Among the treasures saved in the storage closets at the Ventnor, NJ house is this album of typographic inspiration collected by my grandfather (some from the sixties, maybe seventies as well?). It contains dozens of magazine clippings, typeface promos, press-on type, and ads. The slideshow below is probably only 30% of what was in this album. Unfortunately, I was pressed for time, so these are all the ones I photographed.
Tag Archive: design
This is the first of several portfolios of my grandfather’s artwork, which I photographed while at the beach house in Ventnor, NJ
We visited the USS Yorktown at Patriot’s Point in Charleston, SC on President’s Day, and learned a lot about life aboard an aircraft carrier in World War II.
In addition to the requisite photos of the kids sitting in the cockpit of a fighter plane, and at the controls of the anti-aircraft weapons, I was drawn toward examples of art and design on the ship (big surprise, I know). There were insignia painted on the tails of planes, camouflage on ships, colorful award badges marked on the side of a ship, or an officer’s uniform, signs, charts and other wayfinding devices, and even a print shop on the ship.
Apart from designing a logo for his unit, I’m not sure to what extent my grandfather’s art was put to use during his service in the Army Air Force. Hopefully, I can get some family and friends to assist in getting those answers…