Seymour Chwast: Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle

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Seymour defined what graphic design and being a graphic designer meant in the twentieth century, creating graphics that not only looked amazing, but also communicated a message that might be anything from a light-hearted remark on design to an anti-smoking billboard. As seen by a terrific new online resource, the Seymour Chwast archive, his much-imitated graphic and illustration style still stands up well today. Chwast chose Roscoe Conkling “Fatty” Arbuckle, a silent cinema actor and comic who was allegedly accused of rapping and killing actress Virginia Rape, for “The Dark Side Of Good People” issue. this art shows two sides of the poster where in the first page the man has a nice pleasant interface and then the second poster has a darker side to it.

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