The Container List Blog

Scroll to content

June 25, 2021

Milton At Work

A survey of photos of Milton at work in his studio on 32nd Street.

Continue Reading
July 23, 2020

Reynold Ruffins in the Push Pin Graphic

Reynold Ruffins is a founding member of the lengendary Push Pin Studios, along with Seymour Chwast, Milton Glaser, and Ed Sorel.

Continue Reading
July 01, 2019

Milton Glaser's Early Book Covers

Milton Glaser's early book covers, done not long after he founded Push Pin Studios with Seymour Chwast, served as a kind of laboratory for the techniques and styles he was exploring in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Continue Reading
September 27, 2014

Metropolitan Printing in Push Pin Graphic

One regular advertiser in the Push Pin Graphic was Metropolitan Printing.

Continue Reading
August 17, 2014

Type cast

Some type-based design from Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast.

Continue Reading
July 09, 2014

Master strokes

Seymour Chwast’s intricate composition of his illustrations.

Continue Reading
July 02, 2014

Seymour Chwast for Pepsi

Chwast’s can for Diet Pepsi for the Christmas season integrated their 1986-1991 logo into Santa’s spectacles. As you can see in this photo, the rims of the glasses were left unpainted shiny aluminum to highlight the logo—the background behind Santa was also a checkerboard of white and silver. (Click through for full frame.)

Continue Reading
April 12, 2014

They might be giants

Icons of culture and folklore are interpreted by the artists of Push Pin.

Continue Reading
March 30, 2014

For the pleasure and edification of all

Before Push Pin Studios, before the Push Pin Graphic, there was the Push Pin Almanack.

Continue Reading
December 22, 2013

Candies by Seymour Chwast

In the early 1980s, Push Pin Studios produced a line of candies under the name “Pushpinoff Sweets.”

Continue Reading
September 14, 2013

Fifteen years of heartache and aggravation

In 1969, the Mead Library of Ideas presented an exhibition of the work of Push Pin Studios, sharing the design and illustration of its many current and former members.

Continue Reading
August 12, 2013

Concrete Poetry

Milton Glaser tips his hat to French poet, playwright, and critic Guillaume Apollinaire.

Continue Reading
August 04, 2013

Produce as land mass

We recently received a wonderful donation from James McMullan, and while I was looking for a few things to feature in a sneak peek, I came across this illustration he did for Push Pin of Long Island as a potato.

Continue Reading
May 14, 2013

107 graphic designers

The most recent addition to the Chermayeff & Geismar Collection is twelve boxes of old and rare art books, ranging from annuals to architecture; Switzerland to Japan. As always, there were plenty of surprises: one was the catalog for an AGI exhibition from 1976, which featured, alongside reproductions of their work, dramatic photos of the designers.

Continue Reading
May 05, 2013

Esquire’s Gift Catalog

Push Pin’s nutty and sweet Christmas Gift Catalog for Esquire exemplifies the eclectic spirit of that studio.

Continue Reading
April 14, 2013

First Look: Seymour Chwast Collection

We recently received a wonderful donation from illustrator and designer Seymour Chwast. He was a founding partner of Push Pin Studios in 1954, along with Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel and Reynold Ruffins. The studio’s name was changed to the Pushpin Group in 1985 and Chwast remains as its director. Here’s a sampling of the 80 posters we received; future posts will highlight original artwork and other printed materials that offer a comprehensive view of Chwast’s influential career.

Continue Reading
April 10, 2013

Push Pin & Pop

Some ephemeral points of comparison between the work of Seymour Chwast and Andy Warhol.

Continue Reading
February 20, 2013

Love is a sign

Vernacular signage from the first year of the Push Pin Graphic.

Continue Reading
February 20, 2013

Cameo gallery

In 1995, the Cooper Union celebrated the 40th anniversary of Pushpin Studios with an exhibition and special sale of drawings and paintings by the three founders, pictured above: Seymour Chwast, Edward Sorel, and Milton Glaser; along with works by John Alcorn, Sam Antupit, Michael Aron, Vincent Ceci, Paul Davis, George Leavitt, Tim Lewis, Jim McMullan, Reynold Ruffins, Jerold Smokler, Richard Mantel, “and others.” This reminded me of another similar device that captured a group that is also heavily represented by the Archive.

Continue Reading
January 07, 2013

Foot fetish

The transfigured shoes of Push Pin Studios.

Continue Reading

Search by tag:

All names, logos, trademarks and/or copyrighted images are the property of their respective owners and their appearance on this site is merely intended to illustrate certain of the content available for educational purposes in the Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives of the Visual Arts Foundation and is not intended in any way to imply or suggest that the respective owners of these names, logos, trademarks and/or copyrighted images consent to, approve, endorse, sponsor, or intend to associate with the Visual Arts Foundation or any of its affiliates.

Page:
1
2

All names, logos, trademarks and/or copyrighted images are the property of their respective owners and their appearance on this site is merely intended to illustrate certain of the content available for educational purposes in the Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives of the Visual Arts Foundation and is not intended in any way to imply or suggest that the respective owners of these names, logos, trademarks and/or copyrighted images consent to, approve, endorse, sponsor, or intend to associate with the Visual Arts Foundation or any of its affiliates.