Telephone Centennial

George Tscherny (b. 1924) was born in Budapest and raised in Berlin. He came to the United States in 1941 and later attended Pratt Institute. His early career included work for George Nelson. In 1955, Tscherny opened his own practice. His corporate clients included Ernst & Whinney, Monadnock Paper Mills, The Ford Foundation, Pan Am, General Dynamics and Johnson & Johnson. According to an Art Directors Club biography, "Tscherny also forged a strong relationship with the School of Visual Arts over the years. He designed SVA’s very first poster in 1956 and taught its first design course." Learn more here.