Number Seventeen (design)
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Number Seventeen is the Manhattan
-based graphic design
studio formed by Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler. Besides print graphics, the studio also specializes in graphics for film and television. Their clients include Saturday Night Live
, Jane Magazine (among many others). They were also responsible for creating the iconic Will and Grace opening titles.
Before forming Number Seventeen, Oberman worked with Tibor Kalman
at M&Co. Siegler was a design director at VH1
.
Number Seventeen was featured in Eye magazine
(No. 39, Vol. 10, Spring 2001) in an article by Steven Heller
. In that article Siegler is quoted:
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
-based graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
studio formed by Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler. Besides print graphics, the studio also specializes in graphics for film and television. Their clients include Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
, Jane Magazine (among many others). They were also responsible for creating the iconic Will and Grace opening titles.
Before forming Number Seventeen, Oberman worked with Tibor Kalman
Tibor Kalman
Tibor Kalman was an influential American graphic designer of Hungarian origin, well-known for his work as editor-in-chief of Colors magazine....
at M&Co. Siegler was a design director at VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
.
Number Seventeen was featured in Eye magazine
Eye (magazine)
Eye Magazine, The International Review of Graphic Design is a quarterly print magazine on graphic design and visual culture.- History :...
(No. 39, Vol. 10, Spring 2001) in an article by Steven Heller
Steven Heller (graphic design)
Steven Heller is an American art director, journalist, critic, author, and editor who specializes on topics related to graphic design....
. In that article Siegler is quoted: