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Tibor Kalman
| June 22, 2007

No formal design training.
Became designer director of Barnes & Noble.
Founder of M&Co.
Creative director of Interview magazine.
Editor of Benetton's COLORS magazine.
AIGA Medalist winner.

Biography
Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist, Edited by Peter Hall and Michael Beirut, Princeton Architectural Press

Link:  AIGA Biography

Tags:  , designer, hero, typography, wit

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Brian Slawson
on June 23, 2007

Tibor is a great example of the social concern and humor of design in the 90s. So much so that I use his work and story as a feature in one of my courses.

Here is a nifty quote from Tibor - "We're not here to give them what's safe and expedient. We're not here to help eradicate everything of visual interest from the face of the earth. We're here to make them think about design that's dangerous and unpredictable. We're here to inject art into commerce."

If I recall correctly he did the type treatment in Nothing but Flowers.

 

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