Tag Archives: pushpin studios

you become the language

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: first off – sorry for the bad repro. i didn’t want to bother removing the plastic cover sheet. this is a book that is exactly what it looks like – a cheezy book covering all the things … Continue reading →

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great zonkers

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is an important package design in the history of american marketing. it basically sold buttery caramel glossy popcorn in a useless fancy-pants package and completely blew open the hipster munchies market. prior to this product hit … Continue reading →

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cover stories

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Milton Glaser, 1964. take the main character, draw her. make her look like the movie. try to ape the current popular crosshatch style (pioneered by john alcorn at pushpin.) whatever. just not impressed, … nice … Continue reading →

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be there when

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) I SPOTTED this little thing on a telephone pole and immediately snagged it. it took me a while to figure it out. at first i thought it was a show flyer, a gigposter. upon closer inspection, … Continue reading →

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well executed mediocrity

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Art

graphic decoration. what we learned in school…. by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): Back in grade school and even junior high school (mostly called “middle school” these days. apparently somebody thought that being called “junior” anything was damaging to our sensitive … Continue reading →

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encouraging the unconscious mosh

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Art

fill your head and allow it to stew… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) This is actually a postcard (!) I received in the mail way back in the mid-1980′s. It’s made of xeroxed plastic, foil stars, sales tags, rubber stamps and … Continue reading →

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good vibrations: still cool after all these years

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Art

From the Bauhaus to your house… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): In the pantheon of graphic design professionals, there are very very few who have reached the levels occupied by Ivan Chermayeff. He’s considered one of the grand masters of 20th century … Continue reading →

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nothing is real: hipster fake psych look

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Art

A look at yellow submarine, a pop culture adventure with the blue meanies… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): I know it sounds crazy, but when you ask 99.9% of Americans, “who did the animation in the movie, “Yellow Submarine?”” they say, “Peter … Continue reading →

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