David Airey

DECEMBER 6, 2017

As one of America’s most celebrated graphic designers, Ivan Chermayeff helped to define the creation of modern day corporate identity. I was sad to hear that Ivan Chermayeff passed away on December 2nd, 2017 at the age of 85. He was named to the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 1981. Ivan Chermayeff, 1932-2017.

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Design Week

JANUARY 29, 2020

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has been judging books by their covers for over 100 years. The Visual History of Type, a 2017 winner. The solution has to do with egolessness in listening, love and respect of text, and a crafting that allows for the dignity of risk. Courtesy of the AIDA Design Archives.

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Book Design Publishing Publishing Arts and Crafts 76

Shillington

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Modernist aesthetics in architecture, art and product design are familiar to many. This book by Sarah Hyndman—who has joined us for guest lectures at Shillington —opens up the science and the art behind how fonts influence you and explains why certain fonts or styles evoke particular experiences and associations. Buy the book.

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Graphic Design Graphic Arts and Crafts Publishing 140