Tag Archives: Jan Tschichold

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

fight of obstinate visionaries

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) The Lonely Rebels Golden Griffin Books/Arts Inc., 1951 Design: Ladislav Sutnar Collecting three novelettes—Mister Lorenz, The Revolt in Liossa, The Mission—by Czech literary exile Egon Hostovsky (1908-1973). “The predominant … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged american graphic design, christopher isherwood, egon hostovsky, golden griffin books, Jan Tschichold, jesse marinoff reyes, ladislav sutnar, New Typography, Steven Heller, Swiss Neue Grafik | Leave a comment

born modern

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art

He proclaimed that he was “born modern”. Alvin Lustig and a feature image that looks somewhat inspired from the Henri Matisse cutouts from his post-war period.Or maybe it was Matisse was inspired by Lustig for his “Jazz” series. quite possible.Other … Continue reading →