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Tibor Kalman
The bridge between militant postmodernism and editorial maximalism
Founder of M&Co in 1979, Kalman made design a form of public discourse. Art director of Artforum then Interview, he founded and edited Colors (Benetton, 1991–1995), a manifesto-magazine on diversity.
Mentor to Stefan Sagmeister and a tutelary figure of New York design, he sits at the hinge between militant postmodernism (Family 2) and editorial maximalism. AIGA Medal in 1999, posthumously. Monograph: Perverse Optimist (1998).
Key projects
- M&Co (fondé en 1979)
- Colors magazine (Benetton, 1991–1995)
Books
- Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist (Princeton Architectural Press, 1998)
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