She Brought Helvetica to America. Who Was Barbara Stauffacher Solomon? | Artnet News Barbara Stauffacher Solomon was a California-born designer who brought Swiss Design to the U.S. A new exhibition puts her in the spotlight.

Revisit the art and legacy of the woman who brought Helvetica to America.

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Animated gif. Screenshots from the short "Barbara Stauffacher Solomon | Visions Not Previously Seen" A short documentary portrait of Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, the groundbreaking designer who fused Swiss modernism with an iconic and bold California pop aesthetic to create the design phenomena known as Supergraphics. At 89 years old, Bobbie continues to produce bold, eclectic work both large and small. Originally produced for Adobe Create Magazine. Directed, Filmed and Edited by Natalija Vekic, Kurt Keppeler and Christian Bruno.

🔴The Daily Heller: Supergraphics Supernova #BarbaraStauffacherSolomon Dead at 95
Feat.: #TheModerns (S. Heller & Greg D’Onofrio @kindco ) + short Barbara Stauffacher S. | Visions Not Previously Seen #electricparkfilms
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[Related] #BarbaraStauffacherSolomon Sea Ranch #Supergraphics recently added to the People's Graphic Design Archive.

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A color photo of Barbara Stauffacher Solomon in 2023. She is smiling, standing outside her home in San Francisco, wearing an eggplant purple blouse with black stripes and sunglasses. Oh yeah, and there’s a pigeon perched on her shoulder! 📸 by her daughter, Nellie King Solomon.

A color photo of the Kaiser Channel Studio in San Francisco sometime in the 1970s, featuring Barbara Stauffacher Solomon’s trademark supergraphics on the building’s facade.

A color poster advertising her fall, 2023 exhibition at SFMOMA called “Strips of Stripes”, a dynamic site-specific commission. There are bright red diagonal lines, black-and-white angled patterns, and use of large type set in her favorite, Helvetica.

#Requiescat For #BarbaraStauffacherSolomon. She was still doing exhibitions and publishing zines filled with her visionary supergraphics up until last year. www.kqed.org/arts/1395753...