The Design Work of Alvin Eisenman '43

An exhibit from December 19, 2014 to March 15, 2015 of the design work of the long-time director of the first graduate program in graphic design in America.

December 31, 2014
All day
Location
Baker Library Main Hall
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Library
Audience
Public
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Won Chung

This exhibition highlights Alvin Eisenman's design work before and during his career as a design educator at the Yale School of Art for over 40 years. For a better understanding of the sources and influences that led to the creation of the seminal academic program in graphic design in America, this show includes some of Eisenman's earlier and lesser-known works. The exhibit also serves to display the role and range of a professional book designer. Included here is a video tribute to Eisenman by his former student Garson Yu:  http://youtu.be/dR3YcVuKJLQ

In conjunction with this exhibition, this year's Stephen Harvard Memorial Lecture will feature a talk by Douglass Scott who will discuss Eisenman's role in the rise of the modern graphic design profession in the post-WWII era. Scott, a former student and teaching colleague of Eisenman at Yale, is a designer, design educator, and former creative director at WGBH, the PBS affiliate in Boston. The talk will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at 4:30 in the Current Periodicals Room in Baker Library and is sponsored by The Friends of the Dartmouth College Library.

[Image: Eero Saarinen on his Work, Aline B. Saarinen, editor. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962.  Book designed by Alvin Eisenman; chair photo by Herbert Matter; book photo by John T. Hill.]

Location
Baker Library Main Hall
Sponsored by
Library
Audience
Public
More information
Won Chung