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April 04, 2016
First Look, part 2: James McMullan
An incredible array of new material from James McMullan.
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March 22, 2016
Milton Glaser for MGM, 1970
Some background (and forgotten drafts?) of Milton Glaser’s poster for Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point.
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February 16, 2016
Delpire
Robert Delpire and Push Pin Studio’s mutual admiration resulted in exhibitions in both New York and Paris.
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January 27, 2016
Cyrk ice cream by Seymour Chwast
Seymour Chwast’s characteristic contour line and flat pastel coloration appears on the packaging of this short-lived late-80s Kosher ice cream, for which his Push Pin Studios also contributed the logo.
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January 06, 2016
Immovable Objects
The Cooper-Hewitt’s outdoor exhibition/walking tour of lower Manhattan was held during the summer of 1975.
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November 23, 2015
Bettmann Panopticon
In 1964, SVA’s Visual Arts Gallery hosted the Bettman Panopticon, an exhibition of works by the leading art directors and designers of the day created from materials in the Bettmann Archive, the trove of vintage clip art and photos.
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November 13, 2015
Close-ups
Stark course announcements by Everett Aison and Ryszard Horowitz.
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October 28, 2015
Identified Flying Objects
Milton Glaser’s surreal landscapes for Hangar Design Group.
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September 10, 2015
Keith Godard
We’re so pleased to add the work of Keith Godard to our collection.
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August 28, 2015
Milton Glaser for Creative Newspaper, 1982
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August 04, 2015
65 Self-Portraits
65 Self-Portraits is one of the best documented of the remarkable series of exhibitions organized by Shirley Glaser while she was director of SVA’s Visual Arts Gallery, 1964-1969.
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July 21, 2015
Milton Glaser’s cover for Aaron Lightman’s self-titled LP
This amazing LP from 1969 is one of the most beautiful hidden gems in the field of pop arranged singer-songwriters. Originally issued on Poppy Records, home of psych heads The Mandrake Memorial among others, Lightman’s LP deserves to be discovered by all the fans of the soft rock, orchestra arranged sounds. Think of an American reply to the early works of Duncan Browne, Bill Fay, Nick Garrie or even Donovan at his most popsike recordings. Fans of the early Bee Gees will also enjoy this LP! Credit for the arrangements and production goes to the great Ron Frangipane and David Christopher, who is also credited as a co-writer of the albums songs. The album came housed in a beautiful Milton Glaser sleeve (Glaser was the main designer at Poppy at that time) which the Wah Wah reissue respects, and featured an insert with the lyrics which is also reproduced on our reissue. Housed in quality sleeves and pressed in 180 gram thick black vinyl for the delight of the most discriminating audiophiles. Limited to 500 copies!
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July 09, 2015
George Tscherny for MoMA and the Family Service Association
MoMA’s 1956 exhibition of posters for the Family Service Association featured the work of George Tscherny, among other artists and designers.
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June 09, 2015
Western Union’s ‘Computer Letter’
Ed McCabe’s characteristically direct copy for Western Union’s spammy-sounding “Computer Letter,” 1983. Click through for more and the full page.
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June 08, 2015
Henry Wolf for Karastan carpets
An excellently memorable and surreal campaign photographed by Henry Wolf for Karastan carpets.
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May 21, 2015
Milton Glaser’s Boris Vian
Milton Glaser’s watercolors for a French edition of Boris Vian’s I Spit On Your Graves.
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April 14, 2015
Baader-Meinhof Library Escape
James McMullan’s process is detailed step-by-step, showing exactly how he composed and executed the complicated tableau of the Baader-Meinhof Group’s escape from a Berlin library.
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March 30, 2015
Paula Scher’s identity for SVA
In 1988, the School of Visual Arts commissioned Paula Scher—a longtime faculty member but not yet a principal at Pentagram—to redesign its corporate identity.
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February 24, 2015
I’ve seen you on the beach and I’ve seen you on TV
Malcolm Garrett was the subject of “Ulterior Motifs: An Exhibition of Graphic Devices 1977-1993,” an exhibition held at SVA in 1993 that featured Garrett’s logotypes for clients in the music, publishing, and retail industries.
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January 20, 2015
Prints from Galleria del Deposito
Italian screenprints from the collective gallery in Genoa, Italy.
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