Emigre, Issue No. 26, "All Fired Up," Cover Test Prints Poster

Architecture and Design

1993

Emigre, Inc. (American, founded 1984)
Rudy Vanderlans (Dutch, born 1955)
Zuzana Liko (Czech, born 1961),
Rick Valicenti (American, born 1951)

Published between 1984 and 2005, Emigre magazine combined critical writing on design with innovative typography and layout. The publication challenged the status quo in the field by advocating for experimentation.
This poster features test prints of the cover design for the 26th issue of Emigre. Designed by Chicago-based graphic designer Rick Valicenti, it features a striking image of a flame, which references the issue’s title, All Fired Up. In an interview included inside, Valicenti discusses the importance for graphic designers to work on projects that benefit society and are not purely commercial. He also developed a set of proposals for a new logo for the magazine. The fractured and layered iterations of the letter E contrast—or challenge—the magazine’s preexisting logo.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Architecture and Design

Artist: Rudy VanderLans (Publisher)
Title: Emigre, Issue No. 26, "All Fired Up," Cover Test Prints Poster
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1993
Medium: Offset print on paper
Dimensions: 97 × 64 cm (38 × 25 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Rick Valicenti
Reference Number: 2015.423

The Art Institute of Chicago, “Past Forward: Architecture and Design Collection at the Art Institute,” September 12, 2017 – January 21, 2018.

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