Design: Whirled

Or, when newspaper and book cover design ruled.

Graphic designer Raymond Hawkey, who revolutionized graphic design through his innovative, and imitated, design of newspapers and book covers, has died at age 80. Let’s resist the urge to describe him in Mad Men terms. Seems we now want to do that with anyone who worked in the field of design in the second half of the 20th century. Instead, see how he changed the look of design via his approach to book cover design for Len Deighton and Ian Fleming, for starters.

Raymond Hawkey with Eero Saarinen furniture from 1956. Photograph: ©TopFoto

Thanks to The Paper Mill Store for featuring my work on their Graphic Design Showcase. They chose to spotlight the Design Planner I designed for Trilogy Pools.

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What is Ephemera? A glance at this collage is a place to start defining it. Note that those of us in print design are well-represented here. If you have additional categories, you can add them to the list here, at the Ephemera Society of America.

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