Famous Designers

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Paul Rand

Paul Rand was a hugely influencial graphic designer. He lived between 1914-1996 and, over several decades, was considered to be one of the world’s foremost innovaters in the field of graphics and advertising.

Influencd by many designers and artists, including Le Corbusier and Paul Klee, Paul Rand’s designs went on to create a huge impact in the fields of advertising, corporate identity and branding, being responsible for developing brands for such giants as the ABC, IBM and UPS.

Paul Rand’s books include ‘A Designer’s Art’ and ‘Thoughts on Design’.

Milton Glaser

Milton Glaser is one of the most famous American graphic designers of the 20 century. Milton Glaser is the designer behind some of the most famous popular icons, including the ‘I love New York’ campaign for the New York State Department of Commerce and, in particular, numerous advertising posters, record covers and soup cans.

Giambattista Bodoni

Giambattista Bodoni was an Italian typographer, engraver, type designer and printer who lived between 1740 and 1813. Giambattista Bodoni gave his name to the series of fonts that he designed.

David Carson

Like Neville Brody, typographer and graphic designer David Carson became influential in the late 1980’s and 1990s for experimental typeface designs. David Carson’s designs were featured heavily in surfing and skateboarding magazines.

A tribute to other self-taught designers, David Carson broke most of the rules of design and typography, a process that was made easy with the use of desk top publishing programs, such as Pagemaker, QuarkXpress and Illustrator. He experimented with overlapping and distorted fonts and intermixed these with striking photographic images.

William Caslon

A typeface designer and engraver, William Caslon lived in England between 1692 and 1766. William Caslon’s typefaces became extremely popular in the mid-to-late 18th century and were used for many important printed works. A version of Caslon typeface was used for printing the first edition of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Wally Olins

It is hard thinking about the terms corporate identity or branding, without thinking of the name Wally Olins (often incorrectly spelt as Ollins). Wally Olins was a co-founder of the corporate identity and branding agency, Wolff Olins.

Wally Olins book ‘Corporate Identity’ is considered to be the starting point for any serious study of the subject. When you hear art directors or and creative directors mumbling about something being on-brand, chances are they heard it first from Wally Olins. ‘On Band’ is also the title of his most recent book.