David Carson

David Carson, the American Graphic Designer from New York is known for his innovative magazine design and experimental typography was perhaps the most influential graphic designers of the nineties. David Carson’s signature style in the late eighties was the use of “dirty” and “grunge” type.
Carson was a teacher at a High School in San Diego and then moved on to becoming the art director of a Skateboarding magazine until he founded his own studio in New York city in the nineties and starting doing work for Pepsi cola, Ray Ban, Nike, Microsoft, Giorgio Armani, Kodak and many other Clients.
In 1995, Carson published his first book “End of Print” which sold over 200,000 copies in five languages. “End of Print” became the best-selling graphic design book worldwide.
Carson inspired many young designers in the 1990s when he took an interest in a new school of typography and photography-based graphic design. Carson does not follow the “traditional” standards in graphic design. He Basically done whatever he wanted with his work and didn’t go by the rules like everyone else. His work is considered explorative of thoughts and ideas that became “lost” in the subconscious. Carson has been one of the greatest influences on modern graphic design in the last 25 years as he twisted and manipulated photography and type together.

"It's not about knowing all the gimmicks and photo tricks. If you haven't got the eye, no program will give it to you" - David Carson
In my persepctive, Carson is trying to give out the idea that if you can use a program that can do gimmicks and photo tricks it wont mean anything if you haven't got the eye to really see design on another level. Design must be created by you, not a program. Programs just add to it.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carson_(graphic_designer)

http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/

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