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Pushpin Studio

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history of graphic design

In graphic design: Postwar graphic design in the United States
…the 1954 founders of the Push Pin Studio in New York. Their work combined a fascination with the graphic simplicity and directness of comic books with a sophisticated understanding of modern art, especially of Surrealism and Cubism. The Push Pin artists’ unabashedly eclectic interest in art and design history led…
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role of Glaser

In Milton Glaser
…founded the graphic design firm Pushpin Studio in New York with Seymour Chwast, Reynold Ruffins, and Edward Sorel in 1954. At this time photography and television were radically altering the visual-communications industry, and naturalistic illustration was declining from its position as the dominant mass-media imaging technique. Glaser and the Pushpin…
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