Bill and enrolled at the Workshop School of Advertising Art. The established progressive Jazz musician under the name Eddie Benart, Benguiat made use of the G.I. Edward would play with his father’s pens, brushes, and drafting sets, and learned about sign painting, showcard and speedball lettering” writes ADC's Elisa Halperin. His father was display director at Bloomingdale’s and he had all the drawing tools a little boy could want. “Edward Benguiat got acquainted with design and showcard lettering when he was nine years old.
Growing up in Brooklyn, NY, Benguiat was once a very prominent jazz playing in several big bands with the likes of Stan Kenton and Woody Herman.Īn avid pilot who enjoyed flying his personal plane, with his wife Elisa, Benguiat was also a teacher at the School of Visual Arts in his native New York. Undoubtedly one of the most prolific type designers of our times, Ed Benguiat passed away on the age of 93.īorn Ephram Edward Benguiat, Octothe iconic typographer has crafted over 600 typefaces including Tiffany, Bookman, Panache, Edwardian Script, and the self-titled typefaces Benguiat and Benguiat Gothic.īenguiat has also designed logotypes for The New York Times, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, the original Planet of the Apes film, Super Fly and countless others.
