Tibor Kalman by Davita Dick

Tibor KalmanBy Davita

Tibor was born in Budapest, Hungary on July 6, 1949. He became U.S. resident in 1956. Attended New York University. Tibor became supervisor of the in-house department of Barnes & Noble.

Started a design firm called M&Co. in 1979. First project was signage for E.J. Korvette. Had clients like Limited Corporation, Talking Heads, and Restaurant Florent.

Kalman paired with Milton Glaser to raise and discuss ethical and moral issues at AIGA. Kalman also helped to create a movie video for Talking Heads.

“Does what designers do

make the world look nicer, or

more interesting, or better?”

It’s a Baby!1st issue of Colors designed by Editor-in-

Chief Tibor Kalman

“A magazine about the rest of the world”

to New York City. Became involved with p r o j e c t s , including two e x h i b i t i o n s .

In 1995, Tibor was diagnosed with non-H o d g k i n ’ s Ly m p h o m a . He left Rome and returned

“Warning: this magazine contains no words. start here.”

the end of the school year, Kalman died in Puerto Rico at the age of 49 on May 2, 1999.

While living in New York City, Kalman taught a graduate class at SVA. The class was titled, “A Thousand Words.” At