George Lois

Where Would Don Draper Stay? - Posted August 3, 2009
Fans of Mad Men will recall from the show's season two premiere that Don and Betty Draper celebrated Valentine's Day 1962 with a trip to the Savoy Hotel, where they endured some...technical difficulties before ordering room service and watching Jackie Kennedy's televised White House tour. Don and Betty's plans for the... [UnBeige]

02138 Pegs Hayman and Lois to Design Re-Launch - Posted July 18, 2008
02138, the Harvard magazine recently bought up by Manhattan Media, and currently being prepped for a re-launch later this year (maybe it will even appeal to a wider audience than those people who attended the same six schools, or one can hope) by former Village Voice editor David Blum has tapped... [FishBowlNY]

How George Lois Got Andy Warhol Into That Can of Soup - Posted January 6, 2008
Not to be missed is this week's edition of "Studio 360," a conversation between the Muhammad Ali-rapping George Lois and the Martha Stewart-skewering Kurt Andersen (although we imagine the "Studio 360" editing team had to do a fair amount of snipping since Lois can't speak more than 10 words in a... [UnBeige]

Steven Heller, Graphic Design's Biggest Fan, to be Honored In SVA Exhibition - Posted July 23, 2007
The world's most prolific design writer, recently-named Design Observer, and subject of much obsession here on the old UnBeige, Steven Heller will be honored with SVA's Masters Series Award, including an exhibition and catalog of his work that sounds like quite the spectacle: Curated and designed by Kevin O'Callaghan, chair of 3D... [UnBeige]

Luke "The Man" Hayman on "Design Matters" - Posted May 11, 2007
We know they plan these schedules way in advance but, man, could the timing be any better for Luke Hayman to get grilled by Debbie Millman on today's "Design Matters?" For Hayman (above right, with potty mouth George Lois), the past few months have gone something like this: 1) Join Pentagram 2) Redesign... [UnBeige]

David Rees' Presentation Technique Is Unstoppable - Posted April 25, 2007
Being the somber, sullen dullards we are, it takes one heck of a wack from the humor stick to get us laughing over here at UnBeige. Now imagine us, with our perma-frowns, listening to this podcast from SVA's MFA Designer as Author series featuring David Rees, the horrendously outrageous but blissfully... [UnBeige]

George Lois: 'Holy Sh*t, Wait 'Til The Motherf*ckers See This' - Posted January 12, 2007
Legendary Esquire art director George Lois — who has been out and about with Ali Rap, raps about design in an SVA podcast that is essential listening for anyone who enjoys hearing raspy a 75-year-old design icon say things like "motherfucker." As in his reaction to seeing good work: "Holyjesuyoucantputthat...whoa." "This is almost,... [FishBowlNY]

Spend Your Muthaf*ckin' Friday With George Lois - Posted January 12, 2007
If you haven't had enough of his Ali Rap, or maybe if you have, you simply can't miss George Lois' grumbling baritone in this podcast from the SVA MFA Designer As Author program. It's gotta be good when he opens with this statement: "What can I give you in a couple hours that... [UnBeige]