Influential Designers- May 13

Amanda- Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan sounds like a very interesting guy, of course because he worked with my designer, Tibor. After working with TIbor at M&Co. he learned to think like Tibor and design like Tibor. His quote that Amanda told us, Go out and find people dont wait for them, is true and it is something that my parents tall me all the time.

Jenna- Clement Mok

I think it is soooo awesome that he worked with Apple! That would be sooo cool and the connections that you would have would be great as well! Also to learn the techniques and to be able to apply them to your own business would most likely make your business successful!

Sarah- Leo Burnett

His website was AWESOME!!!!!! I think that his 3 symbols were great for describing himself. He also worked with a lot  of very well known businesses. And i really enjoyed his designs.

Influential Designers- May 11

Katie- David Carson

His typographic design and asymmetrical layout inspired abstract artists. Being a surfer influenced his work. His designs had no grid or layout, they were cluttered, his lettering was all over and different sizes, and expressive. He became highly successful despite the fact that he never actually went to school for design, he only attended a few workshops. Carson opened his own design business, and is well known for designing covers for Ray Gun magazine. 

Alexis- Matthew Carter

Called the father of typography, he learned to do type by hand from his father, who was also a typographer. He created many fonts and created ink traps, all of which are still used today. He was the founder of Carter & Cone Inc. and redesigned MoMA logo. In his work he used different fonts and colors. I found it pretty awesome that he used the linotype machine to lay his type even after computers. 

Influential Designers- May 8

Barber- Neville Brody 

Neville Broady worked with typography but he did it differently from other typographers. Brody always pushed himself to find new ways to make the text look. He would use like 4 or 5 different programs at the same time to get different effects for text. He also believed that the typeface he used made a difference to the reader. I agree with this, just like colors, fonts can give you a different feeling or attitude towards something.

Amanda- Art Chantry

Amanda told us that Art witnessed a lot of abuse as a child until he and his mother moved away from his father and even then they struggled financially. His childhood influenced his art. His work was not clean cut and most of the time it over lapped. The use of images in his work shows that he has a dadaist philosophy.

Zak- Storm Thorgerson

Storm knew the members of Pink Floyd since grammar school and created a lot of their stuff including their logo. He like to use a major central object with a smaller object next to it, which I find interesting because you don't usually hear it put like that. Most of the work he did seems to have been for music, album covers and some music videos he made. I feel that his close relationship with Pink Floyd are what made his work popular.

Influential Designers- May 6

Allie - April Greiman

I liked the way April broke away from the normal typography. Her art is very bright, bold, and collage like. I like that the elements overlap each other giving it the collage look, it is unique. I think that staying with New Wave Design and using it in her career is ultimately what made April impact graphic design so greatly. 

Sam- Milton Glaser

Milton accomplished a lot working at Push Pin Studios, New York Magazine, WBMG, and his own Milton Glaser Inc. His I <3>

Anna- Seymour Chwast

Seymore also worked at Push Pin Studios and was actually one of the guys whose work was in the Push Pin Almanack, which is what led to Push Pin Studios. Anna had on her powerpoint something about Disney, was it that he worked with Disney? I found it very interesting that he preferred woodcuts and speedball pens and I liked that he focused on a large central image.