april greiman
DESCRIPTION
April Greiman is a designer. "Recognized as one of the first designers to embrace computer technology as a design tool.TRANSCRIPT
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April Greiman Queen of Techno-color
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• Born in New York • Studied at the Allgemeine Kuntsgewerbeschule (General Arts Trade School) in Basel, Switzerland and the Kansas City Art Institute
April Greiman is known as a pioneer in digital design for being one of the first designers to use the computer as a design tool
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PRESENTATION NAMEDescription
P r o j e c t s /
W o r k
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“The digital landscape
fascinates me in the same way
as the desert” -Greiman
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WET magazine cover1976April Greiman and Jayme Odgers
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Made In Space Inc. (graphic design studio)1976
Opened by April Greiman in California
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April Greinham and Jayme Odgers
Olympics Poster1984
They inter-married photographic and computer graphic elements
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Another Olympic Games’ Poster
1984
The star is a symbol of highest aspirations of mankind
15 artistswere commissioned
to design posters for the games
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“April Greiman was a bridge between the
modern and postmodern, the analog and the digital,”
Steven Heller
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Iris Light1984
Innovative use of video imagery and integration of New Wavetypography with classical designelements.
First hybrid piece Incorporating digital technology
‘It looks like a painting;it captures the spirit of light’
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Greiman and Jayme Odgers
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CalArts (1978) California Institute of the Arts
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The Modern PosterThe Museum of Modern Art, NY
MoMA (1985)
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Objects in SpaceAIGA/OC (1999)
Objects in Space Selby Gallery (1999)
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April Greiman’s Book on fusing graphics with technology
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Design Quarterly (issue# 133)1985‘Does it make sense?’
• The magazine unfolded into a 2 ftx6 ft spread
• Done on MacDraw
• A digitized, life-size portraitof Greiman
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‘A virtual landscape of text and image’
‘The cover of the magazine seemed to embody the
disillusionment of a nation deeply wounded by the Vietnam war and shaped by the growth of feminism, spiritualism, Eastern religion, Jungian archetypes, and dream symbolism’
D E S I G N Q U A R T E R L Y:
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Random images including symbols and a timeline
"I decided there could be nothing more personal than a nude, digitized portrait of myself."
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P i o n e e r O f
D i g i t a l D e s i g n
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Snow White and the seven pixels1986Maryland Institute College of Art
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Making Thinking(SCI-Arc ) 1990
Admissions Southern California (1993)
Institute of Architecture
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Walk Earth Talk1990April Greiman and Lucille Clifton
"Walk Earth Talk" recognizes the viewer as an integral part of the delicate balance of nature
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US Postage stamp1995
Greiman was commissioned to design a postage stamp
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California State University Sacramento(CSUS)
2004
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UCLA extension catalogueSpring 2005 (LA)
These covers have been designed for the last fifteen years by prominent designers like Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, David Carson, Paula Scher, April Greiman
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Drive-by Shooting Exhibition/ installationGreiman’s Digital Photography2006
19 large scall printsPhotographs taken from all over the world
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8,200sq. ft wallLos Angeles
Public Art Commission‘Hand holding bowl of rice’2007
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Merging video, print graphics, typography and still photography2008
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‘The invasion of infinite creativity’2008
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PacTel Esprit US West
Walker Art Center SCI-Arc
C L I E N T S
United States Postal Service
Hp
Xerox
Benetton
Esprit
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A C H I E V E M E N T S
Hall Chair Art Fellowship
Hallmark Corporation (1989)
American Institute of Architects (1994-99)
AIGA Fellowship (2003)Gold Medal
American Institute of Graphic Arts(1998) Lifetime Achievement
Chrysler Award for Innovation, Chrysler Corporation (1998)
Winner of Apple’s MacWorld Inaugural Art Competition
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“It’s not just graphic design
anymore. We just don’t
have a new name for it yet”
-April Greiman