Abel Vivas - Poster

Brett Rivelle - Poster

Biography of Milton Glaser:

Milton Glaser (born June 26, 1929) is a graphic designer, best known for his "Bob Dylan" poster, the I Love New York logo, and the "DC bullet" logo used by DC Comics from 1977 to 2005. He also founded New York Magazine with Clay Felker in 1968.Throughout his career he has had a major impact on contemporary illustration and design. His work has won numerous awards from Art Directors Clubs, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Society of Illustrators and the Type Directors Club. Milton Glaser also designed soup can labels and many other works of art in his career. Written by: Brett Rivelle

Why did you choose your designer?

I chose this designer because of his simplicity and creativeness in his work.

What did you learn?

I feel that I learned more about the designer that was behind
the logos that I have seen many times in my life.

What did you like about doing the project?

I liked designing the poster that was based on another person.

I received my associates degree in Art in 2005 from Gaston College and transferred to ASU in 2005. I am a senior at
Appalachian State and my major is Graphic Art and Imaging Technology with a minor in general Business. I am expected to graduate in December 2007. I enjoy drawing, cars, and movies. I am originally from Gastonia, NC. Contact Brent

Nathan Postlethwait - Poster

Biography of Stanley Donwood:

A friend once told me that Stanley Donwood is in dire need of the services of a pshyciatrist. Nevertheless, Stanley Donwood is actually the alter ego of sorts for an Englishman named Dan Rickwood. While studying art at the University of Exeter, he met Thom Yorke, a member of a little band eventually known as Radiohead. Soon enough, Donwood was asked to do the art for the band's second album, "The Bends" (1995). He has worked with the band since, creating artwork for albums and singles, promotional items, and participaing in their websites. Donwood also runs his own website SlowlyDownward where he publishes stories, pictures, and even sells books, prints, and various other objects. He recently produced a series of wood-cut style prints called "London Views," which would be used as the art for Thom Yorke's album "The Eraser." In collaboration with the mysterious human known as Tchock, Donwood released a new book called "Dead Children Playing" in 2006. Written by Nathan Postlethwait

Why I chose Stanley Donwood?

I chose Stanley Donwood for a lot of reasons. First, he is this sort of shadowy figure operating with one of the biggest bands in the world. But for me, Radiohead's music and all the art that goes along with it are inseparable. I hear those albums and I can feel all those images. I was 17 when I first heard OK Computer and it was the first album I can really remember sitting down with and listening to again and again while flipping through the booklet again and again, just lingering among the pages like it was a novel. The music was universally acclaimed and it floored me, but I was just as fascinated with the art that accompanied it. I started to look at all packaging differently and it makes me regret digital media in a way. Also, Donwood's writings, which are maybe sort of obscured by his art in a lot of ways, have been just as large of an influence on me as his art. So, I guess I chose him to sort of attempt to pay tribute to him.

What I liked about doing this project?

I liked having to find a way to work with and within somebody else's body of work. I had to take these, to me, iconic images and try to do something different with them. I purposefully avoided acutal CD covers as much as possible because they were most noticable, but I was still working within those structures. And having picked a cross-media artist like Donwood, I had the freedom to play with ideas from his art, his writings, his web design, and I suppose, to some degree, his identity as an artist who is such an integral part of the image of Radiohead. Whether I succeeded or not, well, I used the quote because it fit how I personally felt about the final product. I think there was a lot more I could have and probably should have done, but I'd like to think I conveyed the history or progression of his works well enough.

Nathan is currently in his final semester at Appalachian State University, meaning that, if all goes as planned, he will graduate in May 2007 with a double major in literature and philosophy. Even though he abandoned a graphic arts minor, some sort of art remains a rather time consuming hobby which competes with reading, writing, listening to music on absurdly large stereo headphones, and generally surviving.Contact Nathan

Lauren Kimbrel - Poster

Biography of Neville Brody:

Neville Brody was a British designer and art director. He began working in record cover design before he made his name as an art director for FACE magazine. Other international magazines he was published in were the following; City Limits Lei, Per Lui, Actuel, Arena, as well as London’s own Observer. Neville Brody pushed boundaries through his experimental and challenging work by doing creative exploratory expression.

In 1988 Brody published the first of his two monographs, which became the world’s best selling graphic design book. The sales exceed 120,000. An accompanying exhibition of his work at the Victoria and Albert Museum attracted over 40,000 visitors before touring Europe and Japan. In 1994 his business partner Fua Richards helped launch Research Studios in London. Others have been opened in Paris, Berlin, and plans for NYC. The clients range from web to print and from environmental to retail design to moving graphics and film titles.

Later in life he helped launch a sister company known as Research Publishing which is produced by young artists. It was focused on FUSE; a renowned conference and quarterly forum for experimental typography and communications. The publication is approaching its 20th issue over a publishing record of 10 years.

Neville Brody was an influential designer for graphic arts and typography. From past to present he has be a big part in this industry and many people look to him for creative and innovative ideas. The history poster I created is based off several works of art Neville Brody himself designed. I just used a select few and intertwined them together to create my vision of how I think Neville Brody should be interpreted. Written by: Lauren Kimbrel

Why did you choose your designer?

At first I wanted another typographer, but then was convinced that Neville Brody would be much more interesting for me. In fact I didn’t realize I already knew who he was, the name just didn’t click. I started doing research and found that a lot of his works are similar to my taste; either funky or simple. I find typography to be extremely interesting and that’s what I tend to stick to when I design. Neville Brody was indeed a great candidate and it helped me broaden my views of how to incorporate text to create an image by just browsing his works.

What did you like about doing the project?

I thought it was fun to work with another artist’s work and combine it into my own. I used some ideas of his previous works of art that were mostly from his days as an Art Director for FUSE magazine; as well as a few others. Altogether I used a combination of three works of art from Neville Brody and combined them into one. Finding fonts that were similar to his was the toughest part, but I believe I accomplished what I was looking for. I had completed another history poster previous to this class and as a result working out the design was the easiest part. My favorite element of the design is finishing it and being content with what I just did, because I am my own worst critic. People like Neville Brody give me something to look forward to, because one day I wish to be a typographer that someone does a history poster about.

I am a junior at Appalachian State University majoring in Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology with a minor in Art History, and contemplating a second minor in Business.

My interests are usually anything that has to do with art. But my three favorites are design, photograpy and ceramics. As well a few little crafty ideas I come up with at random. I also enjoy spending time with the people I love and being the lively and animated person I love to be. Contact Lauren

Arlene Johnson - Poster

Biography of April Greiman:

April Greiman was trained in the United States as well as in Switzerland.
She was elected to the prestigious Alliance Graphique Internationale in 1985 and serves on the board of the American Institute of the Graphic Arts. She has worked for clients such as Espirit, The Walker Art Center, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, XeroxCorp, and Benetton. She has earned many awards for her design pieces. She was known as the “Queen of Chance” because she was always experimenting with new media. Greiman designed using different tools such as pencils, paint, cameras and videos. She chose also to use both Macintosh and personal computers. She has tackled many different projects in her career such as cracker packages, corporate logos, TV commercials, exhibitions, color palettes, and textile design. Greiman is known for her “New Wave” style and technology. She showed her unpredictability and shined through when Design Quarterly gave her an entire issue to showcase her work. She wanted to make it as personal as possible and decided to use a nude piece of herself and make it a digitized self-portrait. She consolidated the 32 pages in the issue into this single life size portrait, then for borders she used pieces showing her point of view of the history of technology through the beginning of the solar system through the beginning of the mac. She always said that in design you learn from accidents. Clearly she is breaking new ground, by accident or design. Written by: Arlene Johnson

Why did I choose April Greiman?

I chose my designer because she is a strong and intelligent woman, who does what she wants to do. She is not so much interested in the latest trends, and her originality shows through in her work.

From this project I learned to try new things and to trust in your own work. You always need to be confident in what you are creating.

I am a senior graduating in May 07 with a major in Advertising and a minor in Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology.
I am currently researching possible careers, hoping to find a great job where I can express my creativity and gain as much knowledge in this field as possible. My interest are working with animals, art, photography, and spending time with my family.
Contact Arlene

Dustin Tucker - Poster

Biography of Paul Sandip:

Paul Sandip is a very inspiring designer that puts his life into his work. His work experience is as a senior designer for LG Electronics Private Limited, GM Modular Private Limited in India, and as a Freelance Designer. His most memorable phrase is, “I don't work, I only play!” in which he displays the fact that he not only loves his job as a designer, but that he chooses to live his life as a designer. Written by: Dustin Tucker

His work can be viewed at: differentialdesign and coroflot

Why did I choose Sandip?

His views of Design are similar to my own.

What did I like about doing the project?

Exploring his work and helping myself find where I am and where I want to be.



“Design is not just a process, it is a lifestyle and a philosophy.” -Dustin Tucker

Dustin is a Senior with a Major in Industrial Drafting & Design (focused in product design) and a Minor in Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology.

Personal Interest: PC enthusiast (building and tweaking), snowboarding, drawing, and living in the design studio.Contact Dustin

Sean Blankenship - Poster

Biography of Saul Bass 1920-1996:

A graphic designer, Saul is best known for his design on motion picture title sequences, which is thought of as the best such work ever seen. During his 40-year career he worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including most notably Alfred Hitchcock, plus Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Bass became notorious in the industry after creating the title sequence for Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). The subject of the film was a jazz musician's struggle to overcome his heroin addiction, a taboo subject in the mid 50's. Bass decided to create a controversial title sequence. He chose the arm as the central image, as the arm is a strong image relating to drug addiction. The titles featured an animated, black paper cut-out arm of a heroin addict. As he expected, it caused quite a sensation. For Alfred Hitchcock, Bass provided very effective, yet memorable title sequences for North by Northwest, Vertigo, and Psycho. Bass famously claimed that he directed the highlight of Psycho, the tightly edited shower-murder sequence, though many on set at the time (including star Janet Leigh) dispute this contention. It was this kind of innovative, revolutionary work that made Bass a revered graphic designer. His later work with Martin Scorsese saw him move away from the optical techniques that he had pioneered and move into computerised titles, from which he produced the title sequence for Casino. Source: Wikipedia

Why did I choose Saul Bass?

When first receiving this assignment, I did a quick google image search for the name Saul Bass and found some of the movie poster designs that he had done. With seeing titles like "Psycho," "Vertigo," and my personal favorite "North by Northwest," I then ran up to the front of the class to pick him before someone else could. I really liked the way that all of his designs almost seemed like they were cut out and placed on top of the poster. It made them seem very simple, yet you could still get a feel of the movie from them.

What I liked about doing this project?

I definitely think I got a lot out of it because I never would have heard of Saul Bass otherwise. Most of my knowledge of design comes from my job doing web design, so I'm just starting out in print design. This project allowed me to look at the work of a designer and design a poster to reflect on his life's work. Though Saul Bass is probably best known for his title sequences for movies, his movie posters were equally amazing, so I decided to make it sort of a montage of some of his more famous pieces, including "Anatomy of a Murder," "The Man with the Golden Arm," and "Bonjour Tristesse." The layout of the poster was also designed with Saul Bass in mind, it was modeled after the poster for "West Side Story."


Sean is a first semester GAIT Major, but should graduate with his degree as soon as May of 2008. He is a recent graduate of the Walker College of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and minor in Music. Sean designed this poster during GRA 2102-101 ELECTRONIC PREPRESS (Spring 2007). His interests vary from playing trumpet to playing his xbox 360.Contact Sean

Design History Poster

Step 1. Select a famous designer from design history and write a short paragraph on the life and work of the person.

Step 2. Collect and interpret material of the selected designer.

Step 3. Design a 'History Poster' which includes the name and the visual language of your selected Designer.

Format. 11 X 17 inches

Software. QuarkXpress