#mailers

Kiriska: 

Charms: Bubble mailer.

Prints: Flat mailers for up to 11x17, tubes for anything bigger.

Charms & prints (<= 11x17) together: Bubble mailer, but include cardboard/chipboard backing for the print and consider sleeving it separate from the charm so the charm doesn't scratch/damage the print.

Charms & prints (>11x17) together: Tube.

Postage: If you aren't using a sales platform with integrated postage (e.g. Etsy), I recommend Pirate Ship. Postage platforms like Pirate Ship, Shipstation, and Stamps.com allow you access to commercial shipping rates, which is cheaper. Buying consumer stamps for postage isn't cost effective or efficient.

If you’ve been in the gallery recently, you might have noticed our updated Vignelli poster display! Please stop by and take a look!

For those of you who can’t make it in person, here’s a closer look at the posters on display! Next up: The Architectural League of New York

This poster was created for the Architectural League of New York’s 1974 Fall lecture series titled “American Design Between the Wars 1920-1940.” Although Vignelli Associates had already designed an identity for the Architectural League that used Garamond as the logotype, for this poster, Massimo Vignelli switched to Futura. 

In Grids: Their Meaning and Use for Federal Designers, he talks about the concepts of identity and diversity in relation to the Architectural League identity. “But as I said before the lion tamer must not stay in the cage too long, or the lion will bite. ... This is exactly the kind of freedom we always have. In one case we changed the typeface, but in the next case we went back to the regular setup. Doing that gains effectiveness and recognition at the same time.”

The poster features a cropped version of Cervin Robinson’s 1966 photograph of the Chrysler Building and the Waldorf Astoria.

Beyond this poster, the Vignellis had a long relationship with the Architectural League. The graphics for the Architectural League (including the logotype in Garamond) were designed by Vignelli Associates in the early 1970s. Massimo Vignelli served as Vice President of the League. In 2011, Massimo and Lella Vignelli were awarded their highest honor the President’s Medal, which recognizes “extraordinary contributions to architecture and design.”

ICYMI, we have shared some other artifacts for the Architectural League of New York: https://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/search/architectural+league

Huge thank you to our fabulous colleagues at the University Gallery at RIT for installing the poster display!

The Architectural League of New York “American Design Between the Wars, 1920-1940″ lecture series poster, 1974 Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York

Photocopy of sketch mounted on board for The Architectural League of New York poster, 1974 Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York

It’s great that you got an honest portfolio review and that you’ve been able to view your work from a professional standpoint.

Most likely, if your work isn’t good enough to get hired by the company, the AD will just delete your email, recycle your mailer, and forget about it. If your work shows promise and is very close to being at a hireable level, the AD may keep your name in mind. So, in contacting art directors, there’s not much lose besides your own time (and in the case of mailers, a bit of money.)

Consider sending out quarterly mailers or emails, and don’t get discouraged if you don’t hear anything back. Keep improving your art, and keep showing it to people who can hire you.

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I HAVE MAILED 300+ POSTCARDS THIS WEEK AND I AIN’T SLOWIN’ DOWN.

Got a rad local comic shop or bookstore you think would dig 100 Demon Dialogues? Drop me a line with their info so I can send along some treats.

If you were an architect on this date in 1988, you might have been in New York City attending the AIA (American Institute of Architects) National Convention and Design Exposition. Graphics designed by Vignelli Associates.

You could have attended sessions such as “Computer-Aided Design: Myth or Dream Unfulfilled?” or “100 years of Women in Architecture” or “Getting Published in Magazines.” You could have taken the tour “SoHo: Manhattan Moves Downtown” or bought $60 tickets to “Les Miserables” on Broadway.

Printed examples of graphics for AIA (American Institute of Architects) National Convention and Design Exposition, 1988 Box 78, Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York