Tag Archives: american graphic design

coffee: roasting on memory beans

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: build a better mousetap and the world will beat a path to your door. right? except that it almost never turns out that way. so many people i know say things to me like “talent always wins” … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged american design, american design culture, american design history, american graphic design, art chantry, bad marketing and brilliant design, Chemex Coffee filters, Chemex coffee maker, Coffee Fest Seattle, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog | Leave a comment

indivisual artist: hallmarks of dialog

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: two blockheads. this is the sort of thing that sends contemporary amateurs into shivering fits of anger and jealousy. one of these people OBVIOUSLY ripped-off the other, right? i mean how can two images be any more … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged american graphic design, american graphic illustration, art chantry, Eric Hoffer, Eric Hoffer True Believer, Ernest Hemingway, graphic design, Isaac Asimoc I Robot, Isaac Asimov, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Shepard Fairey, Tomi Ingerer, von dutch | Leave a comment

trading marks

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is for all you borks out there who think this stuff is so easy.hand or computer – principles still the same. it’s extremely difficult to do WELL. don’t fool yourself. …in them olden daze of yore … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, graphic design, Islamic Art, Leonardo Da Vinci, Madame Pickwick, sign painters, Trademark design | Leave a comment

affordable pauper

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: these are books by “the peter pauper press”. they are small (4 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ x 3/8″). they are beautifully designed and letterpress printed, often sporting illustrations by some of the best illustrators of the era. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged AIGA, Ambrose Bierce, american graphic design, art chantry, Edgar Allan Poe, Edna Bielenson, graphic design, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Oscar Wilde, Peter Beilenson, The Peter Pauper Press | Leave a comment

hide loose cash

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: here’s a classic “must have” item for every cheezy record collector. it’s not all that hard to find (although in condition this good is exceptionally rare). the title alone qualifies it as a classic in the field … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, Barbara Streisand bargain bin, Boz scaggs bargain bin, graphic design, LP record cover art, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, The Record Industry, the record industry organized crime, Tijuan Brass whipped cream | Leave a comment

bogey-time at the nineteenth-hole

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this was yesterday’s church rummage sale find. i don’t know if i should even show you this. i had managed to forget about it entirely (until i saw it again). i designed this book cover back in … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, charles r. cross, GTE company, Jeff Shelley, Kate Thompson GTE, Kathy Gammon Cross, madame pickwick art blog, tibor kalman | Leave a comment

here’s the rub: scratch, scratch

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: found this yesterday down the street at an old lumber mill that was going out of business (maybe the last one int he state). it’s a promo card (pardon the water stains) for their own line of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged american graphic design, american graphic design history, art chantry, Atlas Lumber & Supply Co. Tacoma, dave crider estrus records, Jack O' Fire band, jack o' fire sub pop records, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, sagmeister, Sandy Smooth sandpaper, stefan sagmeister | Leave a comment

color blind testing: buried in the connected dots

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: been looking for one of these for decades. finally found one in a goodwill yesterday (for a buck)! a very cool ‘color blindness’ test book. official name: “pseudo-isochromatic plates for testing color perception”, by the american optical … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged alvin lustig, Alvin Lustig Gentry magazine, american graphic design, American Optical Company, art chantry, color blindness test book, color code test pages, Gentry magazine, Gentry magazine tip-ins, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, pseudo-isochromatic plates | Leave a comment

combatting literalism not liberalism

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes: Playboy June, 1961 issue Photograph: Mario Casilli (1931-2002) Design and Art Director: Arthur Paul (b. 1925) What is a Playboy? Here, Playboy spells it out on this cover design from a little over a half-century ago, … Continue reading →

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messages in bottles

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: i still collect bottles. started digging when i was a kid and have probably gone through a few thousand snce then (mostly given away or lost in various changes). i can’t quit them. i think old functional … Continue reading →