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May 27, 2014
Dirty talks
Panel discussions and talks sponsored by the Fine Arts Department in the heady conceptual late-70s and early-80s often adopted a DIY or punk aesthetic in their announcements.
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May 10, 2014
The many trademarks of Chermayeff and Geismar
Chermayeff and Geismar published a spiral-bound portfolio of their trademarks in 1979, a precursor to the 2000 volume TM, published by Princeton Architectural Press.
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May 06, 2014
Talent show
SVA’s subway posters established the school’s graphic presence by using abstract concepts to convey a deeply pragmatic message.
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May 03, 2014
Quiz show
In the grand tradition of magazine quizzes comes “The Whatchamacallit Game” from Esquire.
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April 19, 2014
First Look: Deborah Sussman
Next in our Design and Illustration Study Collection is the work of environmental design pioneer Deborah Sussman.
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April 18, 2014
Sun-rays and lightning
An exhibition of Navajo Weaving at the Visual Arts Gallery in 1972 described a loom made of cosmic forces, and blankets rendered in “cannel-coal, turquoise, abalone, and white bead” but developed during a “devastating acculturation process.”
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April 13, 2014
Hammers and sickles
One of the earliest exhibitions of Andy Warhol’s provocative “Sickle and Hammer” series was an exhibition of the pencil-and-watercolor drawings of 1976 at the Visual Arts Museum.
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March 21, 2014
Childcraft
In 1970, Childcraft Education Corp. turned to Milton Glaser to design their flagship store at 150 E. 58th Street.
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February 24, 2014
The world of Windows On The World
The continuing story of the Windows On The World restaurant and its satellites in the World Trade Center, designed by Milton Glaser in 1976 and redone in 1996.
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February 18, 2014
Another side of the Visual Arts Gallery
Folk art at the Visual Arts Gallery in the early 1970s.
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January 28, 2014
Record labels
Milton Glaser applies his passion for music to record labels.
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January 25, 2014
Milton Glaser’s menus for the World Trade Center
One curious feature about the Glaser collection is its organizational style, which was based on the way the materials were donated by the designer. Subseries G of his Printed Materials contains many of the menus he did for businesses at the World Trade Center.
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January 21, 2014
Shaped Paintings
The third exhibition directed by Jeanne Siegel at the Visual Arts Museum riffed on the Guggenheim’s The Shaped Canvas.
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December 17, 2013
Early LeWitt
We love our LeWitt here at Container List, and we recently found some very early exhibition announcements for his work at SVA and other galleries.
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December 16, 2013
The many faces of Elliott Gould
For Time magazine, 1970: several versions of Elliott Gould, by Milton Glaser
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November 10, 2013
The Mead Library of Ideas
In the 1970s, the Mead Library of Ideas held exhibitions showcasing the best contemporary graphic design; they commissioned announcement posters from designers including Tony Palladino, Chermayeff & Geismar, and Seymour Chwast.
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October 28, 2013
A brief tour of Milton Glaser’s typography
Glaser’s typefaces combine Push Pin-era Deco motifs with conventions adapted from hand-painted signs, but share a tendency to imbue generic letterforms with geometric dimension.
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October 06, 2013
A Grand Union
In the mid-1970s, Milton Glaser was approached by Sir James Goldsmith to take on a dramatic redesign of the supermarket chain Grand Union.
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September 29, 2013
First Look: James McMullan
This summer we received a great donation from illustrator, poster designer and long-time SVA faculty member James McMullan.
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September 27, 2013
Kid stuff
We looked at some of Edelmann’s political posters for the West German radio station WDR back in June. But there was also a lighter side to his collaboration with the broadcaster.
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By Collection
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SVA Historical Event Recordings
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Gail Anderson Collection
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SVA COVID Collection
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Ed Benguiat Collection
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SVA Publications and Institutional Records
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Ivan Chermayeff Collection
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Ralph Caplan Collection
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Chermayeff & Geismar Collection
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Seymour Chwast Collection
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Stephen Doyle Collection
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Heinz Edelmann Collection
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Richard Wilde Papers
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Roger Ferriter Collection
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Louise Fili Collection
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Cris Gianakos Collection
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Bob Gill Collection
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Milton Glaser Collection
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Keith Godard Collection
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Steven Heller Collection
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David Mazzucchelli Collection
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Ed McCabe Collection
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James McMullan Collection
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Tony Palladino Collection
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Stefan Sagmeister Collection
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Paul Sahre Collection
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Deborah Sussman Collection
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Fred Troller Collection
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George Tscherny Collection
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Henry Wolf Collection