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An American graphic designer
and poster designer
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Worked for Aspect Ratio, Crew
Creative, and Peterson
Publishing
Received Art Directors Club
award and Hollywood Reporter
Key Art Awards
For 25 years, she designed
film posters and worked in
advertising
She designed posters for movies. THE UNTOUCHABLES
FIELD OF DREAMS
THE LAST SAMURAI
MOONSTRUCK
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An American concept artist
and character designer
Drew illustrations for ALICE IN WONDERLAND
CINDERELLA
SONG OF THE SOUTH
PETER PAN
Worked with film studiosMETRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
UB IWERKS STUDIO
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
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Freelanced advertising design for BEATRICE FOODS
PEPSODENT
NABISCO
MAXWELL HOUSE
Created colorful murals for
Disney hotels and parks
Pioneering digital designer
and book designer
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Became the first design director
at MIT Press and designed 500+
books
Influenced by Bauhaus
Movement, and Swiss Style
Founded Visible Language
Workshop and taught interactive
media design
Work archives displayed
at Massachusetts College
of Art and Design
A screen printer and typography
designer
Popular works: love and peace
message prints (1960’s to 70’s)
Credited for participation in
Pop Culture Movement
Her designs appeared as posters,
billboards and book jackets.
Design style: used bold imagery
and bright text
A graphic designer and
illustrator known for MIT
posters
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Became director of design at
the Office of Publications in
1972 at MIT
Known for modern publicity
posters using typography
and visual puns
Work displayed in Museum
of Modern Art, and Cooper
Hewitt Museum
Received William J. Gunn Award
(1988), and Creative Club of
Boston
An Australian illustrator born
in Victoria
Specialized in drawing
images for children’s books
First illustration published in
1904 by New Idea magazine
Her illustrations were exhibited
in Australia, London and Paris
A 20th century illustrator in a
male dominated industry –
commercialism
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Made style-driven and
customized illustrations
Was a tom boy, and inspired by
her brother and his drawings
Drew for magazine covers,
stories and cooking tutorials
In an interview, she said “THE STRUGGLE IS WHAT KEEPS
YOU ALIVE – THE STRUGGLE IS
IMPORTANT, NOT THE END
RESULT.”
An American book compositor,
book designer, and type setter
Operated Village Press with her
husband, Frederic Goudy
Limited Editions Club
Frankenstein – 254 page
book hand set by Bertha
Fred Goudy (for Bertha)
said that she “ENABLED ME TO ATTAIN A
MEASURE OF SUCCESS WHICH I
COULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED
WITHOUT HER.”
Known as the first lady of
American printers
An American graphic artist and
poster designer, recognized in
Europe
Studied at Cowles Art School
and received credit for her
illustrations
In 1897, she settled in London
and worked as an illustrator
Modeled for portraits by
Frances Benjamin Johnston
Her work is shown in ALBERT MORRIS BAGBY, MISS TRÄUMEREI: A WEIMAR IDYL
LILY LEWIS ROOD, PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES: A SKETCH
GERTRUDE SMITH, THE ARABELLA AND ARAMINTA STORIES
THE YELLOW BOOK, VOLUMES XII
An American graphic artist,
typographer and illustrator
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First woman to be featured in
The Graphic Arts newspaper
in 1913
Designed hand-lettered print
ads at a time when women
earned $18/week
Published books of her poetry
with her typography and
illustrations
The Library of Congress
exhibited her work in
Washington in 1945
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