Sunday, 19 March 2017

Inspirational Designer - David Carson

Born in 1955, David Carson is an American graphics designer and art director, famous for his experimental typography in Ray Gun magazine. His work was big around the 'grunge' era, and his layouts, style and aesthetics were defines as 'grunge typography'. 


I find Carson's work very interesting and inspiring due to his typography and the composition of his work. The layout he uses makes the viewer have to think about what the words say, therefore making them think more about the meaning behind this. His quotation above "Don't mistake legibility for communication" reflects the ideas behind his work as he is communicating with the viewer through his typography, however he is not making his typography clear, therefore his meanings aren't clear. 


In this design bellow, the letters in 'David Carson' are all different sizes and this is an element I may add to my work. I love how it is as if chunks of the letters are missing, but the viewer can still read the words without difficulty. I also like the idea of having some words upside down, almost as a reflection and this is something I am going to attempt to add to my design. I may create a badge where all the words are upside down, in order to make it different from the others and add a different typography element to it. 


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