David Carson A brief look at his work

MAIN NAME SHEET David Carson was born in Texas in the United States. Many of his design influences have come from his early childhood while travelling around America, Puerto Rico and the West Indies. His first significant exposure to graphic design education came as part of a three-week workshop in Switzerland, where the Swiss graphic designer Hans-Rudolph Lutz influenced him. He then worked in a high school near San Diego from 1982 to 1987. During this time …

…favour anti-modernism. His underlying feelings about design are that his approach is concerned with the personal expression in a communication, and is not a system that can be taught, but a complex exploration of the individual’s reaction to a given problem or task. Despite the unique nature of the work, though, his influence has led to a generation of students and various designers borrowing stylistic elements from his distinctive handling of typography and image.