work.” The magazine and gallery were symbiotic. Often a feature in one
would lead to an exhibition in the other or vice versa. Doc Leslie believed
“that there was an enthusiastic audience for a showcase featuring the work
of artists-in-industry; and, furthermore, that the audience was larger than
we had originally thought it ever could be.”
In April–May 1942 the editors ran this note: “ADis such a small
segment of this wartime world that it is almost with embarrassment,
and certainly with humility, that we announce the suspension of its
publication... for the duration,” wrote editors Leslie and Seitlin. “The
reasons are easy to understand: shortage of men and materials, shrinkage
of the advertising business whose professional workers ADhas served,
and all-out digging in for Victory....”The magazine did not resume
publishing after the war but left a documentary record of an important
period when American and European designers began to forge an
international design language.
tuis.
(Tuis.)
#1