Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Bogart, Michele H. | Lutterbie, John
Date
2015-12-01
Keywords
Art history | Bradbury Thompson, Design, Materiality, Paper, Westvaco Inspirations
Department
Department of Art History and Criticism.
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/76869
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
How do Bradbury Thompson’s designs in Westvaco Inspirations work as a guide for design and paper? Westvaco Inspirations was a promotional magazine first published in 1925 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. The main purpose of the magazine was to promote paper and to show an intricate relationship between print, paper and design. Bradbury Thompson was the designer for the magazine from 1939 to its final year of publication in 1962. This thesis shows how Thompson’s designs promoted the quality of each particular paper brand and its effectiveness in presenting a printed image. The thesis aims to show that his designs combined the visual and the tactile in presenting paper as valuable material with unique aesthetic qualities. | How do Bradbury Thompson’s designs in Westvaco Inspirations work as a guide for design and paper? Westvaco Inspirations was a promotional magazine first published in 1925 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. The main purpose of the magazine was to promote paper and to show an intricate relationship between print, paper and design. Bradbury Thompson was the designer for the magazine from 1939 to its final year of publication in 1962. This thesis shows how Thompson’s designs promoted the quality of each particular paper brand and its effectiveness in presenting a printed image. The thesis aims to show that his designs combined the visual and the tactile in presenting paper as valuable material with unique aesthetic qualities. | 30 pages
Recommended Citation
Huh, Mi Seok, "Designated Pages: Bradbury Thompson's Inspirations for Paper" (2015). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 2745.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/2745