David Carson 50 is a well-known graphic designer, art director and surfer. He is renowned for his “Grunge typography”. breaking the rules and grids. His experimental typography and magazine design inspire young designers. He is a pioneer of an aesthetic called “Grunge typography”.
Early life 200
David Carson started his career as a graphic designer relatively late. He actually was not majored at graphic design or any related major first. He studied sociology at San Diego State University and graduated with “honor and distinction“. After graduate, he worked as a high school teacher in San Diego from 1982 to 1987. During that time, he was also professional surfer, qualified as 9th in the world.
Calson’s first experience in graphic design …show more content…
He became an art director of Skaterboarder magazine called Transworld Skaterboard. During four years, Calson developed his experimental aesthetic of typography. His chaotic visual expression was unconventional and groundbreaking. Then, Calson moved on to the magazine Beach Culture and became an art director. Even though he produced only six issues, his work at Beach Culture brought him more than 150 design awards.
Raygun 200
In 1992, Carson started a career that made Carson gain a recognition and earned him a title of “Godfather of Grunge”. He was hired by Marvin Scott Jarrett and became an art director of alternative rock and roll music magazine Raygun. His experimental approach in design explode at Raygun. Carson played with column, space, font, title and body copy.
Raygun’s first issue seems numerous custom typefaces from anywhere were used. So for the second issue, Calson gave him restriction to numbers of typefaces. He selected and used only five different fonts. Then, the result was pretty nice. However, he abandoned this idea on third …show more content…
He started to attract well-known and wealthy clients. His design firm worked for Nike, Pepsi Cola, Ray Bans, Levi Strauss Jeans, MTV Global, Microsoft, Giorgio Armani, CNN, Fox TV, NBC, Mercedes, AT&T Corporation, British Airways, Kodak, Lycra, Packard Bell, Sony, Suzuki, Toyota, Budweiser, American Airlines, Warner Bros. and many other major corporates. However, Carson closed his New York City studio in 2000. Then he moved to Charleston, South Carolina. But, Carson backed to New York City. Now he lives and works in New York City.
Later work 150
Carson started work for the Gibbes Museum of Art as a freelance creative director in 2004. Also, he directed TV commercials of American Airlines, Xerox, Budweiser, Lucent Technologies and other various companies in that year.
In 2009, Carson gave a lecture titled design and discovery at TED
Early life 200
David Carson started his career as a graphic designer relatively late. He actually was not majored at graphic design or any related major first. He studied sociology at San Diego State University and graduated with “honor and distinction“. After graduate, he worked as a high school teacher in San Diego from 1982 to 1987. During that time, he was also professional surfer, qualified as 9th in the world.
Calson’s first experience in graphic design …show more content…
He became an art director of Skaterboarder magazine called Transworld Skaterboard. During four years, Calson developed his experimental aesthetic of typography. His chaotic visual expression was unconventional and groundbreaking. Then, Calson moved on to the magazine Beach Culture and became an art director. Even though he produced only six issues, his work at Beach Culture brought him more than 150 design awards.
Raygun 200
In 1992, Carson started a career that made Carson gain a recognition and earned him a title of “Godfather of Grunge”. He was hired by Marvin Scott Jarrett and became an art director of alternative rock and roll music magazine Raygun. His experimental approach in design explode at Raygun. Carson played with column, space, font, title and body copy.
Raygun’s first issue seems numerous custom typefaces from anywhere were used. So for the second issue, Calson gave him restriction to numbers of typefaces. He selected and used only five different fonts. Then, the result was pretty nice. However, he abandoned this idea on third …show more content…
He started to attract well-known and wealthy clients. His design firm worked for Nike, Pepsi Cola, Ray Bans, Levi Strauss Jeans, MTV Global, Microsoft, Giorgio Armani, CNN, Fox TV, NBC, Mercedes, AT&T Corporation, British Airways, Kodak, Lycra, Packard Bell, Sony, Suzuki, Toyota, Budweiser, American Airlines, Warner Bros. and many other major corporates. However, Carson closed his New York City studio in 2000. Then he moved to Charleston, South Carolina. But, Carson backed to New York City. Now he lives and works in New York City.
Later work 150
Carson started work for the Gibbes Museum of Art as a freelance creative director in 2004. Also, he directed TV commercials of American Airlines, Xerox, Budweiser, Lucent Technologies and other various companies in that year.
In 2009, Carson gave a lecture titled design and discovery at TED