Ivan chermayeff

Ivan Chermayeff was a brilliant graphic designer and illustrator, with a vibrant personal style that reflected joy, intelligence and wit.

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Designculture • Ivan Chermayeff

If you’ve ever watched Showtime or NBC, visited the Museum of Modern Art or the Smithsonian, read National Geographic or a Harper Collins book, or shopped at Barneys or Armani Exchange, you’ve seen…

Ivan Chermayeff was born in London in 1932. He studied at Harvard University and the Institute of Design in Chicago, and graduated with a BFA from the School of Art and Architecture at Yale University. As well as a designer, Chermayeff worked as an illustrator and collage artist. Thomas H. Geismar was born in New Jersey, also in 1932. He studied at Rhode Island School of Design, graduated Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University, and then received an MFA in graphic design from the…

Poster: Winston Churchill the Wilderness Years by Ivan Chermayeff

Design legend Ivan Chermayeff passed away this week – sad news to those of us in the creative design industry. Perhaps you haven’t heard his name, but you’ve absolutely seen his work. He is one of the most well-known and influential graphic designers and the man behind some of the most memorable designs. Brands and […]

Ellen Lupton, In memoriam: Ivan Chermayeff, Cooper Hewitt, December 4, 2017 / Designer of the Smithsonian Sunburst Logo Dies, Smithsonian Magazine, December 5, 2017 (image: Ivan Chermayeff (Chermayeff...

Remembering Ivan Chermayeff, who died this past Saturday, December 2. He was 85.

Ivan Chermayeff, Thomas Geismar, Bruce Blackburn. Summergarden, The Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden Is Open Free Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. 1978. Silkscreen. 45 15/16 x 29 15/16" (116.7 x 76.0 cm). Gift of the designers. 865.1979. Architecture and Design