Emigre 4, The Magazine That Ignores Boundaries
Rudy VanderLans
Dutch, born 1955
Zuzana Licko
Slovak, born 1961
Emigre Inc.
American, founded 1987
1986
A 1986 lithographic cover for Emigre magazine by Zuzana Licko that stages bold color, oversized type, and photomontage to push the limits of typographic design.
Bright blocks of hot pink and lemon yellow are split by a vertical line and dominated by massive black letterforms, while a boxed phonetic pronunciation and an inset black-and-white photograph of angular geometric shapes create a dynamic confrontation between text and image.
This cover exemplifies Emigre's pivotal role in the 1980s as a testing ground for digital-era typography and independent editorial design, signaling a shift toward expressive, rule-breaking layouts and new typefaces.
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
16 3/4 x 11 1/4"
Classification
Department
Credit
Agnes Gund Purchase Fund
Accession
205.2006.4
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