David Carson

David Carson was born in 1952. He is an American graphic designer who graduated with honours and distinction from San Diego state university. Whilst there he received a degree in sociology.

Carson then worked as a teacher in 1982-87, he began experimenting with graphic design in 1983 and he later developed his signature style using "dirty" type and non-mainstream photography. he worked for many skating, surfing and music magazines before becoming the art director of the surf and style magazine Ray Gun in 1992-95.

Image analysis

• Mainly black and white image
• Silhouette of man walking away
• Writing hard to read - different sizes, words spaced out in different ways, upper and lower case
• Writing is like mono prints
• Simple image
• Lots of white space
• The writing shadows the man
  
  

Nike Air Advertisement

• Clearly shows what is advertised
• Bright red brand - drawn to it
• Different sized letters
• Different fonts
• Upper and lower case used
• Hard to read
• Tennis player picture included
• Not a lot of colour used
• A lot of writing
• Question mark
• "TWINS" is repeated
• Interesting to look at

Front Cover from Raygun (issue 25)

• Clear title
• Article begins on front cover
• Singer is off to the side and at the bottom - not in centre like expected
• writing in opposite corner to the man
• In "sepia" colours