Born: 1924

Education: Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

Currently resides: New York City

Selected honors: Medal of the AIGA; New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame; Member, Alliance Graphique Internationale

Teaching: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; School of Visual Arts, New York; The Cooper Union, New York

George Tscherny’s work has ranged from the design of a commemorative stamp for the U.S. Postal Service to vast identification programs for such corporations as W. R. Grace & Company and Texas Gulf, Inc. His client list has included ibm, Johnson & Johnson, Mobil, and Air Canada.

Mr. Tscherny began his career in 1950 as a packaging designer with Donald Deskey & Associates. He then joined George Nelson & Associates, eventually becoming head of the graphics department. In 1955, he opened his own office, and shortly thereafter, was appointed consultant to the Ford Foundation, with design responsibility for all publications.

His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; and Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich. In 1992, the Visual Arts Museum in New York honored him with a retrospective of his work.

An extensive selection of his work is deposited in the print archive and the electronic database of the Cooper Union School of Art. Over 1,000 posters and other examples of work are included in the agi archives of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.

Mr. Tscherny served two terms as President of AIGA.