Y Design Blog
We are pleased to announce that the exhibition catalog that we designed for Treasures from Japan in the Yale University Library, held at the Beinecke Library from January 16 to April 2, 2015, received the 2016 Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab “American Book Prices Current” Exhibition Award.
Yesterday, we attended a talk at Sterling Memorial Library about the legendary Kelmscott-Goudy press, which is currently housed at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection of the Rochester Institute of Technology.
The cover of the Yale Capital Development Plan’s 1968 annual report, designed by Bradbury Thompson. One of the preeminent American graphic designers of the 20th century, Thompson was an adjunct professor of graphic design at the Yale School of Art for almost four decades.
The Office of the University Printer worked closely with the Office of Student Financial Services (SFS) on the redesign of Yale’s financial aid letter, which was mailed to the early action admits of the class of 2020 back in December. Regular decision admits will be receiving the new letter in just over a month.
Dozens of stone figures—often referred to as gargoyles—adorn Yale’s neo-Gothic architecture. This scholarly bulldog sits atop the Sterling Law Building, which was designed by James Gamble Rogers and completed in 1931.
The Office of the University Printer has been fortunate to have many talented designers support its efforts over the years. We’re reconnecting with them to see how their time at Yale has shaped their careers, and what they’ve been up to since leaving the OUP. There may be no better person to kick off this new series than Yve Ludwig, who worked at our office after completing an MFA in graphic design at the Yale School of Art. She later became an associate partner at Pentagram Design, before launching her own design practice in 2012.
This past Friday, the Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library held its 75th anniversary kickoff party. The Office of the University Printer worked closely with the library to design a visual identity for its anniversary.
“I:S 1a,” a screenprint made by the artist and educator Norman Ives MFA ’52 in 1970.
Pictured here is a detail of the ornate stone carving on the exterior of the Hall of Graduate Studies.
Detail of the book jacket for E.M. Forster’s “The Longest Journey,” designed by Alvin Lustig (1915–1955) and published by New Directions in 1947.