Winterhouse Art and Design Collection of Volume 1 Number 1
Collection
Call Number: ART 14
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 266 first issues of journals ranging from small press and literary to popular culture.
Dates
- 1917-2011
- Majority of material found within 1960 - 2010
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been transferred to Yale University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. About, 1996-2007. II. Examples, 1919-2011.
Extent
10 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The collection consists of first issues of journals ranging from small press and literary to popular culture.
Biographical / Historical
William Drenttel received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1977 with an Independent Concentration in Film and European Cultural Studies. From 1977-1985, Drenttel was a senior vice president at Saatchi & Saatchi. From 1985-1997, Drenttel was the president of Drenttel Doyle Partners. One of the leading design firms in America, the firm won over 300 design awards. Since 1997, William Drenttel worked in partnership with Jessica Helfand at Winterhouse, a design consultancy focusing on editorial development and online media; cultural and educational institutions; and social innovation initiatives. In 2002, Drenttel co-founded Design Observer, a site of design news and cultural criticism; today, the site is a leading design publication with over a million site visits a month.
Drenttel was also co-editor of Below the Fold, a journal of visual culture published by Winterhouse; the founder of the Polling Place Photo Project, an online election documentation project run in collaboration with AIGA and The New York Times; and a Senior Faculty Fellow at the Yale School of Management teaching design and innovation. As a publisher, Drenttel created books under the Winterhouse imprint for Yale University Press, University of Chicago Press and Princeton Architectural Press. He published literary works (Susan Sontag, Thomas Bernhard, Paul Celan); bibliographic works (catalogues for the Grolier Club); public policy (National Security Strategy of the U.S.); history (Kafka and film, and the 1943 destruction of Hamburg); and art and design history (Siri Hustvedt, Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand).
Drenttel was also co-editor of Below the Fold, a journal of visual culture published by Winterhouse; the founder of the Polling Place Photo Project, an online election documentation project run in collaboration with AIGA and The New York Times; and a Senior Faculty Fellow at the Yale School of Management teaching design and innovation. As a publisher, Drenttel created books under the Winterhouse imprint for Yale University Press, University of Chicago Press and Princeton Architectural Press. He published literary works (Susan Sontag, Thomas Bernhard, Paul Celan); bibliographic works (catalogues for the Grolier Club); public policy (National Security Strategy of the U.S.); history (Kafka and film, and the 1943 destruction of Hamburg); and art and design history (Siri Hustvedt, Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand).
- Title
- Guide to the Winterhouse Art and Design Collection of Volume 1 Number 1
- Author
- Compiled by Arts Library Special Collections staff
- Date
- December 1, 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Arts Library Special Collections
180 York Street
New Haven CT 06511
203-432-1712
haasalsc@yale.edu
Arts Library Special Collections
180 York Street
New Haven CT 06511
203-432-1712
haasalsc@yale.edu