Seymour Chwast is an American graphic designer known for his
diverse body of work, and lasting influence on visual culture. Born
in 1931, in New York City, Chwast attended the Cooper Union, and
was a founding partner with Milton Glaser of the celebrated Push
Pin Studios, where he remains the director.
His designs and illustrations have graced posters, record covers,
advertisements, and animated films, as well as corporate and
environmental graphics. They have been exhibited in major galleries
and museums around the world including the Louvre and his posters
reside in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art,
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and others. He is the
author of over 30 children's books, four graphic novels, and
several typefaces, and many monographs of his work have been
published. The complete collection of Chwast's posters were
acquired by the Washington University's Modern Graphic History
Library.
Chwast is a recipient of the AIGA Medal and holds several honorary
degrees. He lives in New York City with his wife, the artist Paula
Scher.
"The designer has long used his graphics as a tool to promote peace
and challenge the “necessity” of war, and this is perhaps his most
comprehensive distillation of that yet. [...] The sketchy, fluid,
monochrome linework of Chwast’s illustrations feels fitting to the
subject matter—it straddles reverence and the terrifying reality of
the transience of lives lost to war. The minimal text of the
timeline feels similarly fitting: its neutrality presents the facts
of man’s apparent propensity for war and terror as a series of
stark, depressing numbers, while quietly condemning and mourning
such realities. [...] For a rather wee volume, a hell of a lot is
packed in." —AIGA Eye on Design
"Gorgeously emotive illustrations...In smallish, unassuming
paperback form, the volume is a refreshing riposte to weighty,
academic, frequently daunting tomes on war." —Creative Bloq
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