Jacqueline Casey

Liam Heeley

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History• She was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1927• Graduated in 1949 at Massachusetts College of Art whilst studying bachelor of fine arts and illustration• After graduating she got several jobs, one being in interior design and advertising • Casey’s work was mounted in an exhibition at The MIT Museum in 1992 and again in 2012• Casey lectured many classes in schools, museums, colleges and universities• Examples of her work have been permanently placed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and also

in the Library of Congress• She is well known in the graphics industry with her work being displayed in many graphic design magazines,

annuals and in books on history of graphics design• Casey died in 1991 whilst trying to fight Cancer• She was very well known and appreciated for her word play in her graphicly designed images• One of Casey’s main aspects of her work is the way she contrasts large bold text with smaller text in the images• Casey was interested in art from an early age, at the age of 22 she was rewarded with a certificate of fashion

design and illustration• During Casey’s career she received a BFA from The Mass College Of Art• In 1972 Casey started designing posters for university events and exhibitions• Casey is widely known as ‘a women in a mans world’• Casey’s work is described by others as a ‘essence’ of each subject in human form

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designer.html• https://edpacheco16.wordpress.com/jacqueline-s-casey/• http://mit2016.mit.edu/campus-cambridge/century-employees/casey• https://prezi.com/acf6gbegu8pz/jacqueline-casey/• http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/woman-at-the-edge-of-technology• http://bonfx.com/graphic-design-qotd-genius/• https://designschool.canva.com/blog/famous-graphic-designers/http://

articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-06-03/entertainment/0106030063_1_graphic-design-bauhaus-politics