5 Graphic Designers Related to Post-Modernism
David Carson
- American - 1954 to present
- Carson is best known for his use of experimental typography and it could be said that he was the most influential graphic designer of the 1990s.
- http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/
- "David Carson was recently named one of the top five most influential designers by Graphic Design USA magazine. His work can be considered post-modern, and he largely influenced the dirty-grunge movement in design trends of the 90s. Carson started designing in the 80s with no formal schooling in the field and has since focused heavily on typography and photography. His work became well-known in the late 80s and early 90s through skateboarding and surfing magazines. Later, he started Ray Gun Magazine, a lifestyle and music magazine, and went on to start his own design firm, David Carson Design. Carson has written and co-authored a handful of books characterizing design trends. He continues to be active in the surfing community. Clients include Quiksilver, Suicide Girls, Samsung, Adidas, Nine Inch Nails, Pepsi, and Toyota.
David Carson’s design aesthetic is best seen through his works. His typographical treatments are first-rate, and he integrates photography to produce a minimal, low-fi look. In his recent work, David Carson has branched out into television and video as well, producing commercials, documentaries, short films, and more."
http://www.arsgrafik.com/david-carson/
Stefan Sagmeister
- Austria/ New York - 1962 to present
- Sagmeister is a graphic designer and typographer whose own motto is "Design that needed guts from the creator and still carries the ghost of these guts in the final execution", showing the way he falls into the post modernist category in the way that his work has doesn't fit to the rules set out in the modernist style. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Sagmeister)
- http://www.sagmeister.com/
Jonathan Barnbrook
- British - 1966 to present
- Barnbrook is a graphic designer and typographer, with a reoccurring theme in many of his works of his own personal responses to political events in the world and is known for creating emotive and controversial fonts, such as Mason, Bastard, Exocet, False Idol, Infidel, Moron, Newspeak, Olympukes, Sarcastic, Shock & Awe.
- http://www.barnbrook.net/archive/
- "JONATHAN BARNBROOK is one of the UK’s most active graphic designers. Pioneering the notion of graphic design with a social conscience, Barnbrook makes strong statements about corporate culture, consumerism, war and international politics. Working in both commercial and non-commercial spheres, Barnbrook combines originality, wit, political savvy and bitter irony in equal measures.
Founding his studio in 1990 and Virus Foundry in 1997, Barnbrook is perhaps best known for his provocatively named fonts, such as Mason (originally released as Manson), Exocet, Bastard, Prozac, Nixon and Drone. The controversy surrounding this work stems from its subversive nature and strong social commentary. Barnbrook multi layers meaning and style – working with language and letterforms in an ingenious way. He uses advertising to reveal anti-corporate messages and exhibitions to promote non-commercial work. With an international presence and local impact, Barnbrook’s work is definitely of the times.
Since graduating in graphic design from Saint Martin’s School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London, Barnbrook has developed a multifaceted practice which includes graphic design, typeface design and motion graphics. He has worked with clients as diverse as Damien Hirst and anti-corporate collective Adbusters."
Andy Warhol
- American - 1928 - 1987
- Warhol was an American pop artist/ illustrator/ graphic designer famous worldwide, known for using many different types of media in his work, such as hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. His works are often controversial and are all highly valuable.
- http://www.warhol.org/
- http://www.warholfoundation.org/
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Roy Lichtenstein
- American - 1923 - 1997
- Lichtenstein was a prominent pop artist who was heavily influenced by popular advertising and comic book style illustrations.
- http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/
