Stephen Doyle Collection

Abstract

The Stephen Doyle Collection comprises mainly printed materials designed by Stephen Doyle or his associates at Drenttel Doyle Partners and later at Doyle Partners. These include posters for advertising, branding, editorial; notebooks and packets promoting the work of Drenttel Doyle Partners and later Doyle Partners and branding and identity presentations and proposals for various clients; miscellaneous printed material and objects, including promotional packages for Martha Stewart Living and Champion Paper; books, exhibition catalogs, CDs and LPs, and periodicals designed by Doyle, Doyle Partners, and Drenttel Doyle Partners.

Date

1980 – 2012 (Date ranges)

General Physical Description

Three manuscript boxes, one record carton, thirty-four posters, sixteen large-format bound notebooks.

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Stephen Doyle is principal and creative director at Doyle Partners, a graphic design and advertising studio in New York City. Doyle studied at the Cooper Union under George Sadek, graduating in 1978, followed by stints as associate art director at Esquire and then Rolling Stone. In 1983, he joined M & Co., leaving after two years to start Drenttel Doyle Partners with William Drenttel and Tom Kluepfel, working with clients such as IBM and Champion Paper. After Drenttel left in 1997, Doyle continued under the name Doyle Partners. Doyle Partners is involved in graphic design and illustration, branding, identity systems, environmental graphics, packaging, and web design. Projects for notable clients include identity and marquee for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, branding and design for Tishman Speyer and Martha Stewart, identity and environmental design for Barnes and Noble, branding and wayfinding for the Cummins Distribution headquarters, and album art for the musician David Byrne. His book-page artworks, which he calls "hypertext sculptures," can be seen in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and on SVA subway posters from 2017.

Scope and Contents

The Stephen Doyle Collection comprises mainly printed materials designed by Stephen Doyle or his associates at Drenttel Doyle Partners and later at Doyle Partners. These include posters for advertising, branding, editorial; notebooks and packets promoting the work of Drenttel Doyle Partners and later Doyle Partners and branding and identity presentations and proposals for various clients; miscellaneous printed material and objects, including promotional packages for Martha Stewart Living and Champion Paper; books, exhibition catalogs, CDs and LPs, and periodicals designed by Doyle, Doyle Partners, and Drenttel Doyle Partners.

Arrangement

Material is arranged into nine series reflecting the nature and function of the material.

Citation

Stephen Doyle Collection, [series. item]. Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives, Visual Arts Foundation, New York.

Acquisition Information

The Stephen Doyle Collection was acquired as a gift from Stephen Doyle.