![]() A reception and an informal tour of Artful Impact with Naomi Games will follow. Last Curator of Graphic Arts and Social History at The Huntington Library and Professor Gloria Kondrup, executive director, HMCT. until 9 p.m., the HMCT will present In Conversation: Artful Impact, featuring speakers Naomi Games, daughter of Abram Games and author of several books about his work David Mihaly, Jay T. The exhibition includes several of Games’ postage stamp designs, covers for Penguin Books, and a documentary on his life and work, Maximum Meaning, Minimum Means. His later commercial poster work is represented by The Guinness ‘G,’ along with six of his British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) posters, and a collection of designs produced for London Transport and The Financial Times. On display are several of his most celebrated war posters, including Join the ATS-aka the “Blond Bombshell,” a recruiting poster eventually withdrawn from circulation after heated Parliamentary debate. He followed tradition by using familiar objects, then embraced cutting-edge modernism by rendering those objects as simplified shapes or bold silhouettes that sometimes doubled as playful visual puns.Īs the official designer of war posters for Britain during World War II, Games informed the citizenry as he implored them to take action on the home front. His works were often direct and deceptively simple: striking images joined compelling slogans rendered mostly in hand-drawn display lettering, to capture the eye, the mind and the heart. As a graphic thinker and social observer, Games created designs that commanded attention and sparked reactions. For more than five decades, he interpreted the social, political, and commercial pulse of his country by absorbing the influences around him and referencing them in his work. Open to the public and free of charge, the exhibition runs through July 28, 2019.īritish designer Abram Games (1914-1996) holds an important place in the legacy of twentieth-century graphic design. Acclaimed designer, film director, and protégé of Games, Arnold Schwartzman, will be sharing remarks at 5 p.m. until 6 p.m., in the South Campus Gallery. This comprehensive collection, on exhibit in the United States for the first time, will open with a reception on Saturday, May 18 from 4 p.m. ![]() PASADENA, Calif., (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT) presents Artful Impact: The Posters of Abram Games.
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