What is Modern Architecture, Museum of Modern Art, 1946

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  • Format Exhibition Catalogue
  • Designer/s Norman Ives
  • Year 1946
  • Client/Publisher Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Size 192mm x 255mm
Norman Ives
Norman Ives was a graphic designer, educator, and publisher. He taught at Yale, teaching the meaning and understanding of symbols. His clients included the Museum of Modern Art, AIGA, Knoll International, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press. Explore related designers including Paul Rand and Bradbury Thompson. See also American Modernism and 1950s graphic design history.

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What is Modern Architecture, Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Designed by Norman Ives
What is Modern Architecture, Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Designed by Norman Ives
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