Jacqueline Casey posters

Collection — Map case: 2.14-2.15

Identifier: CSC-0088

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Jacqueline Casey poster collection consists of ninety-nine posters created by Casey for M.I.T. related exhibitions. Ms. Casey used strong elemental imagery, maniupulated by letterforms based on the Swiss Grid theory of design.The posters in this collection were from an exhibition at M.I.T. curating her work there.

Dates

Creation: 1963-1990

Creator

Casey, Jacqueline, S. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

Jacqueline Casey trained at Massachusetts College of Art before working as a fashion illustrator and advertising, editorial and interior designer. In 1955, she joined the Office of Publications (Design Services Office) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) working with Muriel Cooper who was then Design Director. Casey's work acknowledges the influence of the Grid established by the post-war graphic design masters in Switzerland. As Director of Design Services many of her posters have been created to publicize exhibitions organized by the MIT Committee on the Visual Arts. She often uses strong elemental imagery, maniupulated by letterforms. Exhibitions of her work have been held at MIT, at the Chelsea School of Art, London (1978) and the London College of Printing. (1980)." (Livingston, 2003, 45)