Remembering Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, who made graphic design bigger and bolder

“I wanted to mix life and design and art,” said the iconic graphic designer Barbara “Bobbie” Stauffacher Solomon in a 2018 short documentary film about her work. And for most of her life, that’s exactly what Stauffacher Solomon did. [Photo: Wikipedia] Stauffacher Solomon died on Tuesday at the age of 95. During her career, she was known as a pioneer of “supergraphics,” the larger-than-life art form that combined mural art with graphic design. Her daughter, artist Nellie King...