Bradbury Thompson

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Born in Kentucky, moves to NYC. First project, paper promotional designs, became a lifetime project. He didn’t have money for photos or illustrations so he used historical images. Designed a bible that was sensitive to typography.

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Saul Bass

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LA films/motion picture industry. Chunky forms, broad color backgrounds. Did some short films, Psycho shower scene. Stencil type.

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Chermayeff & Geismar

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Pioneers in NY school. Called their office a design firm, not an art studio. Had a background in European modern art. Television logos.

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Henry Wolf

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Esquire art director studied under Brodovich, replaced him at Harpers. Experimented with photography.

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Doyal Dane Bernbach

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Think small ad. Didn’t want to condescend to the audience. Reengineered copy writing & ads so they work together more.

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American Typographic Expression

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Type is integrated into photos. Greatest practitioner was Herb Lubalin, who made it popular. Letterforms become objects.

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Ralph Ginzberg

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Avant Garde co-creator. Worked with Herb Lubalin. Publisher. Eros magazine, started Fact magazine.

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William Golden

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CBS logo, brought a high level of design to CBS. Hired talented illustrators. Adopted a corporate typeface for CBS, which was DIdot- he found a case in France. Died suddenly at 48

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Lou Dorfsman

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Takes over as creative director at CBS, mostly keeps Golden’s aesthetic.

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Raymond Loewy

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Known for product/industrial design. Born in France, lived in US. Started in fashion graphic design. Rebranded Lucky Strike on a bet. “Style engineering” aka forced obsolescence. Exxon Logo, Shell oil logo.

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Lester Beall

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Corporate identity, started a firm.

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Massimo Vignelli

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Helvetica. Knoll furniture. Subway system.

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George Lois

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Art director at dd&b. Guy who threatened to jump out the window. Designed esquire covers

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Herb Lubalin

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American typographic expression advocator. Co-created avant garde.

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The New York School

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Pioneered by Paul Rand. Taught American Typographic Expressionism.