Nancy Skolos, works and designs alongside her husband Thomas Wedell. The vast majority of her projects are in partnership with him and aim to combine and collaborate photography and graphic design. She makes many collaged, three dimensional works of art that take influence from modern day architecture, technology, and paintings. Making geometric illusions and photographing…
Soundarya Rajinikanth, born Shaku Bai Rao Gaikwad, is a graphic designer based in India. She was born in Chennai on September 20th, 1984 to Indian film producer Latha Rangachari and actor Rajinikanth. Rajinikanth, Soundarya’s father, is a very well-known actor due to his exaggerated mannerisms and roles in many famous Tamil movies. He has won…
Changsha, China– Known for its deep historical significance to the Hunan Province and its large and boisterous machinery construction industry, this busy and mechanical town was once the spot where Qingyu Wu spent her childhood summers studying and learning about design and typography. The elusive designer was born in Changsha and spent most of…
For this assignment, I chose an American industrial designer by the name of Donald Deskey, who was born on November 23, 1894 in Blue Earth, Minnesota. As a student, Deskey attended three different institutions. He went to the University of California at Berkeley, and he also was a student at the Mark Hopkins Institute of…
Rick Vermeulen is a designer famously know for the “Hard Werken” magazines, which uses anarchic designs contrary to modern day typography and design styles. Rick was born on June 14, 1950 in Schiedam, Netherlands. When he entered college he decided to take up graphic design as his major at Rotterdam Academy and later graduated in…
Elliott Peter Earls interest in design began around high school. In Cincinnati, Ohio Earls attended Jesuit high school with no particular interest in academics or art. It was his mother who suggested to him to take up drawing and painting to lead him into a career in graphic design. Afterwards, Earls began his journey into…
In 1970, Luke Hayman was born in Hertfordshire, England. He graduated with honors from Central St. Martin’s School of Art in London in 1988. In 1992, Hayman moved to New York where he made his mark in publishing with attention-grabbing magazine designs and continues to live and work today. His wide range of expertise includes…
Polymode is the website/platform that was created by Silas Munro and Brian Johnson. It is a platform that allows their clients to create websites, advertisments, poetry, books, exhibitions, ect. “Polymode is a studio that leads the edge of comtemporary graphic design through poetic research, learning experiences, and making cool shit for clients in the cultural…
Emmanuel Joseph Raphael Orazi, also known as Manuel Orazi, was an Art Nouveau illustrator and poster artist. He was born in Rome in 1860 and died in Paris in 1934. Orazi was trained at the famed Italian printing house of Ricordi. By 1900, Orazi took inspiration from previous art movements including Vienna Secessionism, and Symbolism.…
David Kelley Last semester, IDEO design was mentioned in my Design Thinking class, they are a group of designers whose main goal is to be leaders of human-centered design. When the design is human-centered, this means the design solves a problem a large or small group of people have. The chair of IDEO currently…
The new idea for Sony Ericsson started with a simple core concept and a new way of colorful execution. Sony Ericsson’s famous green logo, known as “liquid identity”, emphasizes individualism and one’s feelings towards the products and accessories that allow them to be their true self. The idea is the new design should promote free…
Wolff Olins collaborated with AES, a fortune 500 global energy company, on their company transformation. AES has been transforming the energy sector with innovation and by investing in local communities. However, the transformation AES has been undergoing over the years was not properly reflected in their current branding and did not convey who they are…
Silas Munro engages multi-modal practices in hopes to inspire people to be the “best versions of themselves in order to effect positive change on society as a whole.” Munro is a full time Assistant Professor at Otis College of Art and Design. He teaches Communication Arts, Liberal Art and Sciences, Creative Action, and MFA Graphic…
This image is represents an important day which is the international day of dance. Lourdes represents this by the cup having one with girl shoe and the other with none. Meaning or giving off a meaning that the dances can be elegant or romantic or just normal or more classic. With the art she directs…
John Bielenberg is an accomplished and passionate 21st-century designer who is best known for his work in the early 2000s that aimed to create a better world. He is also well known for encouraging revolutionary design thinking processes to inspire projects of positive change in areas that need it. …