ArtCenter Graphic Design Visiting Artists Summer 2020

Each term at ArtCenter, we invite several designers and artists to speak as part of the Visting Artist program. I design a poster for the series and sometimes for the individual event. I don't want to show the designer's work on email announcements here. So I find ways to interpret the work minimally.

The 2020 series is geometric, with a simple set of shapes to make all elements. The 2018-2019 series is satirical, referencing easy-listening record covers and overly sentimental imagery to represent each season. The 2016 series uses a strong Swiss grid structure and the golden ratio with a twist. Rather than using the actual images of the designers, I chose my own, which seemed much more interesting. I wanted to play with the idea of a "serious" design combined with humor.