The design firm headed by Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar, and Sagi Haviv specializing in visual identity and brand design, art in architecture, motion graphics and exhibit design. Responsible for hundreds of the most famous trademarks in the world such as Mobil Oil, Chase bank, PBS, Viacom, Showtime, National Geographic, NBC, Barneys New York, Univision, Xerox, Cornell and Brown universities, Museum of Modern Art, and many more.

designing:

By Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar,
Steff Geissbuhler
Graphis, November 2003

Using the work of Chermayeff & Geismar Inc, the book reveals a way of thinking about issues of design. Rather than presenting a typical product showcase, "designing:" groups images by themes to show how design is an idea-driven, often intuitive process. The authors demonstrate how their approach--letting the problem guide the solution--never varies whether the task is designing a poster or an exhibition, a stamp or a website.

Hardcover, 352 pages, 800 full color images
9 5/8" x 10" (245 x 254 mm)
ISBN 1-932026-14-2, Price $60
Available at www.barnesandnoble.com
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TM:
Trademarks Designed by
Chermayeff & Geismar
By Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar,
Steff Geissbuhler
Published by Princeton Architectural Press
and Lars Muller, October 2000

This monograph shows the wide range of trademarks designed over many years by Chermayeff & Geismar Inc. The symbols, logotypes, acronyms and monograms encompass a wide range of graphic styles, and demonstrate the belief that marks of identity should reflect the radically different needs of the organizations they represent.

Hardcover, 228 pages, printed full color
8 7/8" x 8 3/4" (215 x 220 mm)
ISBN 1-56898-256-9
Price $40
Available at  www.barnesandnoble.com


Suspects, Smokers, Soldiers and Salesladies
By Ivan Chermayeff
Lars Muller Publishers, 2001

Ellis Island:
An Illustrated History of the
Immigrant Experience
By Ivan Chermayeff, Fred Wasserman
and Mary J. Shapiro
MacMillan Publishing Company,
December 1991