Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Graphic Design Referenced

Who is Herb Lubalin?
Designer of first quarterly magazine, Eros, named after the Greek god of love and desire, and devoted to eroticism, love and, sex through history, politics, art and literature. Why was Esguire important?
Because there weren't a lot of magazines out there targeted to men, this magazine combined fiction, sports, humor, poetry, fashion, and other elements of a lush lifestyle targeted at men. Who is Alexy Broadavich?
He freed the pages of Harper's Bazaar to take pleasure in white space and the finely tuned pacing of text and image. He helped revolutionize the notion of magazine design and photography. What did Hoefler-Jones do for Harper"s
They helped introduce an assertive balance of sculptured typography and vibrant photography to create an assertive publication. Who is Gail Anderson?
The art director of the Rolling Stone, who offered some of the most venturesome double-page spreads of the 1990s.Who is David Carson?
The art director for Ray Gun magazine, he had a rule bending design approach give his style a relatively mainstream audience. 
Who is Tibor and what is M&Co?
Tibor help develop a multicultural magazine, Colors,  that would appeal to the somewhat dissatisfied and politicized younger generation. This magazine would be available in five different bilingual versions. 
M&Co is Tibor company that he started with two former designers, from B&N. The work they took on was a breading ground for work blending wit, humor and social consciousness through an approach sinuously shifting between deadpan and expressive.
Who is Neville Brody?
The art director for The Face, he used commercial typefaces and relatively simple layouts but later became more advanced. What is Speak?
A quarterly magazine full of thoughtful writing on culture, loosely covering music, fashion, literature and art. 

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