Cipe Pineles

Cipe Pineles lived from June 23, 1908 to January 3, 1991 and accomplished a lot in those 82 years. She was born in Austria but moved to New York to study graphic design. After studying at the Pratt Institute, she remained in New York in order to kick start her graphic design career. While there, Pineles was a graphic designer for various magazines, including Seventeen, Charm, and Mademoiselle. She made a name for herself through her works and became very successful and well-known, becoming the first female member of the Art Directors Club in 1943. Later, in 1975, she was inducted into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame. She was in the graphic design industry for a stretch of 60 years and taught graphic design at the Parsons School of Art and Design until her unfortunate death. She is remembered as one of the first women to join men in the graphic design industry. 

Above is a magazine cover that I created with the inspiration of Pineles' style and work. I chose to do a magazine cover because of her deep involvement in the industry, especially with seventeen, a magazine for young women. The cover is simple and true to Pineles' traditional designs, including a woman, the title of the magazine, and the date. Pineles' seemed to like the blur effect so I also added blur at different strengths around the image.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipe_Pineles
http://www.aiga.org/medalist-cipepineles/