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A two-page spread from Westvaco Inspirations 210, designed by Bradbury Thompson, 1958.
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Westvaco Inspirations

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history of graphic design

  • Egyptian Book of the Dead
    In graphic design: Postwar graphic design in the United States

    …director, designed a publication called Westvaco Inspirations for a major paper manufacturer from 1938 until the early 1960s. His playful and innovative approach to type and imagery is shown in the design of a spread from Westvaco Inspirations 210 (1958). Here, Thompson responded to the geometric forms of African masks…

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