The Fab Four (of Modernists)

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By Steven HellerPosted  ∙  1 min. read

Joined together by a shared yet divergent faith in Modernism, this unique undated photo of the Fab Four Modernist quartet includes (from left to right) Ladislav Sutnar, Bradbury Thompson, Alvin Eisenman and Paul Rand. Eisenman ran the design program at Yale, which was taught by Thompson and Rand. Sutnar was, well, Sutnar.

Ladislav Sutnar, Bradbury Thompson, Alvin Eisenman and Paul Rand

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Steven Heller has written for PRINT since the 1980s. He is co-chair of SVA MFA Designer as Entrepreneur. The author, co-author and editor of over 200 books on design and popular culture, Heller is also the recipient of the Smithsonian Institution National Design Award for "Design Mind," the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement and other honors. He was a senior art director at The New York Times for 33 years and a writer of obituaries and book review columnist for the newspaper, as well. His memoir, Growing Up Underground (Princeton Architectural Press) was published in 2022. Some of his recent essays are collected in For the Love of Design (Allworth Press).

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