Paul Shaw (design historian)

Paul Shaw in 2018

Paul Shaw is an American designer, calligrapher and historian of design who lives in New York City.[1][2] He has written a book on the history of the design of the New York City Subway system, Helvetica and the New York Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story, on the work of William Addison Dwiggins, and for Print magazine.[3][4][5][6][7] His book on the New York subway is known as one of the best modern design books. [8] He received the annual SoTA Typography Award of 2019.[9] Paul Shaw is Editor-in-Chief of Codex, Journal of Letterforms and The Eternal Letter Design. [10] His work has won awards from the AIGA Directors Club and the Art Directors Club of New York. [11]

  1. ^ Shaw, Paul; Coles, Stephen (September 6, 2011). "Character Studies". Print. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Recap of Paul Shaw's San Francisco Lettering Walk". American Printing History Association. August 20, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Design discussions: Paul Shaw and the NYC Subway". IDSGN. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Steven Heller (January 18, 2013). Writing and Research for Graphic Designers: A Designer's Manual to Strategic Communication and Presentation. Rockport Publishers. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-1-59253-804-1.
  5. ^ Shaw, Paul. "The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway". AIGA. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  6. ^ Bierut, Michael. "When in Helvetica". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  7. ^ Lee, Jennifer (December 4, 2008). "How Helvetica Took Over the Subway". New York Times. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  8. ^ "2 or 3 or 15 Things We Know about Paul Shaw | AIGA Houston". Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  9. ^ "SOTA Typography Award Honors Paul Shaw". Society of Typographic Aficionados. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  10. ^ "Paul Shaw | Parsons School of Design". www.newschool.edu. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  11. ^ "Paul Shaw – Type Tales Chicago". www.typemag.org. Retrieved April 26, 2022.