Tibor Kalman

Here's the second installment in my portrait series celebrating great graphic designers. This is Tibor Kalman, who's firm M & Co. designed projects for a wide range of clients - from the Talking Heads to one of Manhattan's great restaurants, Florent. He was design director of Interview magazine, and went on to become editor of Colors, a magazine focusing on multiculturism and global awareness (it was sponsored by Bennetton clothing). I own an M & Co. wrist watch (see below), which I purchased in 1990. It finally broke down five years ago, but I've held onto it for it's beautiful design aesthetic.

drawn with a black pencil, ink pen& brush.

I repurposed a page from an old Pantone book as my canvas (these books are used by graphic designers to identify colors for printing purposes). You can view my first portrait in this series, of the legendary Saul Bass, here

A very witty M & Co. watch

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Saul Bass

I recently came across my old Pantone specifier book, which is utilized by graphic designers for identifying printing colors. No longer using it, I contemplated taking this book to my local recycling center. Then an interesting idea for reappropriation came to mind. Wouldn't it be cool to create portraits of iconic graphic designers on the pages of this book? This first attempt is of one of my favorites, Saul Bass, who designed some of the most memorable movie posters and title sequences of all time (including Vertigo and West Side Story). His color palette incorporated many golds and oranges, so I gravitated towards this particular page for his portrait. Stay tuned for more!

Thanks for viewing. Who's your favorite graphic designer?

PS. You can view a big gallery of my personal projects here!