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Press-Telegram
Long Beach, California
Sunday, October 12, 1958

@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 21h

Happy Birthday Katherine McCoy. The graphic designer & educator famous for working with Unimark & Muriel Cooper as well as teaching at Cranbrook & IIT was born today in 1945. #graphicdesign #designthinking

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 21h

Happy birthday William Claxton. The photographer, famous for images of the Jazz scene & celebrities, was born today in 1927.

"All I ask is to listen with your eyes. The international language of jazz & photography need no special education or sophistication to be enjoyed."

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 21h

Happy birthday Emil Rudolf Weiß. The resilient artist, typographer, designer, poet, and educator, known for coins, illustrations, calendars, typefaces, poetry collections, and paintings, was born today in 1875.

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 2d

Belvidere Daily Republican
Belvidere, Illinois
Friday, October 11, 1918

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Happy birthday Kunio Hagio. The spirited fine and commercial artist, most famous for film and illustration work in the 80s, including the iconic Raging Bull poster, was born today in 1947.

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday Mario Eskenazi. The well-travelled architect, graphic designer and educator, known for frequent collaborations and multi-disciplinary design work for a wide range of clients, was born today in 1945.

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Puzzle Day!
New Series, puzzle #7

#GraphicDesignPuzzle

@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Gadfly
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Wednesday, October 10, 1906

@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday Wilhelmina "Willy" Drupsteen. The Dutch artist, illustrator & graphic designer, perhaps best remembered today for her book design, but who was also known for her fairy tale illustrations, poster designs & social activism, was born today in 1880. #bookdesign

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday Marie “Rie” Cramer. The Dutch illustrator, writer, & theatrical designer, famous for illustrating numerous children's books, & her political activism as a playwright under the pseudonym Marc Holman, was born today in 1887. #illustration #childrensbooks

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday! Daidō Moriyama was born today in 1938. The Japanese doc/street photographers' images find beauty in imperfection in an evolving culture.
#photography #streetphotography

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday Stanley Mouse. The resourceful artist, famous for Art Nouveau-inspired psychedelic posters and classic designs for the Grateful Dead, Journey, and Styx, was born today in 1940. #posters

@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday Charles Dance. The respected actor, known for studying graphic design at Leicester College of Arts, his work at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and villainous portrayals on TV and in film, was born today in 1946. #SecretGraphicDesigner

@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday Ira Schnapp. The influential logo designer and letterer, remembered for show cards, advertising logos, lettering, and pulp magazines, as well as later iconic work for DC Comics, was born today in 1894.

@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday Elizabeth Friedländer. The calligrapher, designer, and typographer, remembered for designing Elisabeth-Antiqua, worked for Linotype, Monotype, and Penguin Books, and was also involved in anti-Nazi design work, including forged ration books, was born today in 1903.

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

The Californian
Salinas, California
Saturday, October 9, 1982

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Happy birthday Dorothea Hofmann. The graphic designer, artist, and educator, known for extensive pedagogy, collaborations with Armin Hofmann, and her Swiss graphic design book, The Birth of a Style, was born today in 1929. #SwissGraphicDesign

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Happy birthday Henri Privat Livemont. The prolific artist, designer, and educator, remembered for Art Nouveau work, including paintings, interior design, murals, and advertisements, was born today in 1861.

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday Peter Saville. The celebrated art director and graphic designer, famous for album covers and recontextualization at Factory Records and later myriad projects for international clients, was born today in 1955.

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday Virginia Hutson Huntley. The artist & printmaker, known for her award-winning lithographs as well as public murals, was born today in 1900. #lithography

@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 4d

The Californian
Salinas, California
Wednesday, October 8, 1980

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 4d

Happy birthday Faith Ringgold. The painter, fiber artist, sculptor, social activist & educator, famous for her narrative quilts (which echo graphic design & illustration technique), was born today in 1930.
#fiberarts

faithringgold.com

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 4d

Happy birthday Clemente Padin. The experimental artist, poet & graphic designer, doer of all the things but most recognized for concrete poems, mail art, and his opposition to the Uruguayan dictatorship, was born today in 1939. #concretepoetry #mailart

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 4d

Happy birthday Fan Ho. The award-winning film director, actor & photographer, famous for his striking, often abstract geometric images of Hong Kong street life, was born today in 1931.

“My belief in art creation is to try anything.”

#photography

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