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Seymour Chwast

Graphis 175, 1974

Content includes:
Advertising for Jeans, by Hans Kuh, Zurich
Japanese Packaging Design, by Shigetaka Saito, Tokyo
Seymour Chwast: A Hundred Heads, by Jerome Snyder, New York
2nd World Animated Film Festival in Zagreb 1974, by Bruno Edera, Geneva
Vasarely III, by Stanley Mason, Zurich
Wilhelm Neufeld, by Peter Willberg, Frankfurt/M.
Hans Hillmann – Picture Stories, by Hans Kuh, Zurich
Beato di Liebana, by Stanley Mason, Zurich
Roberto Lanterio: Drawings, by Bruno Munari, Milan

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Seymour Chwast
Seymour Chwast lives and works in New York, where he was born in 1931 and studied graphic design and illustration techniques at the Cooper Union Art School in New York. As a founding member of Push Pin Studios, he contributed to the affirmation of the Push Pin Style that was to have such success and influence on contemporary visual communication. In particular, Chwast was the creator of the Push Pin Graphic, a specialised publication with an international readership. He designed posters, illustrations, typography and commercials. Explore related designers including Milton Glaser and Herb Lubalin. See also American Modernism and 1960s graphic design history.
Graphis
Graphis is an international magazine founded in 1944 featuring graphic design, advertising, and illustration from around the world.

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Graphis 175, 1974. Cover design by Seymour Chwast.
Graphis 175, 1974. Cover design by Seymour Chwast.
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