Seymour Chwast

Graphis 197, 1978/79

Content includes:
New York Art Directors Club. The 57th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art, 1978, by Gertrude Goodrich Snyder, New York
Design and Art Direction ’78, London. The Sixteenth Exhibition of British Advertising and Editorial Art, by Edward Booth-Clibborn, London
Marcel Imsand, by Bertil Galland, Vevey
Push Pin Graphic. A Studio Magazine Comes of Age, by Myrna Davis, Sag Harbor
Fernando Puig Rosado, by Dr. Friedrich Bohne, Hanover

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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 197, 1978/79. Cover design by Seymour Chwast
Graphis 197, 1978/79. Cover design by Seymour Chwast
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