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

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

Recent Sketchbook Observations...

Here are sketchbook drawings from a recent trip to Buffalo. I traveled there to take care of my dad while he was having a surgical procedure (which went very well). Snowstorms were so frequent in February,  I decided it was safer to make the seven hour trip via train.  These are observations of fellow passengers, as well as patients and their families in the hospital.  I generally feel that sketches look empty without people inhabiting them, so I tried to capture at least one soul in each of these images.

A observation on Amtrak train 284, traveling across NY State

Surgery waiting room, Millard Filmore Suburban Hospital, Buffalo, NY

My father, waking up from his surgery. Fortunately, he recovered quickly.

A family waits for the father to be called into surgery.

A few observations from my seat on Amtrak Train 284, crossing NY State.

Thanks for visiting. You can view more sketchbook observations here.