Stamp Art: Bradbury Thompson [1st Part (1964/1975) ]

[USA] (b 1911/d 1995)

"Bradbury Thompson was truly a master of almost every aspect of the design profession. He studied printing production, was an art director for Mademoiselle magazine, designed books, pushed the boundaries of conventional typography and taught design at Yale University. (..) Born in 1911 in Topeka, Kansas and educated at Washburn University Thompson stayed in touch with the university throughout his career. From 1969-1979 Thompson worked together with Washburn to create the Washburn Bible...Another significant point in his career, in the field of typography, was his publication of Alphabet 26, which was labeled as a monoalphabet. It contained only 26 unique characters, case was established by size only instead of entirely new characters. (..) Thompson's work garnered him the highest award of every major design organization including AIGA, the Art Directors Club and the Type Directors Club."

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USA 1964 "American Music" (1) [Recess] Sc(1252)