The Daily Register Red Bank, New Jersey Friday, October 2, 1959

Happy birthday Alfred Rudolph Waud. The artist & illustrator, best known as a correspondent artist during the Civil War, creating drawings for newspapers (before the advent of the halftone process), was born today in 1863. #engraving #illustration

Happy birthday Zuzana Licko. The influential type designer, weaver, and ceramicist, famous for co-founding Emigre Fonts and the numerous elegant typefaces she designed, was born today in 1961. #typefacedesign

Happy birthday Annie Leibovitz. The renowned photographer, famous for her iconic work for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Time, and images of all the people, was born today in 1949. #photography

Happy birthday Alethea Proctor. The Australian artist, printmaker, designer, and educator, famous for her taste and style as well as her lithographs and pedagogy, was born today in 1879. "line can have a beauty of its own independently of anything it represents"

The Life Berwyn, Illinois Wednesday, October 1, 1992

Happy birthday Marcus Behmer. The conscientious illustrator, graphic designer, and artist, remembered for noteworthy etchings, typeface design, and imprisonment for homosexuality, was born today in 1897.

Happy birthday Marianne Brandt. The multitalented artist, famous for all-the-things, including both studying and teaching at the Bauhaus, metalwork, photography and photomontage, painting, and applied arts, was born today in 1893.

Happy birthday! Matthew Carter was born today in 1937. The talented & ubiquitous British type designer began as a punchcutter & designed both photo & digital type. #typography #typedesign

Happy birthday Kazuya Sakai. The prolific artist, translator, designer, publisher, educator, et al., famous for all the things, including being a self-taught painter, a jazz expert & translating Buddhist literature into Spanish, was born today in 1927. #geometricabstraction

The Herald-Mail Hagerstown, Maryland Saturday, September 30, 1944

Happy birthday Tom Eckersley. The English graphic designer & educator, famous for making all the posters & his seemingly effortless & timeless style, was born today in 1914. #poster #posters

Rocky Mount Telegram Rocky Mount, North Carolina Sunday, September 29, 1985

Happy birthday Théo Ballmer. The Swiss photographer, educator & graphic designer, known for his modernist design, political activism & attending the Bauhaus after he became an established designer, was born today in 1902. #photography #graphicdesign

Happy birthday Jeff Wall. The deliberate, highly-regarded photographer, famous for thoughtfully composed cinematographic images, was born today in 1946.

Happy birthday Gábor Csupó. The versatile animator, writer, director, and graphic designer, famous for founding Klasky Csupo with Arlene Klasky, who are responsible for popular animation, including episodes of The Simpsons and Rugrats, was born today in 1952.

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite—that particular peach is but a detail. —Pablo Picasso #SundayComics #GraphicDesignComic

The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Friday, September 28, 1906

Happy birthday Eszter Haraszty. The talented costume, textile, and interior designer, famous for her work at Knoll in the 1950s, and a varied career that included designing restaurants and playgrounds, was born today in 1920.

Happy birthday Paul Boyer. The decorated photographer, best remembered for images of actors and other popular personalities, was born today in 1861.

Happy birthday Livia Rusz. The Romanian illustrator & artist, known for popular comics, comic books, & book & magazine illustrations, was born today in 1930. "Rusz Lívia has been leading us through an enchanted universe, depicted with unique sensitivity and grace" —Györfi-Deák

Happy birthday Warja Lavater. The Swiss artist, bookmaker, & designer, best known for her books re-telling fairy tales with symbols, was born today in 1913. #artistbooks #bookmaking

The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Wednesday, September 27, 1911

Happy birthday Bronislaw Zelek. The Polish typeface designer, graphic designer & educator, most famous for film posters & specifically his iconic "The Birds" interpretation, was born today in 1935. #posters

Happy Birthday Alan Fletcher. The renowned, witty & prolific British graphic designer was born today in 1931. #GraphicDesign

Happy birthday T.C. Cannon. The Native American, Kiowa artist, remembered for decorated service in Vietnam, and a promising art career cut short by a tragic auto accident, was born today in 1946. Pai-doung-a-day: "One Who Stands in the Sun"

Happy Puzzle Day! New Series, puzzle #5 #GraphicDesignPuzzle

The Daily Advocate Greenville, Ohio Friday, September 26, 2003

Happy birthday Richard Earl Thompson. The patient fine and commercial artist, noteworthy for biding his time for 26 years as an illustrator and layout person, before realizing his dream of a successful painting career, was born today in 1914.

Happy birthday Helen Allingham. The influential Victorian artist and illustrator, famous for children's and adult book illustrations as well as numerous popular periodicals, was born today in 1848.

Happy birthday Robert Cottingham. The skilled graphic designer, artist & educator, famous for precise paintings of signs, architectural details, storefronts & other elements of the American urban landscape, was born today in 1935.

Arlington Heights Herald Arlington Heights, Illinois Saturday, September 25, 1976

Happy birthday. Lu Xun was born today in 1881. The famous Chinese writer, poet, editor, and critic was also a prolific artist and graphic designer. #GraphicDesign #China

Happy birthday Phyllis Pearsall. The British painter and writer is most famous for map design and creating the London A-Z was born today in 1906. #maps #AZmaps

Happy birthday James Castle. The singular, deaf, self-taught artist, notable for creating art with found materials and almost totally isolated from the art world and art history, was born today in 1899. #outsiderart

Happy birthday Shel Silverstein. The insightful writer, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician, most recognized for, amongst a widely varied oeuvre, beloved children's books including The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends, was born today in 1930.

Honolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu, Hawaii Friday, September 24, 1915

Happy birthday Jerzy Flisak. The celebrated Polish artist and architect, most famous for witty, efficient poster designs, and who was also proficient at stage design, illustration, and cartooning, was born today in 1930.

Happy birthday Frank Newbould. The English poster artist, remembered as an assistant to Abram Games and for well-conceived and executed travel and WW2 posters, was born today in 1887.

Happy birthday Eli Kince. The insightful author, artist, designer, and educator, best known for painting, but who also wrote the excellent, and in some circles influential, Visual Puns in Design, was born today in 1953.

Happy birthday Kagiso Patrick Mautloa. The artist, graphic designer, & educator, known for founding the Thupelo artist’s workshops, arts residencies around the world, & an eclectic art practice including multimedia, found objects, & sculptural elements, was born today in 1952.

Happy birthday Phil Hartman. The talented and tragic comedian, actor, writer, and graphic designer, most famous for his work in television, including Saturday Night Live, NewsRadio, and The Simpsons, and sadly for his shocking death, was born today in 1948. #secretgraphicdesigner

Happy birthday Margaret Neilson Armstrong. The designer, illustrator. author & naturalist, famous first for her Art Nouveau cloth book cover designs & later for her wildflower illustrations, was born today in 1867. #illustration #bookcover

The Waco Citizen Waco, Texas Tuesday, September 23, 1986

Happy birthday Dorothy Waugh. The assiduous illustrator, graphic designer, educator, landscape architect, radio host, et al., most remembered as a children's book author & poster designer, was born today in 1896. #NatlParkService #GraphicDesign

Happy birthday Dicken Castro. The renaissance man, famous for his contributions to Colombian culture in the fields of architecture, graphic design, draftsmanship, painting, photography, urban planning, research, & education, was born today in 1922. #Colombia #GraphicDesign

Happy birthday! Nedo Mion Ferrario was born today in 1926. The Italian graphic designer, artist, & educator is considered a pioneer in Venezuelan design. #graphicdesign

Happy birthday, Gisbert Combaz. The artist, furniture designer, lawyer, historian, sculptor, and educator, famous for leaving his law career behind to pursue art, is best known for his posters, and drawings that protested German occupation during WWI, and was born today in 1869.

Happy birthday Aubrey Powell. The multi-talented graphic designer, film producer, writer & director, most famous for album covers and related work created with Storm Thorgerson at their firm Hipgnosis, and later for film work, including documentaries, was born today in 1946.

Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Friday, September 22, 1967