Gail Anderson (graphic designer)
Gail Anderson | |
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Gail Anderson (right) pictured with Louise Fili in 2012 | |
Born |
1962 (age 54–55) Bronx, New York, United States |
Nationality | American |
Education | School of Visual Arts (BFA 1984) |
Awards | AIGA medal (2008) |
Website |
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Gail Anderson (born 1962) is an American graphic designer, writer, and educator.[1]
Biography
Early life and education
In her youth, Anderson used to create Jackson 5 and Partridge Family pretend magazines. As she got older, she began to look into what was then called “commercial art” as a possible career field.[2]
She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in 1984,[3] where she was taught by Paula Scher.[4]
Career
Upon graduating, she worked as a designer at Vintage Books (Random House) and then worked at The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine from 1985 to 1987.[5] She became the senior art director of Rolling Stone, where she worked for fifteen years from 1987 to 2002, starting out as a designer and deputy art director.[6] In 2002, she became the creative director at SpotCo, an agency specializing in advertising for the arts and entertainment, where she stayed until 2010.[7] Her first piece for Spotco was a subway poster for the play [Harlem Song].[2] Anderson was also in charge of the typeface library at SpotCo during her time there.[7] She is currently a partner at Anderson Newton Design with Joe Newton.[8]
Anderson is a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in the Designer as Author MFA department,[5] where she also teaches graduate, undergraduate, and pre-college courses in graphic design.[1]
She was among AIGA’s 2008 medalists to recognize her accomplishments in Graphic Design.[7] She serves on the advisory board for the Adobe Design Achievement Awards.[5] Anderson served as the Director-At-Large for the Type Directors Club from 2014 to 2016.[9]
Working with Steven Heller for over twenty years,[5] she has co-published books on graphic design including New Modernist Type, American Typeplay, The Savage Mirror, and Graphic Wit.[1] Her philosophy for type design is that “the process has to be fun and you need to be willing to step outside your comfort zone”[7] Anderson is a contributor to magazines like Imprint and Uppercase.[10]
Works and Publications
- Outside the Box. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. 2015. ISBN 1616893362.
Anderson has collaborated with Steven Heller on multiple books.
- American Typeplay. New York: PBC International. 1994. ISBN 9780866361941.
- The Designer's Guide to Astounding Photoshop Effects. New York: HOW Books. 2004. ISBN 9781581805000.
- Graphic Wit: The Art of Humor in Design. New York: Watson-Guptill. 1991. ISBN 9780823021611.
- New Modernist Type. New York: Thames & Hudson. 2012. ISBN 9780500241417.
- New Ornamental Type: Decorative Lettering in the Digital Age. New York: Thames & Hudson. 2010. ISBN 9780500515020.
- New Vintage Type: Classic Fonts for the Digital Age. London: Thames & Hudson. 2009. ISBN 9780500288184.
- The Savage Mirror: The Art of Contemporary Caricature. New York. 1992. ISBN 9780823046447.
- Typographic Universe. London. 2014. ISBN 9780500241455.
Awards
References
- 1 2 3 "Gail Anderson Biography". Type Directors Club. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- 1 2 "Q & A WITH GAIL ANDERSON". 2004-11-01.
- ↑ "Graphic Design SVA". SVA Close Up. School of Visual Arts. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Millman, Debbie. "Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Gail Anderson". Design Observer. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Heller, Steven. "Gail Anderson, 2008 AIGA Medal". AIGA. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Kleber, Beth. "First Look: Gail Anderson". Container List. The School of Visual Arts Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Haley, Allan (1 May 2008). "Gail Anderson: Versatile Typophile" (PDF). Step Inside Design: 106–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ "About Gail Anderson". AIGA South Dakota. AIGA. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ "Gail Anderson - The Type Directors Club". The Type Directors Club. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ↑ "Gail Anderson - The Type Directors Club". The Type Directors Club. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ↑ https://www.tdc.org/officers/gail-anderson/
- ↑ https://www.societyillustrators.org/programs/richard-gangel-award