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March 25, 2014
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
The United States Information Agency deploys its secret weapon in the Cold War: designers and illustrators.
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December 01, 2013
Identity Programs by Noel Martin
Noel Martin was a renown self-taught typographer and designer who studied drawing, painting, and printmaking at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He later became an instructor there and was the long-time designer for the Cincinnati Art Museum, as well as a prolific free-lance designer. Martin was celebrated for modernizing museum graphics and industrial trade catalogs. In 1953, he was featured in MoMA’s landmark design exhibition, Four American Designers, along with Herbert Bayer, Leo Lionni, and Ben Shahn. His spiral-bound self-promotional piece, Identity Programs, presents some of his iconic minimalist logos.
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November 24, 2013
Love and joy about letters
Love and Joy About Letters is a testament to Ben Shahn’s love affair with letters: the beauty of the letter forms, the liberating influence hand-lettering, and how the incorporation of letters added meaning to his art.
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April 29, 2011
A distant mirror
In the late-1950s Seventeen magazine was a clearing house for an incredible stable of graphic talent. Among the contributors were many artists and designers associated with the School of Visual Arts, including Sol LeWitt, Eva Hesse and others like Rudolf de Harak.
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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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SVA Publications and Institutional Records
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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
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