Tuesday, 5 February 2013

David Carson


David Carson, born 8th September, 1954 is an American graphic designer and art director. He was best known for directing the magazine called ‘Ray Gun’ and for his innovative magazine design using the experimental typography.
In his ‘Ray Gun’ magazine, he used the typographic and layout style for the headings and sub headings he designs. This made him the most influential graphic designer in the 1990s and was presented to define as the "grunge typography" era.

This is a ‘Ray Gun’ magazine was designed by David Carson. He uses big and small x-heights with Ascenders and Descenders and kerning for the title, subtitles and descriptions.
He used an image rotated 180 degrees upside down and pasted on the background and under the ‘RAY GUN’ title.


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