Paolo Garretto was famous in Italy in the 1920s and 30s for his posters and magazine covers. His work appeared in Fortune, Time, Vogue, and The New Yorker.
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Maker Faire 2018 Serves Up Another Helping of Do-It-Yourself Ingenuity
Maker Faire is an international phenomenon, with some 200 events held worldwide. Join Stephen Beale as he showcases some of the best artists and projects from this years' festival.
Fetishizing Fascist Collage
If you saw a swastika on a book, magazine or flyer what would you do? What about the images here? What comes to mind? How do you respond?
The Politics of Confusion Still Works
The techniques of disruption are not new to the Putin and Trump regimes. Soviet propaganda of the postwar years turned its media towards the war weary German’s to persuade the majority in the Western sector to favor the East in the hot-cold war that was simmering between Western and Soviet powers. “Their main purpose...
Weekend Heller: Pensieri sul Design
As I lay on my hotel bed listening to the soothing tones of “My Way” by Sinatra and the “Godfather” theme emanating from the Piazza San Minerva in Rome, I have thoughts of Paul Rand. There are not too many books about or artifacts by Paul Rand in Italy, although his seminal Thoughts on...
Replacing Hate with Design Advocacy
The weeks following the 2016 Presidential election saw an unprecedented rise in hate speech, hate crimes, vandalism and violence against minorities and people of color. Vicki Meloney, an Associate Professor at Kutztown University, took notice and decided to make a change, thus Replace-the-Hate was born.
Jeff Roth’s Archival Pick: Pete Seeger
This is another in a mini-series of archival selections from Jeff Roth, a remarkable archivist, who runs the New York Times morgue, where folders filled with clips and photographs are buried. Heller asked him to chose five (or more) of this favorite images and tell use why. Today: "Pete Seeger."
Jeff Roth’s Archival Pick: The Collyer Brothers
This is another in mini-series of archival selections from Jeff Roth, a remarkable archivist, who runs the New York Times morgue, where folders filled with clips and photographs are buried. Heller has asked him to chose five (or more) of this favorite images and tell use why. Today: The Collyer Brothers
Typefaces Extolling the Virtue of America
The American Edwin Hooper Denby (1873/74–1957) was an architect and member of the architectural firm, Denby and Nute, where he designed typefaces as well as structures. The pages HERE represent his "symposium" on the importance of his all cap typeface for monumental statements.
Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine Finally Shuts Up
Interview magazine has just ceased publication, not quite a half-century after it began. Here, Michael Dooley shares a 2005 review of a seven-volume set of books titles "Andy Warhol's Interview: The Crystal Ball of Pop Culture" that reads a little more like an obituary than a review.