Tibor Kalman

Tibor Kalman July 6, 1949 was an influential American graphic designer of Hungarian origin, well-known for his work as editor-in-chief of Colors magazine.Kalman worked at a small New York City bookstore that eventually became Barnes & Noble. He later became the supervisor of their in-house design department. Kalman also worked as creative director of Interview magazine in the early 1990s.Kalman became founding editor-in-chief of the Benetton-sponsored Colors magazine in 1990. In 1993, Kalman closed M&Co and moved to Rome, to work exclusively on the magazine.In 1997, Kalman re-opened M&Co and continued to work until his death in 1999 in Puerto Rico, shortly before a retrospective of his graphic design work entitled Tiborocity opened its U.S. tour at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.