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The first woman member of the New York Art Directors Club, and first woman inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame had a profound effect on modern magazine publishing.

After a series of ‘pale males’ in my blog posts, I thought it was time for a bit of a combo-breaker. In an industry that has been male-dominated and, I suspect, still is, it is important to remembe…

Amelia Hugill-Fontanel delivered the third of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Cipe Pineles: Art Director Extraordinaire.”

This is part 3 of our visionaries who shaped modern graphic design series, this week take a look at the work of Cipe Pineles.

Cipe Pineles (1908–1991) was one of the most prominent designers of the twentieth century and one of the first female art directors to work at a major magazine. She served in that capacity at Glamour, Seventeen, and Charm. The Cipe Pineles collection came to RIT in 1991 and was deposited by Cipe Pineles’s two adopted children: Tom Golden and Carol Burtin Fripp.

[Click more to expand]⠀ Title: ‘Seventeen’ Magazine Cover ⠀ Artist: Cipe Pineles (SEE-pee pi-NELL-iss)⠀ Style: Graphic Design⠀ FYI: The career of Pineles began when she began working with M.F Agha, art director for publications such as ‘Vogue’, ‘Vanity Fair’, and ‘House and Garden.’ Pineles designed for magazines like ‘Vogue’ and ‘Vanity Fair’ where she learned all about editorial design, art direction, and European modernism. After a short hiatus during WWII, she became art director of a…

A new collection reproduces 500 graphic design images that shaped our visual culture. Here are some of our favourites

Historical images, text, audio and video from The New School including Parsons, Mannes, The New School for Social Research, and Eugene Lang College.

Design pioneer Cipe Pineles' illustrated cookbook is finally brought to life.