​Bonnie Maclean was born in 1939 in Philadelphia, her work is highly recognizable for the years of the 1960’s and 1970’s psychedelic ‘hippy’ art movement. She produced posters for a wide variety of entertainment, clubs, concerts, live events and more. Maclean worked with a group of other artists during her time creating rock-band posters through her husband (at the time) Bill Graham’s organization.  She was a girl in the ‘boys’ club but that didn’t get in the way when it came to creating her own style.
The organization that Bonnie ended up being a part of was the Filmore Auditorium, she spent her time to begin with painting notice boards in the swirling psychedelic style, with the notice of her talent Bill Graham promoted her to Art Director when Wes Wilson left the organization due to a quarrel with Graham. 

This detail is rather important when you view the two artists work, Maclean’s work in my opinion has a clear relationship with the work of Wes Wilson. Her work has similar influences such as the use of feathers to create a flowing effect over one of her pieces of work, with a similar resemblance in Wes Wilson’s. I also note a similar lay out and imagery, mainly consisting of just faces of people usually women such as the study of the few below, in my opinion Bonnie is influenced by Wilsons use of traditional symbols and ‘medieval’ looking designs which reflects historical patterns, this can be seen in her poster design with a strong traditional and Celtic vibe that features in the background. Although both artists have their own creative style, it is possible to notice the influence Wes had on Maclean, especially when his poster designs were more detailed and illustrative rather than his looser lined posters. 


https://www.classicposters.com/artist/bonnie-maclean
https://wearecomet.com/1960s-psychedelic-tribute-calendar-bonnie-maclean/
https://www.bahrgallery.com/artist-master/bonnie-maclean
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Bob Peak
Known as one of the great Illustrators in America during the 1970’s Bob Peak was an influential Illustrator who brought a new meaning in the way of advertising posters, magazine covers but most importantly his creative outlook on designing Film posters.
Bob Peak was born in Denver Colorado in 1927, he had strong artistic talents from a young age even though he did not fully utilize his skills until he studied at the Art Center College of Design in L.A. where he graduated in 1951. By 1953 Peak moved to New York with his wife as an Illustrator. During this time, he did not feel like his work stood out and it was quite mundane, from this he reinvented his illustrative style and enhanced his skills by incorporating striking contrasts, bright saturation, and vibrant drawings. This led him to land his first big break advertising for Old Hickory Whiskey, and from here his career rapidly grew.
Bob Peak designed posters and magazine spreads for companies such as Sports Illustrators and posters for Cocoa-cola, but his design of West Side Story poster set him on another path. After the success of West Side Story Peak went on to design posters for some of the biggest film names in Hollywood during the 1970’s from Camelot to James Bond. Peak’s work throughout the years transformed movie posters into vibrant and innovating illustrations, from his work artists were heavily influenced by the realistic and bold designs that he was creating, this is apparent in the works of John Alvin and Richard Amsel.

 
 
 
 
https://illustrationage.com/2018/08/07/turn-back-the-pages-bernie-fuchs/
https://www.richardamselmovie.com/single-post/2017/05/28/the-life-and-legacy-of-bob-peak
https://bobpeak.com/about/
https://forcesofgeek.com/2013/06/bob-peak-american-illustrator-superstar.html
http://linesandcolors.com/2009/06/12/bob-peak/
 

Bernie Fuchs
Another highly successful illustrator for the time was Bernie Fuchs, he specialized in magazine spreads and worldwide campaign advertisements. His work stood out from the rest, working for magazines such as Good House Keeping, Sports Illustrated and Cosmopolitan to name a few. He changed the direction of Illustration and adapted a new style by painting with a light oil wash rather than the usual acrylic, this gave his work a much looser style.
From his artwork collection he has a specific eye for using unusual viewpoints, from this he could create a different narrative and show the reader a new perspective. When mocking up illustrations he would colour sketch the idea from different viewpoints until he reached the right ‘look’ this way of viewing the subject from a different eye level or with obstacles in the way was incredibly innovative in the world of Illustration in the 1970’s.
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Fashion Editorial
Grazia December 2020 Issue
How to Dress up Your Interiors and your WFH Wardrobe

In Grazia’s December edition one piece that stuck out for me was not solely based one fashion clothing and models but rather fashion and interior design. I found this article forms a relationship between our surroundings and how we dress, work and live.
The main narrative of this article is based on Giorgio Armani the famous Italian billionaire who has a high end extremely successful brand of high-end fashion, fragrance, and home wear. I believe this article is either a partnership to promote the furniture and home wear collection or just a good topical discussion. The piece is over a 2-page spread and has a main objective of trying to relate to people throughout 2020 and the year that has been, with the ‘new’ way of life being working from home and lockdown measures resulting in people having the time to reflect on their personal workspace or just home environment in general. The intention of relating to people working from home is to give the reader a positive outlook at a WFH situation and rather than falling out of routine instead inspire the reader to make the effort to dress fashionably but comfortably whilst also providing inspiration to change up your homework space or living areas, this is achieved with the added influence of Mr. Armani and his various ‘homes’ around the world.
I would like to say the target audience is everyone who is either WFH or furloughed etc. however, the article has various images of pieces that one could add to their home decorum and it would ‘transform’ the room however based on the price tag of these items and the choice of designer (a coffee pot at £2,115) I would say it is aimed at a the very wealthy so not a large majority of women or men from 25+ although, this does not mean people of a lower wage could not get inspiration and find cheaper alternatives that were based more in a realistic price range.  
The choices of location imagery vary from St. Moritz, London, Milan and Pantelleria from a small photograph of Giorgio Armani’s list of houses. We know this as the photographs are taken from within each of his residencies although no more than 2 are taken for us and they have been cleverly taken to just show the reader enough to see how the other half lives, whilst gain designer décor inspiration. By not photographing the whole room for example, the shot of just part of the library and staircase in his London town house, makes the reader curious and intrigued to wonder and imagine what the rest of the picture would be filled with. The rest of the imagery in the article contains items from Armani/Casa the home range which have been cut out probably using photoshop and placed to match with each scene of the 4 homes as a ‘this could be in your house’ to get the look.
As with the main agenda of the article the tone is classy and luxury. Tones of black, grey, and white scream sheek and sophistication. This choice of colour and tone are brought together by the choice of typography a slim fit and tall font which is common in the world of fashion adds to this sense of class and elegance.
The layout is scattered but organized with each location carefully placed with a brief description that tells the reader enough on how to achieve a similar design influence.