David carson, graphic designer

DAVID CARSON

Lara TannerDigital Grid

SystemsMay 11, 2010

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

DAVID CARSON

…born in texas, raised in new york… majored in sociology… taught high school… ranked as 9th best surfer in the world in 1989… first design jobs were for surf and skateboard magazines… art direction at ray gun magazine brought him worldwide attention… deconstructive layouts featured distorted typefaces and fractured imagery… used dingbat font for article he deemed boring… called the “father of grunge”… advises “don’t mistake legibility for communication”…believes in the emotion of design

American AirlinesAmerican ExpressAT&TAtlanta Olympics CommitteeBritish AirwaysBudweiserChevy CamaroCNNCuervo Gold David ByrneFox TVGiorgio ArmaniIntelKodakLevi Strauss JeansLucent TechnologiesPepsi ColaMagic Johnson Aids FoundationMeg RyanMercedes-Benz

Metropolis MGM Studios

MicrosoftMTV Global

NBCNewsweek

NikeNine Inch Nails

NissanPackard Bell

PrincoQuiksilver

Ray BanSony

SpaldingSpeak Magazine

SuzukiToyota

Warner Bros.Xerox

CLIENTSSince 1989 David Carson has won

more than 170 awards, including:

• Best Overall Design, Society of Publication Designers in New

York.

• Cover of the Year, Society of Publication Designers in New

York.

• Award of Best Use of Photography in Graphic Design

• Designer of the Year 1998, International Center of

Photography

• Designer of the Year 1999, International Center of

Photography

• Master of Typography, Graphics magazine (NY)

• The most famous graphic designer on the planet, April 2004 -

London Creative Review magazine (London)

• 9 Addy awards for print and broadcast work, February 2006

HONORS

“If you think it’s HARD to READ or TOO WEIRD, you’re probably not the audience,and THAT’S F I N E.”

– David Carson

QUOTE

MAGAZINES

MAGAZINES

MAGAZINES

MAGAZINES – RAY GUN

MAGAZINES – RAY GUN

MAGAZINES – RAY GUN

MAGAZINES – RAY GUN

“Boring” article set entirely in Zapf Dingbats

POSTERS

Aspen Design Conference U of Cincinnati Lecture

POSTERS

Workshop and lecture in Venice

Political symposium

POSTERS

Barack Obama Presidential Campaign

POSTERS

‘Helvetica’ the movie

POSTERS

Atlantic Center for the Arts

Le Book conference

ADVERTISING

Kodak Ray Ban

ADVERTISING

ADVERTISING

Cougar Paper Company Chevy Camaro

ADVERTISING

Suicide Girls brochure Samsung

BRANDING AND LOGO DESIGN

PRODUCT DESIGN

BOOKS

BOOKS