Emily McAlpine

Alleged Creator of ‘Generation X’: Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist, designer, and visual artist that honestly really catches my eye with all the work he does.  I think it’s so cool that someone who is so famed now, studied two minutes away from me… Continue Reading →

(Literally) Writing/ Designing her Own History: Carol Twombly

Carol Twombly is a famous calligrapher and typeface designer, who had a relatively short, but revolutionary career. Initially studying at the Rhode Island School of Design for architecture, she soon realized graphic design was her calling and changed her major. … Continue Reading →

Paving the Way for Female Designers: Paula Scher

Paula Scher is an American graphic designer, painter, and art educator in design who has completely revolutionized the graphic designing industry. She did her education at the Tyler School of Art and graduated in 1970 with her Bachelor of Fine… Continue Reading →

The Drug-Induced Rewire on The Brain: Victor Moscoso

Victor Moscoso is a revolutionary artist who pioneered the vibrant psychedelic art style that can catch anybody’s glance. I personally love the look of psychedelic artwork, but Moscoso’s work really caught my attention because of his mesmerizing use of complementary… Continue Reading →

The Designer who Changed Cinema: Saul Bass

Saul Bass is an incredibly renowned graphic designer and filmmaker across the globe. Bass’s work was also one of the very first graphic designers I was ever introduced to, and I instantly fell in love with his style. His style was… Continue Reading →

The Artist Appointed by the Queen of England: Glenn Brown

Who is he? In England in 1966, a renowned artist Glenn Brown is born, and to this present day is continuing to make art in London. He has always been intrigued by artists and their paintings, so he decided to… Continue Reading →

Type Identification Poster

For my type identification poster, I wanted to design something that would stand out, and after many (and I mean many) ideas I decided to use a “drinking” or “bar theme” hence the title, Tipsy Typefaces. I wanted to visually… Continue Reading →

The First Composed Cartoon, Swiftly Sets Sail into an Empire

Although we all know and love the Mickey Mouse we grew up with, our childhoods could have been very different if he wasn’t the replacement for another character. Walt Disney’s ‘Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’ was a popular cartoon rabbit making… Continue Reading →

The Surrealism Artist Who Outlived the Rest: Dorothea Tanning

Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don’t see a different purpose for it now. Dorothea Tanning, 2002 About Tanning In 1910 in Illinois, Dorothea Tanning, a soon-to-be-famous American painter, printmaker, sculptor,… Continue Reading →

The Titanic’s murderous maiden voyage

The Titanic was a luxurious British steamship built in 1911 which carried over 1,500 passengers to their demise during its journey from Southampton, England, to New York. The reasoning’s behind the ship’s creation The Titanic was the outcome of a… Continue Reading →

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