@DesignOneThing
A noncomprehensive & biased guide to graphic design: birthdays, didactic comics, odd definitions, book recommendations & often relevant musings. #graphicdesign
- Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Sunday, December 31, 1922
- Happy birthday Beatrice Mandelman. The artist & educator, remembered as a muralist, printmaker, & teacher for the WPA, & later for an oeuvre of abstract expressionistic paintings, which she continued to produce during a debilitating fight with cancer, was born today in 1912.
- Happy birthday Selma Burke. The American sculptor & arts educator, famous for her bas-relief that was adapted for the US dime, was born today in 1900. #sculpture
- The Waterbury Democrat Waterbury, Connecticut Monday, December 30, 1895
- Happy birthday Alfred Choubrac. The artist, illustrator & poster designer, famous for his work with Jules Chéret, his own colorful & elegant posters & many costume designs, was born today in 1853. #posters #lithography
- Happy birthday Wallace Smith. The illustrator, author, & screenwriter, notable for his breadth of work, including serving as a correspondent for the Chicago American, authoring 26 screenplays & a novel, & numerous book, newspaper, & magazine illustrations, was born today in 1888.
- Happy birthday William Eugene Smith. The influential photographer, most famous for developing the photo essay form and covering various topics including WW2, pollution, and a country doctor, was born today in 1918.
- Ukiah Daily Journal Ukiah, California Friday, December 29, 1978
- Happy birthday Bernhardt Wall. The commercial artist, lithographer, & educator, remembered for serving in the Spanish-American War and WWI, various commercial work, including 5000 postcards, and later successfully focused solely on etching, was born today in 1872. #postcardking
- Happy birthday Hans “Zéró” Schleger. The influential graphic designer & educator, famous for helping introduce modernism to Great Britain & his thoughtful, often humorous poster designs, was born today in 1898. #posters #modernism
- The Kokomo Tribune Kokomo, Indiana Sunday, December 28, 1997
- Happy birthday Félix Vallotton. The painter & printmaker, known for his influential & popular woodcuts, his association with the artist group Les Nabis, & and for a striking & unemotional painting style, was born today in 1865. #printmaking
- Happy birthday Bonnie MacLean. The American artist, most recognized for the psychedelic-influenced rock posters she created for the Fillmore Auditorium in the 1960s and 1970s, was born today in 1939. #posters #psychedelic
- Happy birthday Alexander Ilyich Naumov. The multi-talented artist, interior designer, and graphic designer, remembered for his inventive and energetic film posters, and sadly, his untimely passing, was born today in 1899.
- Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Sunday, December 27, 1964
- Happy birthday Jean Milant. The respected printmaker and entrepreneur, most recognized for founding Cirrus Editions, a provider of limited-edition publishing and printing for fine artists, was born today in 1943.
- Happy birthday John Celardo. The dedicated artist, remembered for serving in World War II and for cartoons and comic books, including more than 5,000 daily Tarzan comic strips, was born today in 1918.
- Happy birthday Barbara Klemm. The award-winning art & press photographer famous for black & white images of world events & luminaries, was born today in 1939. #photography
- Chino Champion Chino, California Friday, December 26, 1986
- Happy birthday Lucien Boucher. The engraver, poster artist & illustrator, most famous for his work with Air France creating posters & world maps, was born today in 1889. #poster #maps
- Happy birthday Louise Parth. The prolific artist, illustrator, and graphic designer, notable for a largely forgotten yet largely successful career, designing and illustrating a to z for both local and national projects, was born today in 1900.
- News Record North Hills, Pennsylvania Friday, December 25, 1992
- Happy birthday, Uzo Egonu. The celebrated artist, famous for engaging & inventive, hard-to-describe & hard-to-define graphic paintings, was born today in 1931. "combining the visual languages of Western & African art, he helped redefine the boundaries of modernism..." –Wood
- Happy birthday Albin Brunovský. The artist & educator, notable for his influential practice, including surreal illustrations, bank notes, posters, & experimental lithography, and a formidable pedagogical legacy, including founding an engraving school, was born today in 1935.
- Happy birthday Marion Dorn. The inventive artist and textile designer, remembered for founding Marion Dorn LTD, marrying E. McKnight Kauffer, and a prolific and successful creative output that included designing nearly every kind of textile, was born today in 1896.
- Happy birthday Paul Bacon. The iconic graphic designer and musician, famous for serving as a US Marine during WW2, designing over 6,000 book covers and 200 album covers, each with a style that matched the content, and 22 years of live jazz performance, was born today in 1923.
- Happy birthday Don Norman. The renowned engineer & psychologist, famous for being the director of Design Lab at UCSD, his influential books, & his advocacy of user-centered design, was born today in 1935. #usercenteredesign jnd.org
- Daily Independent Journal San Rafael, California Tuesday, December 24, 1974
- Happy birthday Max Miedinger. The Swiss type designer, most famous for creating Neue Haas Grotesk, which was renamed & marketed as "Helvetica," was born today in 1910. #typography
- Happy birthday Thomas Miller. The graphic designer & artist, best known for his Founders Mosaics at the DuSable Museum of African American History, was born today in 1920.
- Happy birthday Joost Swarte. The graphic designer, cartoonist, & author, internationally recognized for cartoons, illustrations, and magazine covers, was born today in 1947. "Joost Swarte's crisp, elegant lines and jazzy designs speak of cool sophistication and irony." –McCloud
- Happy birthday Mary Faulconer. The multi-talented graphic designer, artist, art director, and educator, most remembered as the first woman to design a stamp for the US Postal Service, was born today in 1911.
- The Sun and the Erie County Independent Hamburg, New York Thursday, December 23, 1993
- Happy birthday Yousuf Karsh. The outstanding photographer, famous for iconic, stylized portraits of anyone who was anyone, and 20 Life magazine covers, was born today in 1908.
- Star Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota Sunday, December 22, 1985
- Happy birthday Jerry Pinkney. The prolific illustrator and author, famous for hundreds of children's books, watercolor illustrations, and numerous awards, including multiple Coretta Scott King Awards and a Caldecott Medal, was born today in 1939
- Happy birthday Jean-Michel Basquiat. The astute artist, famous for his epigrammatic street art, his Neo-expressionist paintings that often integrate appropriated materials, & sadly his untimely death, was born today in 1960. #epigram #streetart
- Happy birthday Max Bill. The artist, architect, multidisciplinary designer & educator, famous for all the things, including clocks, furniture, co-founding the Ulm School of Design, & his lasting influence on Swiss design, was born today in 1927. #SwissDesign
- Happy birthday Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. The designer, poet & art theorist, famous for founding Futurism, writing the Futurist Manifesto & his influential typographic experiments, was born today in 1876. #Futurism #typography
- The Chilliwack Progress Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Wednesday, December 21, 1977
- Happy birthday Arnold Saks. The art director, exhibition & graphic designer, known for founding Arnold Saks Associates as well as his exemplary modernist designs, was born today in 1931. #modernism #LogoDesign
- Happy birthday Makoto Saitō. The confident artist, graphic designer, and printmaker, best known for fine art-like text-free posters, was born today in 1952. "I don't trust words. You can say anything with words. I prefer a visual means of communication..."
- Cardunal Free Press Carpentersville, Illinois Wednesday, December 20, 1967
- Happy birthday Natalia Dumitresco. The talented artist and sculptor, remembered for compelling abstract expressionistic paintings, and with no connection to design I could uncover, was born today in 1915. #coolpaintings
- Happy birthday David Consuegra. The award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, author, and educator, famous for pedagogy, logo design, and numerous well-received books, was born today in 1939.
- Happy birthday Tom Chantrell. The spirited graphic designer and illustrator, remembered for defusing bombs and propaganda posters during WW2, and later film posters, including his iconic Star Wars design, was born today in 1916.
- Happy birthday Herbert Leupin. The graphic designer and consultant, most recognized for poster designs, and his skill at both playful cartoony designs and a refined, more realistic style, was born today in 1916. #coolposters
- Happy birthday Jan Toorop. The prolific Dutch-Indonesian artist & illustrator, famous for his mastery of myriad styles including Art Nouveau & Impressionism, & who, in addition to painting, created advertisements, posters & stained glass, was born today in 1858. #illustration
- Happy birthday Beverly Pepper. The American sculptor, who began her career as an art director & is famous for monumental works in a variety of media, was born today in 1922. #scuplture #artdirection
- Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, Georgia Tuesday, December 19, 1922
