jacqueline casey
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IntroductionBorn April 20th 1927 in Quincy Massachusetts. Educated at the Massachusetts college of art (graduated in 1949)and design. Worked as an interior designer and in advertising then went on to work at MIT in the office of publications from 1955 through her classmate Muriel Cooper, who was design director but left in 1972 and Casey took her place and remained there till she passed in 1992 in Brookline Massachusetts.
Design work and Influence:
Influenced by the likes of Karl Gerstner, Armin Hofmann, Josef Müller-Brockmann and Thérèse Moll.
Achievements for her work: William J. Gunn Award, Creative Club of Boston. 1988. Honorary doctorate of fine arts, Massachusetts College of Art. 1990. Appointed by the late President Bartlett A. Giamatti of Yale University to the Visiting Committee of the Yale School of Graphic Design. Member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Why I chose Jacqueline CaseyThe reason I chose Jacqueline Casey is because I appreciate the minimalism of her work. The majority of her work involves using the empty space to compliment the work itself. She used minimal colour and it was always simple yet abstract, in a way that didn’t confuse the viewer but challenged their perception. For example ‘Russia, USA Peace, 1985’ the poster commissioned by the Shoshin Society is so basic in the way that its the word Russia but the ‘U,S and A are in different colours which implies a sense of togetherness for 2 countries that were pretty much at arms for the cold war during 1985. Casey has a sense of magnetism in her work in the way that she keeps it so simple but not repetitive yet consistent (if that makes sense). I also chose Casey because she pioneered change for women in graphic design she innovated in a field that thrives off innovation but lacks female representation. I admire this because she probably faced trials in getting to where she got that she wouldn’t have faced as a male
Bibliography http://jacquelinecasey.tumblr.com
http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/woman-at-the-edge-of-technology
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http://news.mit.edu/1992/casey-0520
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