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April 06, 2014
The hard stuff
And now, the companion piece to the Pushpin beers post. “Any port in a storm.”
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February 07, 2014
Effervescent packaging by Seymour Chwast
A short tour of Seymour Chwast’s designs for beer and soda packaging.
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December 22, 2013
Candies by Seymour Chwast
In the early 1980s, Push Pin Studios produced a line of candies under the name “Pushpinoff Sweets.”
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December 11, 2013
Paper for packaging
Ten years before the rise of the supermarket generic brand, Champion Papers produced these colorful generic packaging designs for a series of print advertisements.
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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 12, 2013
Chairs by Chwast
In the mid-80s Seymour Chwast was approached by Georg Kovacs, Inc. to experiment with furniture in the Pushpin style.
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March 12, 2013
Burgers for breakfast
An envelope showing the logo for slider chain Krystal, ca 1980s, designed by Chermayeff & Geismar. Doggie bag follows.
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February 23, 2013
If we’re so good, why aren’t we better?
Spin to see if new markets overseas raise your income or if underproductivity kills your business.
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February 10, 2013
How do you Prang?
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering what a Prang is, your worries are over.
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July 03, 2012
Happy 4th from Tony Palladino
This hinged flag sculpture was originally designed for a cover of Second Coming magazine, but Palladino revisited the idea at intervals. One main conceit is that, on the reverse side, the Italian flag is painted, emphasizing his Italian-American roots. Click through for full magazine cover.
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July 10, 2009
Seymour Chwast for McDonald’s
In 1979, McDonald’s hired Seymour Chwast to contribute one version of the packaging for the introduction of their new product, the Happy Meal. The promotion cost one dollar, and comprised a hamburger or cheeseburger, twelve-ounce soft drink, a small order of french fries, and a McDonaldland Cookie Sampler (not pictured). Along with their comestibles, the first customers could look forward to discovering either a McDoodler stencil, puzzle book, a McWrist wallet, an ID bracelet or McDonaldland character erasers.
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March 10, 2009
Like a record
From the Chermayeff & Geismar Collection comes this Norlin Annual Report shaped like an album cover. Inside, along with the actual report, is the record Norlin Salutes The Music in America, which includes works by Morton Gould, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and William Schumann.
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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
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