Chermayeff and Geismar
Recent articles about Chermayeff and Geismar
Design history disciplined
Issue 85, Spring 2013
What kind of discipline is graphic design history? Catherine de Smet provided…
Symbols and survival
Issue 81, Autumn 2011
In their forthcoming book, the partners tell some of the stories behind their work for clients such…
Flight of the imagination
Issue 73, Autumn 2009
Do Ivan Chermayeff’s uncompromising posters signify the last days of Modernist ambition?
A talent that linked Modernism with life
Issue 58, Winter 2005
Graphic design is a formless discipline. Functioning at the nexus point of so…
Word art
Issue 11, Winter 1993
In post-war art the visual and the literary have blurred. Typography is the point at which they meet…
Pre-postmodernity
Issue 50, Winter 2003
Does a small book from nearly 30 years ago encapsulate a ‘golden age’?
Recent blog posts by Chermayeff and Geismar
Books received #18
11 April 2016
A Smile in the Mind, London A to Z, Jean Tinguely, Bad Bonn Song Book and Eating With The Eyes
Here are a few books that caught our attention in recent weeks … all reviewed in no more than 140 characters.
Noted #60
16 May 2014
Maya pictoglyphs, Comics Unmasked, The Believer film issue with John and Faith Hubley, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards, Chermayeff & Geismar, Office
Here are some links to a few exhibitions, books and magazines that caught our attention in recent weeks.