Tibor George Kalman was an American graphic designer of Hungarian origin, well known for his work as editor-in-chief of Colors magazine.
11 Facts About Tibor Kalman
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Tibor Kalman became a United States resident in 1956, after he and his family fled Hungary to escape the Soviet invasion, settling in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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Tibor Kalman sought to challenge mundane design thinking and aspired to create unpredictable work.
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Tibor Kalman worked as creative director of Interview magazine in the early 1990s.
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Tibor Kalman believed that award-winning design was only possible when the client was ethical, and frequently called other designers out when he did not agree with their actions.
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Tibor Kalman defined good design as a benefit to everyday life and should be used to increase public awareness of social issues.
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Tibor Kalman adopted a vernacular style as a way to protest corporate International Style which was the primary design style of the time.
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Tibor Kalman became founding editor-in-chief of the Benetton-sponsored magazine Colors, in 1991.
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In 1999, Tibor Kalman won the AIGA medal as the "design profession's moral compass and its most fervent provocateur".
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From 1981 up until his death, Tibor Kalman was married to the illustrator and author Maira Tibor Kalman.
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The onset of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma forced Tibor Kalman to leave Colors in 1995 and return to New York.