As the graphic designer who came up with such corporate logos as the NBC peacock and the Mobil sign, his work has a universal reach that many artists can only dream about. While some people might be content with just having reached the pinnacle of one profession, Chermayeff is also an extremely accomplished artist.
People have such a hard time visualizing the world.
There's so much they don't see. That's not surprising, considering Chermayeff's artistic lineage. His father, Serge Chermayeff , was president of the New Bauhaus in Chicago and later taught architecture at Harvard and Yale. All the while, Chermayeff was also pursuing his interest in collage. In addition to exhibiting and selling his work privately, he has illustrated two children's books with collages.