After all the honors and recognition, Bass view of himself and his work remains characteristically uncluttered. “There is nothing glamorous in what I do. I’m a working man. Perhaps I’m luckier than most in that I receive considerable satisfaction from doing useful work which I, and sometimes others, think is good.” From the very beginning…

“I believe that there are very few artists in our time who have created as memorable a series of designs and objects. Saul truly shaped the vision of our time.” —Milton Glaser, 1996 Saul Bass was one of the great figures of twentieth century design and filmmaking. Born in the Bronx, he enjoyed a sixty-year…

In 1968, a year after Scali, McCabe was founded, Sam Scali was asked what his goals were. His answer was unequivocal: “To be the best ad agency in the world.” Millions of dollars in billings later and with much acclaim for creativity bestowed on the agency from all sides of the communications industry, if asked…

Ruth Ansel, art director, designer, and lecturer has collaborated for over four decades with photographers, illustrators and artists such as Richard Avedon, Andy Warhol, Peter Beard, Bruce Weberand Annie Leibovitz. She was the youngest co-art director of Harpers Bazaar magazine in the 60s. She then went on to art direct The New York Times Magazine…

Located in an old, converted Greenwich Village loft, Rudolph de Harak’s studio is bright, airy and very spacious. What hits you immediately as you step in is that everything is white and uncluttered. Much like a blank sheet of paper on de Harak’s desk, it is pristine and prepared to leap into the realm of…

The Type Directors Club has announced that Rubén Fontana has been chosen as the recipient of the coveted TDC Medal for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the field of typography. The award presentation will be held Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Rubén Fontana was born in Buenos Aires in 1942. He began his career in…

Pursuing his childhood dream to become the next Rembrandt, Roy Kuhlman studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and, after moving to New York in 1946, the Art Students League. After a number of years, however, he realized he was looking for something else. This he found when he ran into Arnie Copeland,…

Twenty years ago humorous commercials were considered inappropriate by most agency and client standards yet Roy Grace brought usSpicy Meatballsfor Alka Seltzer andMr. Jones and Mr. Kemplefor Volkswagen. Grace, who was just at the start of his distinguished career at Doyle Dane Bernbach, demonstrated that intelligence and originality can make humor work to enhance the…

In the beginning there was Doyle Dane Bernbach. For the passionate creative people in the early sixties, it was the only place to be. Mainly because it was the only place to be. The great creative agencies that DDB spawned and inspired had yet to be founded. And the country’s most brilliant art directors and…

Years before Reality in Advertising, Rosser Reeves’ widely discussed book, became an overnight business best-seller in 1961, Reeves had dramatically and permanently impacted the way in which advertisers would use television to help build their brands, demonstrating a prescient understanding of the power of the then-fledgling medium. His advertising philosophies helped generate unprecedented success for…