{"id":11260,"date":"2017-11-14T11:34:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T11:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/?p=11260"},"modified":"2023-09-13T11:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T11:13:14","slug":"thanksgiving-tribute-to-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/thanksgiving-tribute-to-designers\/","title":{"rendered":"#GivingTuesday Roundup: A Tribute To 24 Best Web and Graphic Designers This Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

The design world is in ever-changing phenomenon saying a casual \u2018hi\u2019 to every contribution that comes its way, halting and jerking at every valuable addition. We would call the people responsible for this frequent upheaval true geniuses, the creative designers who bring life to designs<\/strong><\/a> and whose contributions are smart enough to the world so that it stops and takes notice. Be it in any form; art masterpieces, graphic designs or album covers, corporate logos or typography, computer graphics or web design, the masterminds behind the scene are taking the world of design by storm.<\/p>\n

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This Thanksgiving, we are giving a brief tribute to some gigantic names of design industry to thank them for their creativity and design aesthetics and to make this world a little more beautiful.<\/p>\n

1. Rob Janoff<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>Apple logo<\/p>\n

\"Rob<\/a><\/p>\n

Largely known for creating Apple logo, one of the most loved brands of the century, Rob Janoff<\/strong><\/a> is a graphic designer of corporate logos and identities, printed advertisements and television commercials. After studying at San Jose State University majoring in industrial design, Rob switched his focus to graphic design and landed a job at Regis McKenna, a prominent advertising agency. It was there when his creative director asked him to design a corporate identity for Apple Computer, the work that eventually became his claim to fame. Being associated with prominent and biggest conglomerates like IBM, Kleenex, Diners Club, Kraft, SC Johnson, AT&T, Citibank, Intel, Janoff still relishes adverting design and also works as a consultant and educator.<\/p>\n

\"Rob<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Chip Kidd<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>Unconventional book jackets and <\/strong>iconic Jurassic Park logo<\/p>\n

\"Chip<\/a><\/p>\n

Currently, the associate art director at Knopf, Chip Kidd<\/strong><\/a> is a graphic designer popularly known for his unconventional book covers. Kidd graduated with a degree in graphic design from Pennsylvania State University and forayed into the world of graphic design taking inspiration from comic books. Designing jackets at an average of 75 covers a year, Kidd has done freelancing for Doubleday, Amazon, Farrar Straus & Giroux, HarperCollins, Grove Press, Penguin\/Putnam, Columbia University Press and Scribner.<\/p>\n

According to Graphic Design: American Two, he has been credited with \u201chelping to spawn a revolution in the art of America book packaging in the last ten years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Chip<\/a><\/p>\n

One of Kidd\u2019s most recognizable covers. His artwork was adapted for a $1.9 billion movie series that you might have seen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Related: 10 Millennial Graphic Designers Under 25 Ruling The Design World<\/a><\/h3>\n

3. Peter Saville<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>Unique record sleeves<\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/a><\/p>\n

Peter Saville<\/strong><\/a> is an English art director and graphic designer. Born in Manchester, Lancashire, Saville attended St Ambrose College and studied graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic. He came into limelight for the many record sleeves he designed for Factory Records as a director most notably for Joy Division and New Order.<\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/a><\/p>\n

True Faith By New Order<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Lindon Leader<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>simplicity and clarity in logo design<\/p>\n

\"Lindon<\/a><\/p>\n

Lindon<\/strong><\/a> from Landor Associates and Leader is a well-reputed graphic designer. Having studied design at Stanford University and Art Center College of Design, he is popularly known as the creator of FedEx logo that has won over 40 awards worldwide and is ranked as one of the 8 best logos of the past thirty-five years, according to Rolling Stone Magazine.<\/p>\n

\"Lindon<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Susan Kare<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>typefaces, user interface graphics and icons<\/p>\n

\"Susan<\/a><\/p>\n

An artist, computer iconographer and graphic designer, Susan Kare<\/strong><\/a> was a member of the original Apple Macintosh design team and the brains behind creating many of the interface elements for the Apple Mac. A recipient of MA and Ph.D. degrees in fine art from New York University, Kare is considered to be an early pioneer of pixel art and is known for Chicago, Geneva and Monaco typefaces, Clarus the Dogcow, the Happy Mac and the symbol on the Command key on Apple keyboards.<\/p>\n

\"Susan<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Ethan Marcotte<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>Responsive Web Design<\/p>\n

\"Ethan<\/a><\/p>\n

An independent web designer, Ethan Marcotte<\/strong><\/a> is always on a hunt to look for beautiful designs and elegant codes, and sometimes the intersection of the two. For being the pioneer of responsive web design and coining the term a few years back, he was named as one of the Most Creative People in Business in 2012 by the Fast Company and 2013 was declared the year of responsive design by Mashable. He has been working with New York Magazine, the Sundance Film Festival, The Boston Globe, and People Magazine amongst others.<\/p>\n

\"Ethan<\/a><\/p>\n

7. Milton Glaser<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong> I ❤ NY<\/strong><\/a> logo, the most frequently imitated logo design in human history \/ meaningful contribution to contemporary design<\/p>\n

\"Milton<\/a><\/p>\n

The recipient of lifetime achievement award of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (2004) and the Fulbright Association, Milton Glaser<\/strong><\/a> is one of the most celebrated graphic designers the United States has ever had. Having imprints on the New York tourism history, he also enjoyed having the distinction of one-man-shows at the Museum of Modern Art and the Georges Pompidou Center. Creator of one of the most imitated logo design in human history, he was the first graphic designer to receive the National Medal of the Arts award in 2009. Being also an architectural designer, Glaser\u2019s work also includes graphic and decorative programs for the restaurants in the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n

\"Milton<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: 5 Graphic Designers Whose Contribution To Pop Culture Is Timeless!<\/a><\/h3>\n

8. Gail Anderson<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>typographic diversity and emotions<\/p>\n

\"Gail<\/a><\/p>\n

Gail Anderson<\/strong><\/a>, a graphic designer, writer, and educator, developed a flair for art and design in her youth when she used to create Jackson 5 and Partridge Family pretend magazines. After graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in 1984, she opted for commercial art as a possible career field.<\/p>\n

After working as a designer at Vintage Books and The Boston Globe Sunday Magazines, she got hired by Rolling Stone as art director. She was creative director at SpotCo, an advertising agency for the arts and entertainment where she was also in charge of the typeface library. Currently, she is a partner at Anderson Newton Design with Joe Newton.<\/p>\n

\"Gail<\/a><\/p>\n

9. Emily Oberman<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>witty graphic designs<\/p>\n

\"Emily<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAll good design has a level of wit,\u201d says Emily Oberman<\/strong><\/a>, a New York-based multidisciplinary graphic designer and a partner at Pentagram, who is known for her good sense of humor.<\/p>\n

After studying at the Cooper Union, she got associated with Tibor Kalman at his studio M & Co. Her brainchild Number Seventeen, a design studio, was born in 1993 that used to specialize in graphics for print, film, and television media. It was the closure of Number Seventeen in 2012 that led Oberman to join Pentagram\u2019s New York office as a partner. In 2016, Oberman redesigned a logo for American comics publisher DC Comics.<\/p>\n

\"Emily<\/a>
\nImage Source: FastCo. Design<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWit helps you make an emotional connection to your audience: wit reaches across, reaches out of the computer to whoever is interacting with it and helps make something more human.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Emily<\/a><\/p>\n

10.\tJohn Maeda<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>flying letters, intersection of tech, art and design, 12 O\u2019 clocks, Tap Type Write, The Reactive Square<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI believe art and design are poised to transform our economy in the 21st century like science and technology did in the last century,\u201d says John Maeda<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

An American executive, designer, and technologist, the work of Maeda explores the intersection of tech, art and design. Originally a Computer Science student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he became fascinated with the work of Paul Rand and Muriel Cooper, who was a director of MIT’s Visible Language Workshop at that time.<\/p>\n

After completing his education at MIT, Maeda studied in Japan at Tsukuba University’s Institute of Art and Design to complete his Ph.D. in design. Later, he worked at MIT Media Lab as a professor for 12 years and developed a designers\u2019 community, Aesthetics + Computation Group, code and engineer the design. After resigning from MIT, he joined Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) as President. He also launched the #DesignInTechReport to share valuable and latest ideas on design, investing, tech and business.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a><\/p>\n

Tap Type Write<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>
\nImage Source: CooperHewitt.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Flying Letters<\/strong><\/p>\n

11.\tPaula Scher<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>typographic solution based on Art Deco and Russian constructivism \/ postmodern design \/ promotional graphics system for The Public Theater<\/p>\n

Ever come across the iconic Citi Bank logo and the recent logo redesign for Microsoft? These all are masterpieces of Paula Scher<\/strong><\/a>. She is a graphic designer, painter and art educator and the first female principal at Pentagram that she joined in 1991.<\/p>\n

In the beginning of her career and having worked with CBS Records she had made quite a name that lent her a innovative pursuit at Atlantic Records, where she designed her first album covers as an art director. Scher made her return to CBS as an art director for the cover department and is credited with designing as many as 150 album covers a year.<\/p>\n

It was when she started working on her own after quitting 9 to 5 job that she developed a typographic solution based on Art Deco taking inspiration from Russian constructivism.<\/p>\n

New Jersey Performing Arts Center Exterior Graphics<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Paula<\/a>
\nImage Source: Pentagram.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a student I didn\u2019t understand typography; I couldn\u2019t see the form. One day, Stanislaw Zagorski told me, \u201cIllustrate with type,\u201d and that was the best design advice I have ever received.\u201d<\/p>\n

12.\tDavid Carson<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>Grunge typography<\/p>\n

Having worked for the Self and Musician magazine as a designer, David Carson<\/strong><\/a> is claimed to be the godfather of grunge typography. He developed a passion for graphic designing in his later life. As an art director of Ray Gun magazine, he got its style and layout revised. Developing a signature style with his unconventional techniques he was responsible for a revolution in graphic designing during the 1990s. As an art director of Ray Gun, he introduced grunge typography for the first time.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/a>
\nImage Source: CoverJunkie<\/a><\/p>\n

13.\tNeville Brody<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>a number of typefaces \/ record covers \/ best seller, The Graphic Language of Neville Brody<\/p>\n

Neville Brody<\/strong><\/a> is a British graphic designer, typographer and art director who is best known for creating different typefaces and The Graphic Language of Neville Brody, the best-selling graphic design book in the world. Being a founding partner of FontShop, Brody has designed many typefaces such as Industria, Insignia, and Blur. Apart from working in his own design practice called Research Studios, he is also busy in revamping design identities for big firms like BBC. Redesign of The Times\u2019 typography and on-screen graphics for Paramount Studios were also his endeavors.<\/p>\n

\"Neville<\/a>
\nImage Source: FontFont.com<\/a><\/p>\n

14. Michael Bierut<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>state-of-the-art <\/strong>signage for prominent buildings<\/p>\n

A graphic designer, design critic, and educator, Michael Bierut<\/strong><\/a> is famous for designing the logo for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning and went on to become Vignelli Associates\u2019 as vice president of graphic design in the later part of his career. According to Pentagram (that he joined in 1990 as a partner), \u201cBierut is responsible for leading a team of graphic designers who create identity design, environmental graphic design, and editorial design solutions.”<\/p>\n

His most prominent work is redesigning and giving a more modern feel to the Bulletin’s Doomsday Clock.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/a>
\nImage Source: Pentagram.com<\/a><\/p>\n

15.\tAndy Clarke<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>the book \u2018Hardboiled Web Design\u2019<\/p>\n

The world knows Andy<\/strong><\/a> as a comic artist who came to prominence working at 2000 AD and later at DC Comics. About himself, the artist says, \u201cPeople say that I\u2019m one of the UK\u2019s best-known web designers because of my design work and contributions to the web design industry. I\u2019ve given more than sixty presentations at conferences all over the world. As well as numerous articles in web design publications, I\u2019ve written two books on website design and development Transcending CSS and Hardboiled Web Design. Every few weeks, thousands of web professionals listen to me and my guests on our Unfinished Business podcast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Andy<\/a>
\nImage Source: unfinished.bz<\/p>\n

16.\tEddie Opara<\/h3>\n

Design world is thankful for: <\/strong>design and technology with interactive installations<\/p>\n

Eddie Opara<\/strong><\/a>, a contemporary English-born America based graphic designer, believes his father\u2019s saying, \u201cDesign is spiritual.\u201d And no wonder that he was awarded Fast Company\u2019s Most Creative Person in 2012 and 2013 for the refreshing soul touching designs, modern technology, and strategy. Interactive installations, software, publication and packaging, brand identity and user interface are some of the projects that he focuses on primarily.<\/p>\n