The Poster Boys

30: Jacqueline S. Casey

05.30.2017 - By Brandon Schaefer and Sam SmithPlay

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Best known as a designer and later director of the Office of Publications at MIT, Jacqueline Casey created some of the most striking graphics for lectures and events at the prestigious school for over 30 years. This month on the podcast, Brandon and Sam look back at the work and career from one of America’s most prominent practitioners of the Swiss Style before opening the Flat File and discussing the film posters created for Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 science fiction classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. SHOW NOTES & LINKS WOMEN OF GRAPHIC DESIGN MID-CENTURY MODERN WOMEN IN THE VISUAL ARTS by Gloria Fowler, illustrated by Ellen Surrey The Beauty of Letterpress - Lustig Elements RIT Graphic Design Archive RIT Library - Images The Humanistic Designer: Jacqueline Casey Woman at the Edge of Technology Meggs’ History of Graphic Design Women in Graphic Design Cooper and Casey at MIT Designer Jacqueline S. Casey Dies at 65 Posters: Jacqueline S. Casey - 30 Years of Design at MIT McCall Studios - 2001: A Space Odyssey Robert McCall Sketches Interview with Robert McCall Music selections: “Bass on Titles” opening theme, “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Eumir Deodato; The Blue Danube from the 2001: A Space Odyssey original soundtrack. Follow Brandon Schaefer at @seekandspeak, and Sam Smith at @samsmyth. Special thanks to producer Adrian Cobb.

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