Marti Guixe was born in 1964 in Barcelona, Spain. At 21, Guixe graduated from his interior design studies at Elisava, a school of design located in Barcelona. In 1986, after Elisava, he enrolled into an industrial design program at Milan Polytechnic, located in Italy. After school, Guixe worked as a design consultant for two years…
Robynne Raye was the author and curator of this collection for the book, 1000 Dog Portraits. This book is comprised of artwork by different artists around the world. This shows the different ways a dog can be drawn through color, breed, and style. She made this piece happen during the era of her lawsuit against Target…
For another look at Zhou Peng’s exceptional art, I have chosen the “Negative-Overflowing Desire” piece. This art through the lens of the artist is supposed to represent negativity and jealousy that can collect over time. I think this piece has so much meaning as the bundle of collective negativity blocks the light stream which can…
One of the art pieces I picked out to look at by Zhou Peng is called “Self-Portrait”. It is a mixed media design created by printing out a picture of himself on paper, taking the picture, and burning it in certain places. The portrait is mostly ash but there is still a faintly visible eye…
“Méndez has committed to diversity and inclusion, and she is a role model for aspiring young women designers across Latin America.” – UCLA, Design Media Arts, 2022, https://dma.ucla.edu/faculty/profiles/?ID=32 Rebeca Méndez was born in Mexico City in 1962. She immigrated to California, United States, in 1980. There, Rebeca graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Design…
German painter, graphic designer, advertiser, and historian, Walter Dexel, was born on February 7th, 1890 in Munich, Germany. Dexel was a self-taught painter but eventually took private drawing classes, taught by H. Gröber, to sharpen the skills he learned by practicing himself at an early age. At the same time, from 1910 to 1914, Dexel…
Bruno Munari was an extremely influential and successful figure in the field of design. Munari was born on October 24, 1907 in Milan, Italy. (“Bruno Munari – Biography and Works”) Milan is where he first started his path to success. Throughout his career he was known to be provocative in a poetic and humorous way,…