Milton Glaser Collection
Milton Glaser is among the most celebrated graphic designers in the world. He co-founded the revolutionary Push Pin Studios in 1954, founded New York Magazine with Clay Felker in 1968, established Milton Glaser, Inc. in 1974, and teamed with Walter Bernard in 1983 to form the publication design firm WBMG. Throughout his career, Glaser has been a prolific creator of posters and prints and has produced iconic designs, such as the ubiquitous “I Love NY” campaign. His artwork has been featured in exhibits worldwide, including one-man shows at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The Milton Glaser Collection provides a complete overview of Glaser’s incredible and vast body of work: approximately 700 pieces of original art, 1,700 sketches, 380 posters, 150 prints, as well as 29 boxes of newspapers and magazines, album covers, menus, letterhead, annual reports, brochures, and books designed and/or illustrated by Mr. Glaser.
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Chermayeff & Geismar Collection
Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar initially formed their partnership in the late 1950s and went on to revolutionize the field of visual communication and build one of America’s most influential graphic design firms. Together they have created more than 300 corporate identity programs for companies such as Mobil Oil, Xerox, Chase Manhattan Bank, PBS, Univision, and Pam Am. Their work extends from logos to posters and publications to major exhibitions including the United States Pavilions at the World’s Fair in Montreal and Oksaka, Japan. The Chermayeff & Geismar collection includes 325 posters, 340 letterhead samples, and more than 1,000 printed samples (including graphics manuals, annual reports, brochures, book and album covers, and packaging).
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Henry Wolf Collection
Henry Wolf (1925–2005) shaped American periodical design in the 1950s and 1960s as art director of Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, and Show magazines. He joined the McCann Erickson advertising agency in 1965 and later teamed with Jane Trahey to form Trahey/Wolf Advertising. In 1971 he founded Henry Wolf Productions, Inc., a studio dedicated to advertising and editorial photography. For the next three decades, Wolf worked as both a photographer and designer, shooting for a host of major clients, including Saks Fifth Avenue, Xerox, Revlon, and DeBeers. The Henry Wolf Collection includes more than 900 photographs, posters, advertisements, magazines, and correspondence.
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Ed McCabe Collection
Ed McCabe is considered one of the advertising industry’s most creative copywriters. He has been responsible for some the world’s most successful and enduring advertising campaigns for clients including Perdue, Volvo, and Maxell. The Ed McCabe Collection consists of four boxes of advertisements by the legendary adman.
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Tony Palladino Collection
The Tony Palladino Collection is composed of original art, posters, and other printed materials that display the witty, graphically austere, and conceptual style that has characterized Palladino’s work throughout his distinguished career as a designer and artist. His projects include the logotype for the book and film Psycho, the corporate identity for Conrail, and numerous posters and book jackets. He began teaching advertising design at SVA in 1958 and is the creator of the many of SVA’s renowned subway posters.
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Steven Heller Collection
Steven Heller is the author, co-author or editor of over 100 books on graphic design, illustration and political art. He was an art director at The New York Times for 33 years and is a columnist for The New York Times Book Review. Heller is also the co-founder and co-chair of the MFA Design Department and co-founder of the MFA Design Criticism Department at SVA. The Steven Heller Collection reflects Heller's eclectic and far-ranging interests and includes posters collected by Heller, audio interviews with major designers and illustrators, books, slides, printed ephemera, and other research materials.
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