Join the Mailing List

Membership

Graphic Design History from Design Reviewed
Cal Swann

Jazz Journal, 8, 1974

Information

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Cal Swann (Design), David Redfern (Photography)
  • Year: 1974
  • Size: 220mm x 280mm
Cal Swann studied typography at Leicester College of Art, earning his NDD in 1956. After completing RAF National Service, he worked in print design, advertising, and lecturing across the UK. In 1969, he published his first book, Techniques of Typography, followed by Language and Typography in 1991 after completing an MA in Applied Linguistics. From 1981-86, he served as Head of Graphic Design at Saint Martin’s School of Art, and later became Dean and Professor of Typographic Design at Liverpool Polytechnic.

Linked Information

Jazz Journal, 8, 1974. Cover Cal Swann (Design), David Redfern (Photography)
Jazz Journal, 8, 1974. Cover Cal Swann (Design), David Redfern (Photography)
Cal Swann studied typography at Leicester College of Art, earning his NDD in 1956. After completing RAF National Service, he worked in print design, advertising, and lecturing across the UK. In 1969, he published his first book, Techniques of Typography, followed by Language and Typography in 1991 after completing an MA in Applied Linguistics. From 1981-86, he served as Head of Graphic Design at Saint Martin’s School of Art, and later became Dean and Professor of Typographic Design at Liverpool Polytechnic.
More graphic design artefacts
Idea 199, 1986-11. Cover design by Kiyoshi Kanai
From the design archive:

Idea 199, 1986-11

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Kiyoshi Kanai
  • Year: 1986
View Artefact
Gebrauchsgraphik, 10, 1955. Cover design by Hiroshi Ohchi
From the design archive:

Gebrauchsgraphik, 10, 1955

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Hiroshi Ohchi
  • Year: 1955
View Artefact
Projekt 86, 1, 1972. Cover design by Franciszek Starowieyski.
From the design archive:

Projekt 086, 1, 1972

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Franciszek Starowieyski
  • Year: 1972
View Artefact
Gebrauchsgraphik, 6, 1969. Cover design by Toni Blank
From the design archive:

Gebrauchsgraphik, 6, 1969

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Toni Blank
  • Year: 1969
View Artefact

view more of the graphic design archive

More graphic design history articles
Fred Troller Design on Volume
  • Design Books

The first comprehensive survey of Fred Troller!

Unit Editions launches Fred Troller Design on Volume – the first comprehensive survey of the work of a pioneering designer who brought Swiss modernism to America in the 1960s, via influential projects for clients including IBM, American Airlines and Geigy.
Systematic Surface Design
  • Design Archive Feature

Systematic Surface Design by Tobias Christoph, 1980

Systematic Surface Design eliminating the hindrance of searching for strategies and starting points, allowing designers to quickly find optimal solutions.

Members Content

Publimondial 75, 1956. Cover design by Guy Georget
  • Design Archive Feature, Design Inspiration, Members Only Content

The Illustrative Covers of French Journal, Publimondial

Publimondial was founded André Roulleaux in 1942 and remained in circulation until 1960. The French journal was published by Art et Publications and was subtitled ‘The Magazine of Graphic Arts and Advertising Technique’.
Publicity for Higher Education in the USA by J. J. De Lucio-Meyer
  • Design Outlook

Publicity for Higher Education in the USA by J. J. De Lucio-Meyer

The first American university to accept graphic designers as members of the faculty was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, called M. I. T, for short. The work created by the design group reflects the high level of instruction, the realistic setting of the training and the progressive philosophy of this institute.