Power of the Poster, A Herman Miller Exhibition
Some of the pieces are triumphs of typography, for instance the 1963 Beware of Imitations poster by Charles and Ray Eames (who produced toys, film and photography as well as architecture and furniture). Even then it seems, counterfiet design was a concern. Other posters celebrate “the simplicity of a great idea, or humour” says Frykholm. An example is his 1989 Bill Stumpf Sketch of a portly posteria squished onto a too-tiny chair. “Bill Stumpf did that little sketch on a napkin over lunch, aroun