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A Conversation Between Seymour Chwast and Steve Heller: Designer as Author, Activist, and Artist

It’s now been 65 years since graphic design icon Seymour Chwast graduated from the Cooper Union—and 30 years since the Seymour Chwast Retrospective at at the school. On May 24 the Herb Lubalin Study Center, is happy to invite Seymour back to talk about his career generally, his reflections on his time at Cooper Union specifically, and also his personal passions.
Seymour will be in conversation with Steven Heller, author, editor, and co-chair School of Visual Arts MFA Design / Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program at the School of Visual Arts.
In the course of their conversation Seymour and Steve will address the idea of designers as authors, activists, and artists—with an emphasis on Seymour’s new book: Seymour Chwast At War with War: An Illustrated Timeline of 5000 Years of Conquests, Invasions, and Terrorist Attacks (which will be launched on Kickstarter on April 26). The two of them will also talk about, and show, work Seymour has done (like book proposals) that did not get published but nonetheless are great ideas.










When: Tue., May. 24, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Where: The Cooper Union - The Frederick P. Rose Auditorium
41 Cooper Square

Price: Free
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It’s now been 65 years since graphic design icon Seymour Chwast graduated from the Cooper Union—and 30 years since the Seymour Chwast Retrospective at at the school. On May 24 the Herb Lubalin Study Center, is happy to invite Seymour back to talk about his career generally, his reflections on his time at Cooper Union specifically, and also his personal passions.
Seymour will be in conversation with Steven Heller, author, editor, and co-chair School of Visual Arts MFA Design / Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program at the School of Visual Arts.
In the course of their conversation Seymour and Steve will address the idea of designers as authors, activists, and artists—with an emphasis on Seymour’s new book: Seymour Chwast At War with War: An Illustrated Timeline of 5000 Years of Conquests, Invasions, and Terrorist Attacks (which will be launched on Kickstarter on April 26). The two of them will also talk about, and show, work Seymour has done (like book proposals) that did not get published but nonetheless are great ideas.
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