1. Conventions: Art and Design in the 1950s

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List of illustrations

Howard Krebs flat colors ad in Orb by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Advertisement for Central Typesetting in Orb, detail by Ruscha, Ed;Goode, Joe;Winans, Judy
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Advertisement for Central Typesetting in Orb, detail by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Student-designed advertisement in Orb, detail by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Student-designed advertisement in Orb, detail by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Advertising design for Emerson's Bromo-Seltzer by Ruscha, Ed
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1954
Entry for Oklahoma City poster design contest by Ruscha, Ed
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1955
Record album design for Boston Pops Orchestra by Ruscha, Ed
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1955
Illustration of hand holding lead by Felten, Charles
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1954
Advertisement for CBS Radio, Annual of Advertising Editorial Art and Design (Art Directors Club of New York) by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1956
Illustration of layout tools and materials by Baker, Stephen
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959
Poster for film The Man with the Golden Arm by Bass, Saul
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1955
Great Ideas of Western Man, Coleridge by Danziger, Louis
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1958
Logo and identity presentation for the Los Angeles Overhead Transit System by Ruscha, Ed
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1957
Aspen Balloons by Danziger, Louis
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1955
Brochure for Hy Farber, Advertising Designer by Farber, Hy
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1950–1955
Cover for The Main Stream of Music by Lustig, Elaine Cohen
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959
Cover for A Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Southern California by Lustig, Alvin
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1951
Willem de Kooning-like drawing in Orb by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Action Agency in Orb, detail by Ruscha, Ed;Goode, Joe;Winans, Judy
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Action Agency in Orb, detail by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Society of Graphic Designers, Orb by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Sources and Resources of 20th Century Design by Rand, Paul
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1966
Sweetwater by Ruscha, Ed
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959
Three Standard Envelopes by Ruscha, Ed
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1960
Sweetwater by Ruscha, Ed
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959
Letter and poemcollage in Orb by Ruscha, Ed
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1959–1960
Cover of Nekoosa News by Goode, Joe; Blackwell, Patrick; McMillan, Jerry; Moore, Bill; Ruscha, Ed
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1960
The French Look by Warhol, Andy
By John Carlson
on Nov 15
1958