2- 1984 Olympic Games poster: April Greiman/
Jayme Odgers
1- L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs
Foundation annual report: Vanderbyl Design
2- 6 Royal Caribben print ad: McKinney,
Silver & Rockett
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2-
Politics
e culture
Final episode of “M*A*S*H”
American and French scientists identify AIDS virus
Strategic Defense Initiative
U.S. invades Grenada
Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program introduced
R. Buckminster Fuller dies
Compact disc introduced
1984
1- Nike outdoor board for LA Olympics:
Chiat/Day
2- AT&T digitized globe logo: Bass
& Yager
1-“1984”
Apple Macintosh TV commercial: Chiat/Day, agency; Fairbanks
Films, production company
2- Bartle & James Wine Cooler TV commercial:
Ogilvy & Mather, agency; Pytka, production company
1- Rolling Stone “Perception/Realityt”
print ad: Fallon, McElligott, Rice
2- Children’s Defense Fund poster:
Fallon McElligott
1- 1984
Summer Olympics environmental graphics: Sussman/Prejza &
Co
First
laser printer introduced by Apple (using Postcript)
PageMaker introduced by Aldus Corporation
I.M. Pei selected to design the Grand Louvre
Ronald Reagan relected
India: Indira Gandhi assassinated
AT&T broken up
Nancy
Reagan red and red or yellow power ties are ’80s color staples.
Money and power were sociological earmarks of the decade. Red, black
and glitter gold are fitting colors to sum up this era
1985
1- Early Emigre typeface designs:
Zuzana Licko
2- John Hancock Financial Services “Real
life, real answers” TV commercial:Hill, Holliday, Cosmopulos,
agency; Pytka, production company
1- PepsiCo: “Archaeology”
BBDO, agency; Pytka, production company
2- Royal Viking Line company publication:
Jonson Pedersen Hinrichs &Shakery
1- One from a series of Shoshin Society
posters commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima: BYU Graphics
2- Swatch Watch USA poster parodies Herbert
Matter’s Swissair poster from the 1930s: Koppel and Scher
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2-
Politics e culture
Christo wraps Pont
Neuf
Soviet Union: Gorbachev elected secretary general of Communist Party
Spain and Portugal enter EEC
State of emergency declared in South Africa
Great Britain and Ireland sign Anglo-Irish Agreement
New Coke introduced