Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
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Keyword: supergraphics, California Cool, American graphic designer
Size: 130 x 230 mm Pages: 72 Format: softcover Language: English Illustration: in colour Editor: Malin Zimms Interviewer: Hall of Femmes (Samira Bouabana, Angela Tillman Sperandio) Book Design: Hall of Femmes Printing: Göteborgstryckeriet Publisher: Hall of Femmes Pub Year: 2017 Weight: 186 gr ISBN: 9789163992698Description
Article no.: 9789163992698
Monumental graphics
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon was a pioneer of what came to be known as Supergraphics: monumental graphics designed in harmony with architecture. Best known for her interior Supergraphics of the 1960s Sea Ranch and her 1991 Ribbon of Light installation at the Embarcadero Promenade in San Francisco. Her iconic style – mixing Swiss Modernism and West Coast Pop – influenced many designers at the time.
In addition to an impressive portfolio, she boasts a fascinating life story. Ranging from being a teenage flamenco dancer, to marrying a well known film director, to suddenly finding herself a young widow with a child to support. At a crossroads, she moves to Switzerland to study under the influential modernist designer Armin Hofmann, before returning to the U.S and creating influential designs that were bigger and bolder than her Swiss counterparts.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon was a pioneer of what came to be known as Supergraphics: monumental graphics designed in harmony with architecture. Best known for her interior Supergraphics of the 1960s Sea Ranch and her 1991 Ribbon of Light installation at the Embarcadero Promenade in San Francisco. Her iconic style – mixing Swiss Modernism and West Coast Pop – influenced many designers at the time.
In addition to an impressive portfolio, she boasts a fascinating life story. Ranging from being a teenage flamenco dancer, to marrying a well known film director, to suddenly finding herself a young widow with a child to support. At a crossroads, she moves to Switzerland to study under the influential modernist designer Armin Hofmann, before returning to the U.S and creating influential designs that were bigger and bolder than her Swiss counterparts.