ArtCenter Graphic Design Visiting Artists Summer 2020

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.