Wednesday, January 12, 2011
6:00 PM
David Carson - is an American graphic designer. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. He was the art director for the magazine Ray Gun. Carson was perhaps the most influential graphic designer of the nineties. In particular, his widely imitated aesthetic defined the so-called "grunge typography" era.
- Aiga (American Institute of Graphic Art)
For those of you wondering, the DLXS series are a series of lectures started by my friend, Peter Soutillo, from leaders or actors of influence within the film, gaming, and of course, graphic design. EA, Nickelodeon, guys from those companies have already lectured. But this could be the greatest one of all, this is a definite must-see for the hungry Graphic Designer. David Carson, as we all know, is one of the most influential Graphic Designers of all time, with his outspoken and vibrant typography illustrations, as well as his work on Ray Gun magazine. He also brought along a different philosophy to text treatment that many Graphic Designers still follow today: Text should be used as an editable shape, and should be applied within the design. He also utilized the text on the screen and made them aesthetically pleasing. He made design with them. Funny enough, I hated his work last year. I was a firm believer of structure within design, so his work simply gave me a bit of a headache, to be frank. Going into into skateboard illustrations, I then realized that maybe a little chaos can work. I began studying up on his work, as well as made a few mockups of his style, and I ended up finding his past compositions to be much more enjoyable than first noticed. Here's a solid example of his work:
Whenever I want actual art produced through Illustrator and InDesign, I look to him and (everything else to Paul Rand) first. While he was grunge, his style can be used by any and all Graphic Designers. Meet you there!
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