History:

Sam was a premiere commercial artist working in the Boston area from the 1960s through the 1990s. Best known as the original packaging artist for Hasbro’s GI Joe, Sam also used his talents to create logos, branding, and packaging for numerous high profile clients including Poland Springs, TJ Maxx, Hasbro, Smokey the Bear, the World Wildlife Fund, Dennison, Fluff, Sunkist, Oceanspray, Gillette, Friendly’s, Dunkin Donuts, BASF, BOSE, Gorton’s Fishsticks, the Massachusetts State Lottery, Venus Crackers, Jose Cuervo, Polaroid, Boston College, Harvard, the Boston Bruins, the Boston Red Sox, Liberty Mutual, Hewlett Packard, and many others. After starting two design studios, Thresher & Petrucci, and then Sam Petrucci & Associates, Sam worked at Gunn Associates on Newbury Street until his retirement in 1994.