This unique postcard book celebrates the work of Tibor Kalman, the “bad boy of graphic design,” whose advertisements, objects, videos, and editorial projects have become visual icons.

Thirty of Kalman’s best known images—including the racially altered Queen Elizabeth, the revolutionary watch faces included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, the M&Co corporate gifts, and more—are assembled in an innovative format: after the postcards are sent, a small book remains. Drawn from both Kalman’s personal collection and the archives of his design firm M&Co, pictures range from the politically subversive (Mao potato chips and Calvin Klein chicken parts) to the personal and whimsical (Tibor and Maira Kalman’s wedding photo, the Blue Skies umbrella).

One each of thirty subjects

ISBN 10: 1-892145-05-7
ISBN 13: 9781892145055

Postcard Book 9.25” x 4”
Retail price: $19.95
Price: $15.96 (20% off)

                                                     
Maira Kalman is an award-winning artist, illustrator, and product designer. She has illustrated numerous covers for The New Yorker magazine and has written and illustrated more than a dozen children's books. Her articles and illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, Interview, and many other publications. Kalman has designed products for the Museum of Modern Art under the M&Co. label, fabric for Isaac Mizrahi, accessories for Kate Spade, and sets for Mark Morris Dance Group. A teacher of graduate design at the School of Visual Arts, she lives in New York with her two children and a dog. (Author biography courtesy of the New York Public Library.)

Steven Heller is the art director of The New York Times Book Review and is the author or editor of more than eighty books on design.