Graphic Heritage

Spread from <n>American Rhapsody</n> featuring <n>Claudette Colbert</n>, designed by <n>Paula Scher</n> at <n>Pentagram</n> for <n>AMC</n>.

Artist <n>Jean-Michel Basquiat</n> in his New York studio, 1985. Photo by <n>Lizzie Himmel</n>.

<n>Audrey Hepburn</n> for <n>Givenchy</n>'s <n>L'Interdit</n> perfume, 1963. Photo by <n>Bert Stern</n>.

A spread from the book <n>Ray Gun: The Bible of Music and Style</n>, art directed by <n>David Carson</n>.

The book <n>Das Plakat isst eine Fläche</n>, designed by <n>Linus Knappe</n>, <n>Eric Fritsch</n>, and <n>Filip Zdrojewski</n>.

New visual identity for the <n>Memphis Art Museum</n>, designed by <n>Paula Scher</n> and team.

<n>L'été</n>, a 1937 drawing-poem by artist <n>Joan Miró</n>.

The 1988 single cover for <n>Voodoo Ray</n> by <n>A Guy Called Gerald</n>, designed by <n>The Designers Republic</n>.

A collage tribute to graphic designer <n>David Carson</n> by artist <n>Jesse Nyberg</n>.

A 1905 letter from <n>Vladimir Mayakovsky</n> to his sister, written in a spiral.

<n>Just Type Playing Cards</n> designed by <n>Paula Scher</n> of <n>Pentagram</n> for <n>Art of Play</n>.

Print materials for the <n>M23: looming threads</n> exhibition at <n>Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig</n>, 2023.

<n>Jarvis Cocker</n> of <n>Pulp</n> on the cover of <n>Ray Gun</n> magazine's April 1998 issue. Photo by <n>Wolfgang Tillmans</n>.

Type-of-Graphic — Chris Ashworth's Swiss Grit

Design by <n>Sergio Lairisa</n> for a 2019/2020 graduation book.

<n>The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2</n> album cover, 1955. Design by <n>John Hermansader</n>, photo by <n>Francis Wolff</n>.

Experimental book design by <n>Irma Boom</n>.

Poster for the 1995 film <n>La Haine</n> directed by <n>Mathieu Kassovitz</n>.

The book <n>Open Works</n> explores open source software for creating graphic material.

<n>City and Rural Population, 1890</n> by <n>W.E.B. Du Bois</n> for the 1900 <n>Paris Exposition</n>.

Models <n>Pablo</n> and <n>Abhijeet</n> for <n>Rimowa</n> in <n>Print Three</n>, photographed by <n>Sam Wilson</n>.