Tag Archives: saul bass

no depression: its all a best of

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: I wrote at length on the work of Grant Alden on his essential document of American music, No Depression magazine—both as designer and art director for its covers. But this was an entire magazine he was doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged art blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Billy Bragg, grant alden, jesse marinoff reyes, Joe Hill, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, No Depression magazine, reid miles, reid miles blue note, roy kanter, saul bass | Leave a comment

alt about

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Dave

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged French Paper Company, grant alden, jesse marinoff reyes, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, No Depression magazine, peter blackstock, saul bass | Leave a comment

partial and partial to dharma

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: A Happy 90th Birthday remembrance to the Beat Generation icon and one of the great post-war American writers. The impact that Kerouac—and the Beats—had on both American literature and pop culture goes beyond what I can relate … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged Allen Ginsberg, diane di prima, Douglas Brinkley, estate of jack kerouac, gail belenson, Jack Kerouac, jesse marinoff reyes, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, paul buckley, saul bass, The Viking Press | Leave a comment

typecasting the typeface

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) ross f. george was probably the most familiar, most influential, most ubiquitous and the most important calligrapher, lettering artist, type designer and graphic designer of the last century. sure, we all know about herman zapf … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, billy-bob helvetica, drawing ink pen nibs, e.c. matthews, ed big daddy roth, frederic goudy, graphic design, graphic design history, herb agnew, herman zapf, hunt pen company, lettering arts, norman hathaway, ross f. george, saul bass, speedball textbook for lettering, william hugh gordon, woody guthrie signpainter | Leave a comment

what signage are you?

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) as far as i know “signage” isn’t a word. although it’s in use (and may have been recently added to the dictionary – i don’t keep up) it’s basically professional “lingo” that is entering our vocabulary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, design culture, good design, graphic design, herculaneum, pest control businesses, Pompeii, popular mechanics magazine, saul bass, Woody Guthrie, woody guthrie commercial sign painter | Leave a comment

paperback writer

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Art

Forget the paperback writer. Its the vehicle that the paperback novel represented which surpassed the content value…. Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ): The paperback book existed before WW2. however, it was not a big seller, not an important item so … Continue reading →