graphic design artist

David Carson

David Carson (born September 8, 1954) is an American graphic designer, art director and surfer. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. He was the art director for the magazine Ray Gun, in which he employed much of the typographic and layout style for which he is known. In particular, his widely imitated aesthetic defined the so-called "grunge typography" era

Carson graduated with “honors and distinction” from San Diego state university, where he received a BFA degree in sociology. A former professional surfer, he was ranked #9 in the world during his college days. Numerous groups including the New York Type Directors Club, American Center for Design and I.D. magazine have recognized his studio’s work with a wide range of clients in both the business and arts worlds. Carson and his work have been featured in over 180 magazine and newspaper articles around the world, including a feature in Newsweek magazine, and a front page article in the new york times . London-based Creative Review magazine dubbed Carson “Art Director of the Era.” The American Center for Design (Chicago) called his work on Ray Gun magazine “the most important work coming out of America.” His work on Beach Culture magazine won “Best Overall Design” and “Cover of the Year” from the Society of Publication Designers in New York.

Carson’s first book, with Lewis Blackwell, The End of Print, (forward by David Byrne) is the top selling graphic design book of all time, selling over 200,000 copies, and printed in 5 different languages.The work featured in The End of Print is the subject of various one-man exhibitions throughout Europe and Latin America,Asia and australia. Carson’s other titles include 2nd Sight, Fotografiks (with design historian Philip Meggs). He has two recently released books, TREK and The Book of Probes with Marshall McLuhan. David is also art director for the Mcluhan estate(“the medium is the message”).

Carson lectures extensively throughout the world, as well as at colleges throughout the U.S., including Cranbrook, ART center, Notre dame, RISD and Cal Arts. he has had numerous one man exhibitions of his work worldwide, and has spoken at over 100professional symposiums, including “Designer As Editor” at the Design Institute in Amsterdam. He teaches a week long workshop at the school of visual arts in nyc each summer.

The International Center for Photography (NY) singled out Carson as the “Designer of the Year” for his use of photography and design. Print Magazine proclaimed his work “Brilliant,” while USA Today described it as “visually stunning,” adding that his design of Ray Gun Magazine “may actually get young people reading again.”

Typography, a title published by Graphics magazine (NY), lists Carson as a “Master of Typography.” I.D. magazine chose Carson for their list of “America’s most innovative designers”. A feature in Newsweek magazine said of Carson “he changed the public face of graphic design”. The graphic design publication Emigre devoted an entire issue to Carson, the only American designer to be so honored in the magazine’s history. And in April 2004, London based creative review magazine calls David, “the most famous graphic designer on the planet”. David recently picked up 4 gold awards at the Charleston ADDY awards, including a “special judges award” for “professionalism”.

In the past few years, Carson has branched out into film and television to direct commercials and videos. He directed the launch commercials for Lucent technologies and teamed up with william burroughs in Carson’s short film, “The End of Print”. He also collaborated with Harvard Business School professor John Kao on a documentary entitled “The Art and Discipline of Creativity.” David designed the worldwide branding campaign for Microsoft, as well as the worldwide advertising for Giorgio Armani (Milan). He has appeared in advertisements endorsing Apple Computers, Samsung monitors and various paper companies. Carson has art directed and designed Surfer, Tw Skateboarding, Tw Snowboarding, Beach Culture, and Ray Gun magazines. He has an extensive list of international clients: Nine Inch nails, Toyota, Mercedes benz, Bank of Montreal, Microsoft, Quicksilver, Meg Ryan, David Byrne, Bush, Pepsi, and Xerox.

David is featured in both “The History of Graphic Design” by Philip Meggs, as well as”The Encyclopedia of Surfing” by Matt Warsaw.

He designed a special issue of Surfing Magazine titled “Explorations” which came out in july of ’04. He also recently directed a television commercial for the progressive UMPQUA Bank in Seattle, Washington.

David’s work continues to be subjective and largely driven by intuition, with an emphasis on reading material before designing it, and experimenting with ways to communicate in a variety of mediums. Carson remains a hands on designer, keeping his studio small and mobile.

David Carson art work

Shukor Yahya

About Shukor Yahya

Shukor Yahya is a Contemporary Artist and a Graphic Designer with 35 years of experience in Graphic designing and painting. His first degree is a Bachelor in Graphic Design from University Teknologi MARA (1976).After his graduation he was attached to McCann Erickson as a visualizer and a JuniorArt Director. Then he joined Idris Associates before being snapped up by WingsCreative Consultants, which was later bought over by BBDO International. Therehe worked with Tan Sri Lim Kok Wing as an art Director until 1984. He was also a Creative Director at Merit Design Consultants, Kuala Lumpur. In 1988 the Rotatry Club International sponsored him to stay in Melbourne as an Artist in Residence at Raja Azhar Gallery at Franklin Street, Melbourne, where he hold two solo exhibitions. Thus gave him a fruitful sabatical.From 1989-1998 he was the head of Packaging Design unit at Bates Asia.When he left advertising he went to pursue his post graduate study and earned hisMaster (MA) of Art and Design Education from DeMontfort University, Leicester, the UK in 2002.After graduated he taught at the department of Media Study, Faculty of SocialScience, University of Malaya until 2004. He had travelled in many countries includingSingapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, Greece,United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, England, Wales, the USA and Switzerland. When he started painting seriously he revived the art of Kufi square and quickly earned a reputationfor his unique approach in painting. Because of his individuality in style many art enthusiasts are mesmerized by what he had produced. Beginning 2010 he has signed a five years agreement signifying his partnership with CARAN d'ACHE based in Geneva, Switzerland.I refuse to repeat the works of the old masters as we're already having a stalemate in introducing a new art movement these days.So, here i am creating something new and contemporary and modern appealing to many walks of life. Less

Education:

Shukor Yahya obtained a Master of Arts in Art and Design Education degree from De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. and he has participated in many group and solo exhibitions locally and oversea.

Events:

Eastern Art Price 
Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London.
March, 2010.

Baselworld, Switzerland. 
18-25th March, 2010.

Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), 
18 -19th May, 2010.

Psyche of Art @ Rain Forest, Kuala Lumpur. 
4th- 19th July, 2010.

Salon du Livre Ancien at Paris, France 
28th of April to the 12th May, 2011.

Shukor Yahya artwork

Faezal Muniran

Faezal Muniran was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1978. He studied graphic design and illustration before exploring digital media for his postgraduate study. During daytime he is a lecturer in Universiti Teknologi MARA specializing in new media, comics and illustration. While at night he is indulging himself as comic artist working on his personal and commissioned project. In 2007, he won a grant in the Digital Comic Competition for his comic project ‘The Time Mission’ and in January 2008 he was one of the winners in the Cerita Rakyat Malaysia (Malaysian Folklore) Creative Competition with his character design for ‘Si Bongkok and the Warriors of Tanjung Puteri’ organized by MSC and MDEC Malaysia. He is currently finishing his graphic novel and digital comic for ‘The Time Mission Vol. 1’ and a children’s sci-fi and fantasy e-comic adventure entitled ‘Dunia Asing’. He is also researching on how comics and graphic novels can help with reading literacy among school children in Malaysia.

PieR Gajewski was born on the 13th November 1976 in France.
He graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de l’Image (Comics Art School of Angoulême – France) and was in residency at the Author’s House of Angoulême for 2 years. He loves to draw and to think about different ways to make comics. He took part to many international comics book (as Comic Book Artist – Tribute to Will Eisner (USA), Sturgeon White Moss (UK)) and keeps on questioning the comics media via his graphical poems. For some months he has been illustrating articles for the French press and he’s currently working on an exhibition of drawings and photos of cities with Carole Sionnet.

Art Work By faezal Muniran and Pier Gajewski