Seymour Chwast
1931– | BORN: Bronx, New York | EDUCATION: The Cooper Union
Combined illustration and design
Incorporated historic styles
Co-founded Push Pin Studios
Inspired by comic books, Victorian type, and Walt Disney, Seymour Chwast merged illustration and design in a big departure from modernism. He revived historic styles and blended them in a fresh way, creating fun and expressive visuals.
To attract clients for freelance projects at the beginning of their careers, Chwast and his Cooper Union friends Edward Sorel, Reynold Ruffins, and Milton Glaser published the Push Pin Almanack, an ambitious recurring promotional piece that focused on ...
Get Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
