Paul Shaw (design historian)
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Paul Shaw (born 1954) 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] 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]
Shaw was born in 1954 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[12] He's a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.[13][12]
