David Carson

David Carson know for Graphic Design and his innovative designs in magazines and use of experimental typography. He was also the art director for the magazine Ray Gun. With his use of Grunge typography and bold manipulated images are key features to his work and portrayed in a manner that doesn’t just attract the attention of the viewer but keeps them involved, making them look at it in more depth.

The method he uses for his work stood out to me as it used strong colours that complemented each other with overlapping imagery with aspects of transparency, filters and rustic textures with grunge typography to give the finished images and designs in his own unique practice. Making the designs not just stand out but with the attention to detail it draws the viewer. It has the affect at first glimpse to take a second glance and too stop and stare. Having the power to make the viewer actually take in the message portrayed by the design and understands the specific values to an extent. He has manipulated photography with typography and twisted them together on some level it confuses the message but like previously said it has the affect to draw the viewer’s eyes and make them look deeper into the composition itself.

I personally liked it for the construction of the images and the specific layouts in some of his work whilst having this powerful use of typography in the designs and deconstruction of designs. To make these early Photoshop pieces.