Bill Hyde

Here are some typographic illustrations from San Francisco's Bill Hyde. I was surprised to find out how early these were created, a good 6 or 7 years before the psychedelic type-based posters of Wes Wilson and Victor Moscoso started to surface ... also from San Francisco ... coincidence? He had a really interesting quote / work philosophy in an article I was reading about him that fits my outlook on design: "Preserve the old, but know the new."


Sheraton-Palace Hotel, 1964


The Art Director and Artists Club of San Francisco, 1960


Christmas card and poster, 1960

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