On the eve of world war ii, world events forced the united states to cast aside its neutrality, traditionalism, and provincialism in order to embrace modernism, technology, and global power. this is signified in the design of the 1939 poster "iced a& p coffee" by , whose strong cubist beginnings yielded to a stylized realism.

The correct answer is Joseph Binder. He was an Austrian designer whose work was influenced by Cubism and De Stijl in his posters. He emigrated to the United States and won many poster competitions, organized by the Museum of Modern Art MOMA. He also worked for the National Defense, the United Nations, and the American Red Cross.  Binder later became art director for the U.S. Navy Department.