April Greiman, born 1948, is an American graphic designer and early adopter of computer technology as a design tool. She also played a prominent role in popularizing America’s European New Wave style in the 1970s and 80s. Often considered the… Continue Reading →
Paula Scher is one of the most influential living designers. I mean, she’s included in the Netflix documentary series, Abstract, so yeah. She’s kind of a big deal. Paula Scher began her career in the 1970s when she moved to… Continue Reading →
Victor Moscoso was a Spanish-American poster designer and self-published comic book artist that helped pioneer the psychedelic art movement in the 1960s. Moscoso was one of the first formally trained artists and designers breaking ground in the area of psychedelic… Continue Reading →
Ivan Chermayeff was the son of Russian-born British architect Serge Chermayeff. He started his career in 1954 after studying at Phillips Academy of Andover, Harvard, and The Institute of Design (New Bauhaus). Soon after, Chermayeff founded one of the best-known… Continue Reading →
Dada-y of The Dada Movement Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a French artist born July 1887. He grew up in a particularly artistic household. His direct family read books, made music together, painted, and played chess, and his paternal grandfather, Émile Frédéric… Continue Reading →
David Hockney is considered one of the most influential living artists. He contributed heavily to the pop art movement in the 1960s and is still active today. He works in many mediums, including but not limited to painting, photography, set… Continue Reading →
A hand rendered historical type identification poster! (12×24 inches). I started my type identification poster by conducting a considerable amount of research. I knew I wanted to use digital versions of typefaces as guides when rending type by hand. This… Continue Reading →
Maurice de Vlaminck was born in Paris in 1876 to a pair of music teachers. Vlaminck learned violin from his father early in life and had many artistic interests, including poetry and (gasp!) writing light pornographic stories. In Vlaminck’s early… Continue Reading →
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic’s Tasteless Advertising Ironically lemon flavoured, Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic was a medicine created to help fight the fevers that came along with contracting Malaria. Invented by an American pharmacist, Edwin Wiley Grove, the tonic went to market in… Continue Reading →
When presented with the brief for this project, I thought it might be fun to carve my own template for a woodblock print. Still, it took me a few days to decide I wanted to attempt a Japanese-style print. I… Continue Reading →