Best known as a designer and later director of the Office of Publications at MIT, Jacqueline Casey created some of the most striking graphics for lectures and events at the prestigious school for over 30 years. This month on the podcast, Brandon and Sam look back at the work and career from one of America’s most prominent practitioners of the Swiss Style before opening the Flat File and discussing the film posters created for Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 science fiction classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.
SHOW NOTES & LINKS
WOMEN OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN WOMEN IN THE VISUAL ARTS by Gloria Fowler, illustrated by Ellen Surrey
The Beauty of Letterpress - Lustig Elements
RIT Graphic Design Archive
RIT Library - Images
The Humanistic Designer: Jacqueline Casey
Woman at the Edge of Technology
Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
Women in Graphic Design
Cooper and Casey at MIT
Designer Jacqueline S. Casey Dies at 65
Posters: Jacqueline S. Casey - 30 Years of Design at MIT
McCall Studios - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Robert McCall Sketches
Interview with Robert McCall
Music selections: “Bass on Titles” opening theme, “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Eumir Deodato; The Blue Danube from the 2001: A Space Odyssey original soundtrack.
Follow Brandon Schaefer at @seekandspeak, and Sam Smith at @samsmyth.
Special thanks to producer Adrian Cobb.
