design NOW A CONTEMPORARY LECTURE SERIES
The University of Missouri - Kansas City Fine Arts Building 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri
chip KIDD
September 9 | 6:00 PM
Chip Kidd's book jacket designs for Alfred A. Knopf have helped spawn a revolution in the art of American book packaging. His work has been featured in Vanity Fair, Print, TIME, Graves.
david CARSON
December 1 | 6:30 PM
David Carson is best known for his innovative magazine design Ray Gun, and use of experimental typography. Carson, one of the top influential graphic designers of the nineties.
katherine MCCOY
October 11 | 7:30 PM
Katherine McCoy co-chaired Cranbrook's Academy's Department of Design for 24 years. She is a 1999 AIGA Medalist and has served as a vice president of the AIGA. She writes frequently on design criticism and history.
stefan SAGMEISTER
November 6 | 8:00 PM
Stefan Sagmeister is among today's most important graphic designers. Born in Austria, he now lives and works in New York. His long-standing collaborators include the AIGA and musicians, David Byrne and Lou Reed.