Thursday, May 14, 2009

Presentations May 11th

Tibor Kalman
After escaping Hungary and moving to the United States, Kalman began to work in what later became the first Barnes & Noble becoming the supervisor of their in-house Graphic's department. Then Liz Trovato, who later became his wife, and Kalman started up the Graphic's girm M&Co. He went on from there to become editor of Colors magazine.

David Carson
More of a Typography artist. His signature style used non-mainstream photography and his characteristic 'grunge style.' He became the art director of Transworld Skateboarding magazine. He went on to open his own studio and "work(ed) for Pepsi Cola, Ray Ban (orbs project), Nike, Microsoft, Budweiser, Giorgio Armani, NBC, American Airlines and Levi Strauss Jeans, and later worked for a variety of new clients, including AT&T, British Airways, Kodak, Lycra, Packard Bell, Sony, Suzuki, Toyota, Warner Bros., CNN, Cuervo Gold, Johnson AIDS Foundation, MTV Global, Princo, Lotus Software, Fox TV, Nissan, quiksilver, Intel, Mercedes-Benz, MGM Studios and Nine Inch Nails."

Matthew Carter
Another type designer, he helped with the transition from physical type faces to digital. Creating typefaces like the ones for the Bell Telephone Company. He created Bitstream Inc. with Mike Parker, one of the largest type foundries. He went on to start his own comapny Carter & Cone with Cherie Cone.

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