A master of historical styles and movements, graphic designer Seymour Chwast is known for his diverse body of work, and lasting influence on American visual culture.
Seymour Chwast Archive
A website conceived by Bryn Smith and designed by Frank LaRocca is a digital repository for Seymour Chwast groundbreaking and constantly expanding body of work.
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- 25 June 2015
Cofounder of the internationally recognized and critically acclaimed Push Pin Studios, Chwast has developed and refined his innovative approach to design over the course of six decades. Personal, urgent, and obsessive, his eclectic oeuvre has delighted and guided subsequent generations, while revolutionizing the field of graphic design.
With a uniquely personal visual language, designer Seymour Chwast remains a revolutionary force within the fields of graphic design and illustration, sixty years after his start. Established in 2015, the Seymour Chwast Archive – directed by graphic designer and writer Bryn Smith with a website designed and developed by Frank LaRocca – is a digital repository for his constantly expanding body of work. Featuring selections from the designer’s personal collection, the site includes posters, books, packaging, typography, painting, sculpture, editorial illustrations, and ephemera from the 1940s to the present.
Seymour Chwast Archive
Project direction: Bryn Smith
Website design and development: Frank LaRocca