David carson is one of the worlds most famose graphic designers ever. He is best know for his pioneering style combining "grunge" with typography and his work in the Ray Gun magazine.
The International Center for Photography (NY) singled out Carson as the "Designer of the Year" for his use of photography and design. This is one aspect of Carson's style that I tried to translate into my own work.
Above is a great example of how Carson has combined typography, design and photography into one image. The typography and the design were first printed and then photographed to achieve the final image, this way of working is not common among other artists.
This (above) is an example of the "grunge" technique that carson developed and presented to the main stream. He uses a clean cut font that is the repeated on top of its self many times until it is hard to recognise. However by looking at the center black image closely you can still make out the work "typography", which says a lot about what he was trying to achieve with this effect.
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