In between his graduation from Yale in 1914 and his service as a Signal Officer in the Navy in World War I, Gordon Aymar worked as art editor for two of the most exciting and influential magazines in American publishing historyVanity FairandHarper’s Weekly. AtVanity Fair, under editor-in-chief Frank Crowninshield, a remarkable staff came together. Some…

Giorgio Soavi was the corporate design director for Olivetti for nearly five decades, during which time he conceived many of the company’s most exciting projects and discovered important artists and designers early in their careers, among themMilton Glaser, Jean Michel Folon, andPaul Davis. Wrote Glaser, The atmosphere at Olivetti made it difficult to do mediocre…

For more info on Gerrit Noordzij, see the official announcement for his TDC Medal.    

According to TDC board member Dan Rhatigan of Adobe Typekit, “Gerard has been very influential as a typeface designer, since his work has had an impact in so many contexts, but his legacy as a beloved teacher of additional generations of type designers may prove to have even further reach. We unanimously decided to give…

George Nelson has been called; the Designer of Modern Design. Born in 1908 in Hartford Connecticut, he studied architecture at Yale University and earned a fellowship to study at the American Academy in Rome from 1932-34. A prolific writer, designer and creative thinker, Nelsons work includes architecture, furniture, lamps, clocks, exhibits, identity programs, graphics, urban…

Descriptions of George Tscherny’s work always seem to focus on the simplicity and aptness of his designs. No matter what the prevailing style, Tscherny’s work is timeless. “Over the past four decades, American graphic design has displayed a dazzling vitality,” said designer, professor, and authorPhilip B. Meggsat a ceremony honoring Tscherny with the American Institute…

“To George, an idea was just a starting point,” says Joel Harnett. “If you gave him an idea, he would come back to you a week later with ten, all of them better than your original, and all of them would be the exact expression of what you intended to say. In essence, he was…

For more than four decades in America, and before that in Italy and Switzerland, George Giusti’s graphic designs have graced the covers ofTime, Fortune, Holidayand other major magazines, as well as most of the publications of the United States Information Agency. He has done advertising and graphic designs, illustrations, trademarks, client and employee publications, and…

Everything begins with the word, especially with George Lois, an art director by craft, an advertising man by profession. He has stretched the limits of his craft and challenged the ways of his profession by using pictures as words, words as pictures, and pictures with words as no creative personality before him. He has pushed…

Including art directors in the creative hall of fame formalizes the marriage between word and image in the creative process. It’s therefore fitting that one of the grooms in this marriage should be George Lois – that incorrigible maverick who brought a street intelligence and an audacious sense of human feeling into this merging. He…