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American graphic designers

38 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Arthur PaulArtist · PaintingsArthur Paul (January 18, 1925 – April 28, 2018) was an American graphic designer and the founding art director of Playboy magazine.
Barbara Stauffacher SolomonDesigner · DesignBarbara Ethel Stauffacher Solomon (Levé; December 5, 1928 – May 7, 2024) was an American landscape architect and graphic designer.
Chris RenaudArtist · Comics and comic artChris Renaud (born December 1966) is an American filmmaker, designer, storyboard artist, and voice actor.
Corita KentEngraver · PrintsCorita Kent (November 20, 1918 – September 18, 1986), born Frances Elizabeth Kent and also known as Sister Mary Corita Kent, was an American artist, designer and educator, and former…
David WeismanPerson · Film memorabiliaDavid Weisman (born March 11, 1942 – October 9, 2019) was an American film producer, author, and graphic artist, most noted for his films Ciao! Manhattan and Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Ed RuschaEngraver · PrintsEdward Joseph Ruscha IV (roo-SHAY; born December 16, 1937) is an American artist associated with the pop art movement.
EnchantressArtist · PaintingsThe Enchantress is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Ethel ReedIllustrator · IllustrationEthel Reed (March 13, 1874 – March 1, 1912) was an American graphic artist. In the 1890s, her works received critical acclaim in America and Europe.
Gary KuehnEngraver · PrintsGary Kuehn (born January 28, 1939, Plainfield, New Jersey) is an American artist who pioneered the Postminimal and Process Art movements of the 1960s.
George L. CarlsonArtist · Comics and comic artGeorge Leonard Carlson (1887 - September 26, 1962) was an illustrator and artist with numerous completed works, perhaps the most famous being the dust jacket for Gone with the Wind.
Glenna GoodacreArtist · SculptureGlenna Maxey Goodacre (August 28, 1939 – April 13, 2020) was an American sculptor, best known for having designed the obverse of the Sacagawea dollar that entered circulation in the US in…
Herb GardnerArtist · Comics and comic art
J. B. HandelsmanArtist · Comics and comic artJ.B. Handelsman (February 5, 1922 – June 20, 2007) was a New York-born cartoonist and illustrator whose work appeared for decades in The New Yorker, Punch, Playboy, and other United States…
Jacob BannonPerson · Music memorabiliaJacob Bannon (born October 15, 1976) is an American musician and visual artist who is best known as the vocalist for the metalcore band Converge.
Jean-Claude SuaresIllustrator · IllustrationJean-Claude Suares (March 30, 1942 – July 30, 2013) was an artist, illustrator, editor, and creative consultant to many publications, and the first Op-Ed page art director at The New York…
Jefferson WoodArtist · Comics and comic artJeff Wood (disambiguation)
John MaedaDesigner · Modern designJohn Maeda (born 1966) is an American designer, visual artist, executive, strategic advisor, writer, and educator.
László Moholy-NagyArtist · Sculpture
Leo LionniDesigner · Modern designLeo Lionni (May 5, 1910 – October 11, 1999) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books.
Lev ManovichDesigner · Modern designLev Manovich is an artist, author and theorist of digital culture. He is a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Ligel LambertArtist · PaintingsLigel Lambert (born May 20, 1982) is a Haitian-born American interdisciplinary artist, entrepreneur, educator and graphic designer who primarily works in painting, collage, printmaking,…
Massimo VignelliDesigner · DesignMassimo Vignelli (January 10,1931 – May 27, 2014) was an Italian designer active in graphic design, industrial design, furniture, and architecture.
Mike MillsPerson · Film memorabiliaMichael Chadbourne Mills (born March 20, 1966) is an American film and music video director, writer and graphic designer. He made his directorial debut with Thumbsucker (2005).
Mike ShinodaArtist · PaintingsMichael Kenji Shinoda (born February 11, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and graphic designer.
Parker JacobsPerson · Music memorabiliaParker LeGrand Jacobs (born July 17, 1975) is an American artist, musician, author and actor.
Paula ScherDesigner · Modern designPaula Scher (born October 6, 1948) is an American graphic designer, painter, and design educator. She is a partner at the design firm Pentagram, which she joined in 1991.
Peter KrasnowArtist · SculpturePeter Krasnow (20 August 1886 – 30 October 1979), born Feivish Reisberg, was a modernist and colorist artist known for his abstract wood sculptures and architectonic hard-edge paintings and…
Phil HartmanPerson · Film memorabiliaPhilip Edward Hartman (Hartmann; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian and American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and graphic designer.
Quentin CrispAuthor · BooksQuentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; 1908 12 25 – 1999 11 21) was an English raconteur whose personal expression broke social norms of the era.
Richard Edes HarrisonAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Harrison (disambiguation)Richard Harrison
Rob SheridanPhotographer · PhotographyRobert Sheridan (born October 11, 1979) is an American artist, creative director, stage visual designer, photographer, and comic book author known for his extensive work in the music and…
Saul BassDesigner · Modern designSaul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.
Sean HartterArtist · Comics and comic artSean Hartter (November 6, 1973 – April 27, 2013) was an American illustrator, writer and musician. He is best known for his book and poster art and music projects.
Shepard FaireyDesigner · Modern designFrank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary artist, activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene.
Stefan SagmeisterIllustrator · IllustrationStefan Sagmeister (born August 6, 1962) is an Austrian graphic designer, storyteller, and typographer based in New York City.
Susan KareDesigner · Modern designSusan Kare (born February 5, 1954) is an American artist and graphic designer, who contributed interface elements and typefaces for the first Apple Macintosh personal computer from 1983 to…
Tara SeibelArtist · Comics and comic artTara Seibel (born February 4, 1973) is an American cartoonist, graphic designer and illustrator from Cleveland.
Zuzana LickoDesigner · Modern designZuzana Licko (born Zuzana Ličko, 1961) is a Slovak-born American type designer and visual artist known for co-founding Emigre Fonts, a digital type foundry in Berkeley, CA.

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