Seymour Chwast’s Kickstarter for New Illustrated Antiwar Book Is Live!

Seymour Chwast’s Kickstarter for New Illustrated Antiwar Book Is Live!

Curated by Aline Chahine | 
July 4, 2019
| Est. Reading: 2 minutes

Seymour Chwast’s Kickstarter for New Illustrated Antiwar Book Is Live!

Designer Seymour Chwast’s Kickstarter Launches Today for New Book of Original Antiwar Illustrations

Designers & Books has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish Seymour Chwast’s new book of antiwar illustrations: Seymour Chwast at War with War: An Illustrated Timeline of 5000 Years of Conquests, Invasions, and Terrorist Attacks.

Seymour Chwast’s Kickstarter for New Illustrated Antiwar Book Is Live!
From "At War with War"

As co-founder with Milton Glaser of Push Pin Studios, Seymour Chwast led a revolution in graphic design in the 1960s and '70s, producing bold, vibrant work that pushed the limits of nearly every visual medium—from posters, advertisements, book jackets, and magazine covers to album covers, product packaging, typography, and children’s books. His pioneering role as a designer, author, and activist continues to influence and inspire 21st-century designers.

Seymour Chwast’s Kickstarter for New Illustrated Antiwar Book Is Live!
From "At War with War"

For more than six decades, Chwast, who celebrates his 85th birthday this year, has used his signature blend of design, illustration, and social commentary to wage a campaign against war.

At War with War visualizes humanity’s 5,000-year-long state of conflict, chaos, and violence on a continuous timeline. Thirty-five two-page spreads in stark black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings and woodcuts illustrate history’s most notorious battles.

Seymour Chwast’s Kickstarter for New Illustrated Antiwar Book Is Live!
From "At War with War"

To support the Kickstarter, Chwast has opened the doors to his archive, offering both new and vintage items to backers. Included among the special items are three of Chwast’s personal copies of his first antiwar publication, A Book of Battles, which he self published in 1957; his Vietnam War era poster “War is Good Business, Invest Your Son”; and a one-of-a kind four-color mechanical for a book he wrote with Steven Heller. There are also limited “Early Backer” discounts available for At War with War.

The campaign launches will run through June 9. If successfully funded, this Kickstarter edition will be released in November 2016 to project backers, each of whom will be acknowledged in a special section of the book.
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