American Decades
The End of Print: The Graphic Design of David Carson
Interview, Magazine article; Magazine cover
By: David Carson and Lewis Blackwell
Date: 1993
Source: Blackwell, Lewis, ed. The End of Print: The Graphic Design Of David Carson. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998.
About the Author: David Carson (1956–) was born in Texas and earned a degree in sociology at San Diego State University. Early influences on his graphic design style included childhood travels in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the West Indies, and a three-week graphic design workshop in Switzerland. After teaching high school sociology for a time, Carson, who was also a top-ranked competitive surfer, became a graphic designer for Transworld Skateboarding magazine in 1983. He later worked for surf magazines Surf and Beach Culture. In 1992, he became the art director for the music magazine Ray Gun. It was here that Carson...
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1990's Fashion Primary Sources
- The Grunge Look: Alice in Chains
- The End of Print: The Graphic Design of David Carson
- Charter of the New Urbanism
- Dockers Advertisement
- The Getty Center
- Monona Terrace
- Guggenheim Bilbao
- "Making the Planet a Better Place"
- "Fleeced"
- "Tibor Kalman"
- "Getting Involved in 'Green' Design: A Primer on the Important Issues and the Options Available to Architects"
- Michael Graves Toaster
- The Celebration Chronicles
- "Office Culture: Banana Republicans"
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
