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In October 2002 The Society of Typographic Arts celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary with three exhibitions: "Fifty Years of Graphic Design in Chicago 1927-1977", "Fifty Years of Chicago Graphic Design (1941-1991)", and "Seventy-five Years of Graphic Design in Chicago." The 800-plus images that form the nucleus of the Chicago Design Archive preserve the historical survey of graphic design examples curated for those exhibitions. The Society of Typographic Arts updates this Archive annually with new material from Chicago designers through its Archive Show, the annual competition developed to recognize outstanding achievement in Chicago graphic design. Learn more about this year's competition, Archive07. In October 2007 The Society of Typographic Arts – the design organization that oversees this Chicago Design Archive – celebrated its 80th anniversary. Paul Gehl, custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing at the Newberry Library, was invited to make a presentation to a joint gathering of the Caxton Club and the STA. The text of his presentation, “Chicago Graphic Designers,” and a Quick Time viewing can be found in the “Documents” section of the this website. We invite others to submit articles, presentations, and essays relating to Chicago design history to webmaster@chicagodesignarchive.org for consideration. For more about the STA, go to sta-chicago.org. |