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Happy birthday Ladislav Sutnar (1897–1976)! Born in present-day Czech Republic, the pioneer of information design worked as an art director for Sweet's Catalog Service for almost 20 years and authored many books about visual design principles. #lfabirthday https://t.co/TWWXtzbIyz
Happy birthday to Victor Moscoso, one of the “Big Five” who produced rock posters, ads, and underground comix in the psychedelic era! #LfABirthday
Images: Victor Moscoso, handbills for performances at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, 1967.
Happy birthday Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)! The Czech painter and graphic artist — whose style came to define the French Art Nouveau movement — was born 161 years ago today. #LfABirthday
Image: Alphonse Mucha, Le Pater, Paris, 1899. See it in the OA: https://t.co/BfWnVGCL0r
Happy birthday, Giovanni Pintori (1912–1999)! #LfABirthday On our blog: read about how the Italian graphic designer revisualized the typewriter in the 1950s. (📷: Giovanni Pintori, pamphlets advertising a variety of Olivetti typewriter models, 1964–6.) https://t.co/qiZ8obNeK7
Happy birthday Armin Hofmann (1920–2020)! The eminent Swiss graphic designer and educator at the Basel School of Design played an instrumental role in developing the Swiss International Style. #LfABirthday
Image: Armin Hofmann, Stadt Theater Basel poster, 1965.
Happy birthday to Dutch visual artist @sigridcalon! #LfABirthday #SigridCalon
Image: Sigrid Calon, Letters Become Patterns, Tilburg, 2014.
Happy birthday Herbert Matter (1907–1984)! The Swiss-born American designer and photographer was born 114 years ago today. Pictured: a few examples of his work for Knoll, where he began as a design consultant in 1944 and spent 12 years building its visual identity. #LfABirthday