Tag Archives: george nelson modernism

wandering into modernist territory

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have this wonderful book called “books for our time” , edited by marshall lee, with written contributions by herbert bayer, merle armitage, john berg, s.a. jacobs, ernst reichl and a forward by george nelson … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged AIGA, Aleister Crowley, alvin lustig, art chantry, bradbury thompson, elbert hubbard, ernst reichl, george nelson, george nelson modernism, gustav stickly, herbert bayer, jack parsons, Jan Tschichold, John Berg, Karl Rove, kenneth anger, L. Ron Hubbard, marshall lee, marshall lee design, max bill, merle armitage, Paul Klee, Paul Rand, s.a. jacobs, Saul Steinberg, typography, wallace berman, william golden, William Morris | Leave a comment

planned obsolesence :to be unworthy we are

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) the critics all talk about how we’ve entered into the era of ‘design as commodity’ like never before. so many designers are household names that we even buy clowns like phillipe stark in big … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, brooks stevens, brooks stevens design, cadillac sea link, Charles and Ray Eames, Charles Eames, excalibur sports car design, george nelson modernism, graphic design, Harley Earl, harley earl motorama, henry dreyfuss, jackie gleason golf cart, oscar meyer wienermobile, philip stark, phillipe stark, Ray Eames, raymond leowy, raymond loewy, robin and lucienne day, walter dorwin teague, walter dorwin teague associates | Leave a comment

rand about

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have extremely mixed feelings about the life and work and importance of paul rand. in the ‘fine’ graphic design world, he has been elevated to enormously lofty status. he’s often seriously referred to as … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged alexey brodovitch, alexy brodovitch, american graphic design, art chantry, bradbury thompson, george nelson modernism, graphic design, graphic design modernism, Lester Beall, Paul Rand, paul rand art for industry, william golden | Leave a comment

single handedly george and samurai lumberjack

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) everybody knows all about the eames chair designs. in fact, right now, everything ‘charles and ray eames’ is solid-gold cool standard. whenever my designer friends start talking about 20th century modernism, they always immediately blurt, … Continue reading →