David Plunkert

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David Plunkert (b. 1965) is an award winning illustrator and graphic designer based in Baltimore, MD. Plunkert graduated from Shepherd College in 1987. David is best know for his editorial illustrations and theater posters. His illustrations are highly conceptual, in two styles, Dada influenced collage and spare blocky graphics.

A prolific artist, his work has appeared on the pages of Esquire, Forbes, GQ, The New Yorker, Time, Reader's Digest, Playboy and Rolling Stone magazines, as well as in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Plunkert has also worked extensively with publishers and recording artists. Among his credits are the covers for Natan Sharansky’s Case for Democracy and Richard Thompson’s You? me? us?

Majorclients include MTV, Nike, and Capitol Records.

He was included in the group show “America Illustrata” which completed its international tour in 2000. His work is in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, The University of California Design Museum, and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbein Hamburg.

[edit] Bibliography

John Foster, ed. "New Masters of Poster Design: Poster Design ISBN 1592532225
American Illustration: Eds. 9, 12-26, Vol 26 forthcoming, Vol 25 ISBN-10: 1886212252
David E. Carter, ed. "The New Big Book of Color" ISBN 0-06-113767-7
Ochs, Michael ed., "The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were" ISBN-10: 0974007803
Pitzer, Chris ed., "Project: Telstar" Adhouse Books 2003, ISBN 0-9721794-2-9

[edit] Interviews and Articles

Meggs, Philip B., "Edgy Baltimore," Print (magazine), Vol XLIX:III, May/June 1995
Graphis 305, Volume 25, September/October 1996
Showroom, Novum World of Graphic Design, September 2003
Graphis 351, Volume 60, May/June 2004
Mooth, Bryn, "The Man with Two Brains," How Design & Illustration, August 2006