Charles Spencer Anderson
Charles Spencer Anderson was born in 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1981 for graphic design. By 1985 he joined the Duffy Design Group, where he then became a partner. The mid-1980s was a time of artistic, technological and demographic transitions, and Anderson was in its vortex. His work confronted Modernist institutional conformity that had dominated corporate identity since the ’60s, and he was the alternative. In 1989, with only one client, the French Paper Company, the enterprising Charles formed Charles S. Anderson Design. Anderson's long-running campaign for the company, called it "the bonehead style." Charles is recognized for creating a design language that elevates the vernacular into a playful, modern design style and pioneering the role of designer as entrepreneur. Charles S. Anderson is a designer and also has the passion of a linguist. He has collected and transformed a lot of anonymous commercial-arts artifacts from the Depression era and beyond into a bona fide graphic-design language that is easy to understand and fun to apply. He inflated authentic vernacular into a playful design style which then grew into a successful business. Charles S. Anderson's studio consists of pure pop culture art. He has also designed the Paramount Pictures and Turner Classic Movies logos, along with some Target and Nike logos. He has also helped design packaging for certain things including toys, beer, and soap. Anderson's massive and most long-term client has been French Paper Company, in Michigan since 1985. Anderson's wife has helped design some of the soap packaging. All of Anderson's work is done by hand, even though it looks to be done on illustrator. He like what he does and has a lot of fun doing so.
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Charles Spencer Anderson teamed up with French Paper to make a line of product called Pop Ink. This is one of their designs and this is called Fashion Plates.
Charles Spencer Anderson's Peacock Envelope Folder
This image by Anderson is called Politically Incorrect
This is a candy themed promotion introduced to the world by French Paper, (Anderson's biggest client) biggest and most consumer-friendly paper line.
These are logos that Charles S. Anderson has designed for Nike, Halifax Health, Betty Crocker, etc.
Paula Scher
Paula Scher was born in Virginia on October 6, 1948 and is an American graphic designer, painter and art educator in design, and the first female principal at Pentagram, which she joined in 1991. She studied at the Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania and earned a bachelor of fine arts in 1970. Paula then moved to New York City and got her first job as a layout artist for Random House's children's book division. Paula started her early career working as a record cover art director at both Atlantic and CBS Records in the early 1970s. Paula also co-founded Koppel & Scher with Terry Koppel in 1984, a fellow graduate from Tyler School of Art. She later joined Pentagram in 1991 as a partner after the studio suffered from the recession. Paula Scher has worked for many clients in almost every field. She has created visual identities for Citibank, The New York City Ballet, Asia Society, etc. Scher is also an outstanding educator and speaker. she has taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York for more than two decades and also held teaching positions at the Cooper Union, Yale University and the Tyler School of Art.
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Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister was born in 1962 in Austria. he began to study graphic design at the University of applied arts in Vienna, Austria. he earned and MFA, and was taught under the direction of paul shwarz (a disciple of A,M. Cassandre). stefans love for design grew a a lot, as he created posters that were placed all over his city. in 1987, he arrived in new york city to attend Pratt institute on a Fulbright scholarship where he got his Master's degree.
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