Delpire
Robert Delpire and Push Pin Studio’s mutual admiration resulted in exhibitions in both New York and Paris.

Robert Delpire and Push Pin Studio’s mutual admiration resulted in exhibitions in both New York and Paris.
More packaging designs from the Pushpin Studios/Seymour Chwast slide collection.
One regular advertiser in the Push Pin Graphic was Metropolitan Printing.
Some type-based design from Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast.
Seymour Chwast’s intricate composition of his illustrations.
Seymour Chwast’s series of irrational fears for Strathmore Paper.
In the early 1970s, Push Pin Studios produced a line of candies under the name “Pushpinoff Sweets.”
In the 1970s, the Mead Library of Ideas held exhibitions showcasing the best contemporary graphic design; they commissioned announcement posters from designers including Tony Palladino, Chermayeff & Geismar, and Seymour Chwast.
In the mid-80s Seymour Chwast was approached by Georg Kovacs, Inc. to experiment with furniture in the Pushpin style.
In 1967, Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, and James McMullan produced psychedelic “travel” posters for an issue of The Push Pin Graphic.
The most recent addition to the Chermayeff & Geismar Collection is twelve boxes of old and rare art books, ranging from annuals to architecture; Switzerland to Japan. As always, there were plenty of surprises: one was the catalog for an AGI exhibition from 1976, which featured, alongside reproductions of their work, dramatic photos of the designers.
Push Pin’s nutty and sweet Christmas Gift Catalog for Esquire exemplifies the eclectic spirit of that studio.
We recently received a wonderful donation from illustrator and designer Seymour Chwast. He was a founding partner of Push Pin Studios in 1954, along with Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel and Reynold Ruffins. The studio’s name was changed to the Pushpin Group in 1985 and Chwast remains as its director. Here’s a sampling of the 80 posters we received; future posts will highlight original artwork and other printed materials that offer a comprehensive view of Chwast’s influential career.
Icons of culture and folklore are interpreted by the artists of Push Pin.
Some ephemeral points of comparison between the work of Seymour Chwast and Andy Warhol.
The United States Information Agency deploys its secret weapon in the Cold War: designers and illustrators.
In 1995, the Cooper Union celebrated the 40th anniversary of Pushpin Studios with an exhibition and special sale of drawings and paintings by the three founders, pictured above: Seymour Chwast, Edward Sorel, and Milton Glaser; along with works by John Alcorn, Sam Antupit, Michael Aron, Vincent Ceci, Paul Davis, George Leavitt, Tim Lewis, Jim McMullan, Reynold Ruffins, Jerold Smokler, Richard Mantel, “and others.” This reminded me of another similar device that captured a group that is also heavily represented by the Archive.