Published
10 June 2010
Matthew Leibowitz: Visual Translator
Born in Philadelphia on August 21, 1918, Matthew Leibowitz’s family had emigrated from Eastern Europe. Leibowitz studied at night in the certificate program at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now The University of the Arts). He was intelligent, a fastidious dresser, an aficionado of puns, prolific and hardworking. At the time he was studying for his degree, he was already working at the established advertising firm, Gray & Rogers. Read More
Published
17 January 2010
Bob Noorda 1927–2010
A tribute to a legendary designer whose work has contributed a great deal to the artistic and cultural development of his adopted city of Milan - and beyond. Noorda's enduring design work demonstrates the importance of building a corporate identity based on value and utility, not merely aesthetics. His prolific contributions to graphic design will continue to have an influence and be recognized. Read More
Published
15 January 2010
Massimo Vignelli on Bob Noorda
Back in the early 60s Bob Noorda was the designer in Milano with whom I wanted to be most associated. His famous work for Milano's Metropolitana was of the highest standard. We started our friendship by driving to Venice every week to teach graphic design at the School of Industrial Design. That experience and that closeness cemented our friendship and in 1965 we decided to join our offices; that is when, with some other friends in Chicago, we started Unimark International. Read More
Published
04 January 2010
The New Typography Exhibition at MoMA
"The New Typography is distinguished from the old by the fact that its first objective is to develop its visible form out of the functions of the text. It is essential to give pure and direct expression to the contents of whatever is printed: just as in the works of technology and nature, 'form' must be created out of function. Only then can we achieve a typography which expresses the spirit of modern man." Read More
Published
16 December 2009
Design Pioneer: Lora Lamm
In the written history of mid-century Italian and Swiss Graphic Design, Lora Lamm's name is often overlooked. Although born in Arosa, Switzerland in 1928, Lamm was a major contributor to the adventurous design coming out of Milan during the 1950s and 1960s. Her role as a pioneering woman designer is an inspiration and her body of graphic design work is the legacy of a creative spirit. Read More
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