Paul Shaw is an American designer, calligrapher and historian of design who lives in New York City.[1][2] He has written a book on the history of the design of the New York City Subway system, Helvetica and the New York Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story, on the work of William Addison Dwiggins, and for Print magazine.[3][4][5][6][7] His book on the New York subway is known as one of the best modern design books. [8] He received the annual SoTA Typography Award of 2019.[9] Paul Shaw is Editor-in-Chief of Codex, Journal of Letterforms and The Eternal Letter Design. [10] His work has won awards from the AIGA Directors Club and the Art Directors Club of New York. [11]
References
^Shaw, Paul; Coles, Stephen (September 6, 2011). "Character Studies". Print. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^"Recap of Paul Shaw's San Francisco Lettering Walk". American Printing History Association. August 20, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^"Design discussions: Paul Shaw and the NYC Subway". IDSGN. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^Steven Heller (January 18, 2013). Writing and Research for Graphic Designers: A Designer's Manual to Strategic Communication and Presentation. Rockport Publishers. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-1-59253-804-1.
^Shaw, Paul. "The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway". AIGA. Retrieved November 6, 2016.