Introduction Jordan Cordone

Hi everyone,

My name is Jordan Cordone, senior at Albertus graduating in December. I am graduating with a Business Management degree but hope to use this in the restaurant ownership business. I always enjoyed photography and graphic design as a hobby so thats why I am taking this course. My boyfriend owns a small pizza restaurant so I work there full time where I manage the front but during the week days I may pizzas, pretty fun job if you ask me.  Below I attached a photo of me and some of the pizzas I have recently made!

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Master Graphic Designer #4- Nedim Kufi- Matthew Jablon

Born 1962, in Baghdad, Nadim Kufi is an Iraqi-Dutch multi disciplinary visual artist. He studied at the Baghdad Institute of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1985. Kufi served in the Iraqi military during the Iran-Iraq War. He was deeply affected by the atrocities he witnessed during the war. In 1990 he left Iraq and eventually settled in the Netherlands in 1994. Kufi's art explores themes of war, political conflict, exile, loss and history. His work typically contains some autobiographical elements. As previously mentioned, Kufi is a multi-disciplinary artist, who does work as a painter, graphic designer and print maker. Kufi often features photos from his childhood, taken by his father, in his art.

Book cover front and back/ Crystal

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Graphic designer #8 Louise Fili / Crystal

Louise Fili

I have chosen to write about the Italian American graphic design artist Louise Fili. Louise Fili was born in New Jersey, and she was interested in graphic design very early in her life. Even as a child she carved letterforms into book covers, and she was able to teach herself calligraphy using a speedball guide. She then went on to attend Skidmore College in New York to study art. She received a Bachelor of Science in Studio Art. After college she did freelance designing on special book project, and at the age of 25 she became senior designer for Herb Lubalin. This was when she learned that type was a very expressive tool, which is why she began using it more. In 1989 she opened her own studio, which specialized in the design of restaurant identity, food related logos, and packaging.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Fili

Book Cover Project- Ready Player One- Matthew Jablon

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Graphic designer Susan Kare #7/ Crystal

Susan Kare

            Susan Kare is a graphic designer who was born February 5th, 1954. In her early life she was introduced to typography and graphic design by the museum owner who she worked for. She then went on to graduate with a Bachelors in art from Mount Holyoke College. She even went on to get a PHD at New York University. After college she moved to San Fransisco and received a job at a museum. She would then go on to get a call from a high school friend about working for Apple, and she then became a member of the original macintosh team which is an amazing feat as she is the designer of many typefaces, icons, and original marketing materials for the original macintosh operating system. Kare was an early pioneer for pixel art. She went on to make the Chicago typeface which is the most prominent user interface typeface in the classic Mac Os systems from system 1.

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kare

Graphic designer #6 kate moross / Crystal

Kate Moross

            I decided to pick Kate Moross and the reason was that she is a more recent female graphic designer. Kate Moross is a graphic designer, illustrator, and art designer who was born in London in 1986. She is recognized for her typographic illustrations. At the young age of only 26 she was able to achieve a good amount in her career, she is now the current art director of Studio Moross. Usually her designs follow a certain pattern that involves a good amount of 3 sided shapes, illegible typography, and she also has love for freeform lettering. She went on to go to college after highschool at Camberwell University of The Arts where she received a Bachelor's degree in Art. One achievement she has, while studying she opened her own record label called Isomorph Records, and the goal was to examine the dynamic between music and design.

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Moross

Graphic designer #5 Chip kidd / Crystal

Chip Kidd

            The graphic designer that I have chosen today is Chip Kidd. Chip Kidd is an American graphic designer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1964. Chip Kidd has become one of the most famous book cover designers known to us by now. Chip grew up interested and influenced by American popular culture, and comic books was his beginning into the graphic design world. Chip went on to attend and graduate from Pennsylvania State University, and he received a Bachelors in graphic design. In Chips career he has been a graphic designer, book designer, editor, author, lecturer, and a musician. One thing you will notice about him is that he never uses the same signature he claims that a single signature looks stale. Chip is currently associate art director at Knopf which is an imprint of Random House. He started there as a junior assistant and worked his way up. His first novel was called “The Cheese Monkeys”. This was a satire about college art students who struggle to meet the demands of an evil graphic design instructor. This went on to be very well received and people loved it.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Kidd

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Graphic designer #4 David carson/ Crystal

David Carson

The graphic designer I chose to write about today is David Carson. David Carson was born September 8^th 1955, he is known mostly for his innovate magazine design, and he is also well known for his use of typography. For example, he was the artistic director for a magazine called “Ray Gun” he was then able to use the style of typographic, and if we’re being honest he is very well known for the typography era as they call it.  Carson did complete a bachelor degree at the University of Arizona he received a Bachelor’s of arts in sociology. His first time coming in contact with graphic design was a two weeks graphics course at the university this went on to shape his future in this industry. After he graduated college Carson started to experiment with graphic design in ways he had not previously. He was immersed in the artistic culture of Southern California, and he then attended the Oregon College of Commercial Art for a couple months. Then he took an unpaid internship with Action Now Magazine. Then he traveled to Switzerland to take a 3 week workshop in graphic design he then met his teacher Hans Rudolf Lutz, and this was his first influence to take this seriously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_graphic_designers

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graphic design #3 Edward Fella / Crystal

Edward Fella was born in the year 1930, in the state and town Detroit and MI where he attended a magnet school name cass technology high school where he learn many skills such as illustration, letting and many other commercial skill pertaining to art. He finish the school in 1957 and transition to a commercial graphic industry for 30 years. He created mostly automotive and health care posters for this company. An article tells us that fella consider his first job to being a apprentice at the phoenix studio; a job in commercial space compare to his day time job, he was able to be strategic and creative from the knowledge he gain from high school and his learning only progress as he was also working at the phoenix studio: it help him hone his style and skills. Fella’s art was trendy during that time due to his unique style of illustrations.  He utilize typography to the fullest and was giving the name “the king of zing” because of it.  He wasn’t satiety enough with his enormous accomplishment great reputation even briefly becoming the designer for the Detroit focus gallery. After he retired in 1980 mids he chosen to go cranbrook academy of art that further he great art excellence

https://www.aiga.org/medalist-edfella

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fella

graphic design artist #2 John Alvin /Crystal

I decided to research the graphic design artist called John Alvin. John Alvin specialized in cinematic artwork and poster creation. Fun fact he has developed over 100 films especially childhood classic of mines: E.T, The Lion King, and Lord of the Rings. When John Alvin was young he was interested in movies; advertisements that he saw in the newspaper. Later on in his life he eventually went to college and graduated in 1971 the college was The Art Center College of design which was in Los Angeles. Right after college he received some work as a freelance artist. Soon after he began creating film posters which made other filmmakers start to notice Alvin’s work. His career started to take off at this time which allowed him to work at some of the best studios in the world such as Disney, and Warner Bros.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alvin

Revise Week 6 CD Case front and back crystal

These are the revised version. 

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