Will Burtin letterhead (Letter to Alvin Lustig)
1950 · Letterpress
10 × 7 1/4" (25.4 × 18.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Will Burtin
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Recent Acquisitions, 1946�1953: Department of Architecture and Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953–1954
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De Stijl
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952–1953
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The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
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Will Burtin was an American designer and infographics pioneer whose work synthesized scientific visualization, modernist typography, and spatial design. Active from the 1940s through the 1970s, he developed innovative methods for translating complex data into accessible visual form, particularly in pharmaceutical and medical contexts. His large-scale installations and exhibitions combined photography, diagrammatic systems, and three-dimensional structures to communicate information across disciplines. Burtin's approach established foundational practices in information design that remain influential in contemporary data visualization.
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