The life and work of the first woman art director of a mass-market publication, an early role model for women in design.
One of the unsung pioneers of American graphic design, Cipe Pineles was art director of Glamour, Seventeen, Charm, and Mademoiselle magazines between 1930 and 1960, helped to create the institutional identity for Lincoln Center in the 1960s, and taught generations of students at Parsons School of Design. Tracing Pineles's career from young immigrant to "ranking" female in the design world, Martha Scotford chronicles her professional life at a time when few women were involved in design and assesses her contributions to graphic design and magazine design in particular.
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Cipe Pineles's work, published here for the first time in a richly illustrated, crisply written book, will astonish contemporary audiences. What startling discoveries are to be found in these pages! -- Ellen Lupton, National Design Museum
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Martha Scotford is professor of graphic design at North Carolina State University. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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Will the real Cipe please stand up?,
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This review is from: Cipe Pineles: A Life of Design (Norton Book for Architects and Designers) (Hardcover)
Cipe Pineles was someone I had heard much about but knew very little of her work or history. I've come away from reading this book feeling that Cipe must have been charming and idiosyncratic, but I still don't feel I know much about her or her design philosophy. She comes across as almost disdainful of the work she is best known for, designing and art directing women's fashion magazines. It's also written a bit dryly with some confusing back-and-forth of events. Don't forget your magnifying glass; the examples of her design work are presented not much larger than thumbnails! In all, not worth the steep price and not, I fear, the definitive insight and appreciation of Cipe Pineles.
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An entire book about a woman designer of signifigance.,
By sblank@mail.cgd.whanganui.ac.nz (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cipe Pineles: A Life of Design (Norton Book for Architects and Designers) (Hardcover)
I thoroughly enjoyed the book as a biography about a talented woman who shaped magazine design in the early days. As a designer and design educator, I especially appreciated having her professional and personal life put into the context of the time in which she and her husbands worked. Also a valuable reference.
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All designers should read this book.,
By Kara Kotwas (kakotwas@mailbox.syr.edu) (Syracuse, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cipe Pineles: A Life of Design (Norton Book for Architects and Designers) (Hardcover)
As a student of graphic design, I could have not been more fortunate that this book came out when it did, it was my only research source for a design project I did last year. After reading it, I felt as though I knew Cipe personally. Scotford's account is rich with sensitivity and detail, and is well-organized and well-written.
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You cannot even imagine how beautiful it was when the ship came nearer and nearer to see the port New York.... Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
graphic design history, selected spreads, bread book, women designers, previous spread, magazine design, editorial design Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lincoln Center, Cipe Pineles, William Golden, Will Burtin, David Levy, Edgar Levy, New Lives, Ben Shahn, Joe Kaufman, Stony Point, William Helburn, Estelle Ellis, Fire Island, Doris Lee, Helen Valentine, Richard Lindner, United States, Ben Shahs, Green Mansions, Janet Amendola, Lucille Corcos, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Rockland County, Tom Golden New!
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You cannot even imagine how beautiful it was when the ship came nearer and nearer to see the port New York.... Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
graphic design history, selected spreads, bread book, women designers, previous spread, magazine design, editorial design Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lincoln Center, Cipe Pineles, William Golden, Will Burtin, David Levy, Edgar Levy, New Lives, Ben Shahn, Joe Kaufman, Stony Point, William Helburn, Estelle Ellis, Fire Island, Doris Lee, Helen Valentine, Richard Lindner, United States, Ben Shahs, Green Mansions, Janet Amendola, Lucille Corcos, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Rockland County, Tom Golden New!
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- A New Life: Stories and Photographs from the Suburban South (The Lyndhurst Series on the South) by Alex Harris in Back Matter
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