Talk:Walter Kacik
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Helvetica References
editThere is interest in the font; "Walter Kacik, Helvetica" or perhaps its just plain Helvetica - https://www.flickriver.com/photos/nicksherman/7597110354/
There is a Kacik mention here https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-sixties-part-ii-an-incomplete-history/
I don't know if this is a good source or if can be used in both articles
The “Curb your dog” sign set in Helvetica was designed not by Burtin but by Walter Kacik, a former member of Unimark International. It was unveiled in August 1967 as part of Kacik’s groundbreaking work for the New York City Department of Sanitation. Kacik used Helvetica (all lowercase!) for the typography on the Sanitation trucks. See “The Cities: New York Is New York—Alas” by John Lahr in Print XXII:II (March/April 1968), pp.55–56, New York Times August 8, 1967 and Communication Arts vol. 13, no. 4 (1971), pp. 24-31. What is odd about this discussion of Burtin’s role in disseminating Helvetica is that it overlooks a project of his involving Helvetica that is documented: signage for a Cleveland neighborhood c.1968. See Burtin’s contribution to “Transportation Graphics” in Dot Zero 5 (Fall 1968), pp. 18–22. Furthermore, the Will Burtin archives at Rochester Institute of Technology include boxes 19.1–19.3, 19.4, 239.1+, 241.1+, 262+, 227.1–227.2+, 239.2–240.2+, 243.1–245.2+ and drawer 53.2–53.3 related to the University Circle, Cleveland signage project—yet it is not mentioned in this book. See Will Burtin Archives Finding Aid Flibbertigibbets (talk) 04:13, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
More about Kacik his firm and Helvetica
Flibbertigibbets (talk) 04:58, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
The oxymoron of having a design esthetic that is lilly white for garbage
edithttps://books.google.com/books?id=DuECAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&dq=%22walter+Kacik%22+designer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZytG1rbT7AhWtSDABHfM_DToQ6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&q=%22walter%20Kacik%22%20designer&f=false Flibbertigibbets (talk) 04:16, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
Street Furniture
editEvidently he also designed street furniture
"Avoiding the christmas tree effect of signs (I have seen that quotation elsewhere)
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Art_and_Design_in_1960s_New_York/qN0aEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22walter+Kacik%22+designer&pg=PA174&printsec=frontcover Flibbertigibbets (talk) 04:57, 17 November 2022 (UTC)