series of editorials on prominent designers

barbara stauffacher solomon is a graphic and interior designer primarily known for introducing the concept of supergraphics.

throughout her career she has successfully combined the strict modernism of the swiss school with californian pop art influences.

 

 

A photo of young Barbara Solomon, looking left

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, 1955.

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born in San Francisco

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completed training as a ballet and flamenco dancer

Designers at Sea Ranch: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Charles Moore, Al Boeke and Leslie Schenk

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married Californian experimental film director Frank Stauffacher

Early photograph of designers at Sea Ranch: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Charles Moore, Al Boeke and Leslie Schenk. October 28, 1963. © Architectural Archives, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania.

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moved to Switzerland after her husband’s death to study graphic design under Armin Hoffman

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon at Sea Ranch, circa 1965. © Architectural Archives, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania.

 

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon standing near the wooden house with an exit sign

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Ram's horns (Sea Ranch logo)

created the Supergraphics mural at Sea Ranch, California

 

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Scanlan's magazine cover

Scanlan’s Monthly Magazine, volume 1, № 4, June 1970.

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worked as an art director at Scanlan’s Monthly magazine

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published the brochure Green Architecture: Notes on the Common Ground

Sign for the 68th Street–Hunter College station at the New York City Subway
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