Wednesday, 6 October 2010

David Carson Research

David Carson is self indulgence typographer he was into the beech culture and worked for a surfer magazine, then worked for a stake boarding magazine.  Carson still manages to communicate both the idea and the feeling behind his design. His extensive use of combinations of typographic elements and photography led many designers to completely change their work methods and graphic designers from all around the world base their style on the new “standards” that have distinguished Carson’s work. Carson is most famous for his ability to create spreads that even with little content seem to be substantive. Carson’s work is familiar among the generation that grew up with Ray gun Magazine and its progeny such as huh and xceler8, and in general, the visually savvy MTV generation, but his work still receives criticism from a generation that refuses to engage with his connotative excesses.

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