Timeline

1931

Born in The Bronx, New York

1948

Entered New York's Cooper Union, matriculating with Edward Sorel and Milton Glaser, with whom he would found the Push Pin studio

1952 - 1953

Graduated and began working for The New York Times promotion department, where under the tutelage of art director George Krikorian, Chwast learned the principles of typography

1954

Started his business Push Pin

1965 - 1969

Push Pin became a magnet for designers and illustrators

1975

Glaser left Push Pin and Chwast continued as the director

Together with Phyllis Flood formed a company to develop and market a line of candies called "Pushpinoff"

1981

Joined with Alan Peckolick to found Pushpin Lubalin Peckolick, subsequently renamed The Pushpin Group

1984

Inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame

1985

A retrospective collection, Seymour Chwast: The Left-Handed Designer, was published by Harry N. Abrams