ABOUT THE ARTIST
NOPATTERN The art, design, & creative direction of Chuck Anderson
godlike
24x18 print
The Exact Moment 30x20 print
places
24x18 print
Chuck Anderson (aka NoPattern) is a 21-years-old graphic designer that has managed to cull a list of clients that would make a seasoned designer envious. Nike, 555Soul, Pepsi, Sony, Garcia Marquez, and Reebok- just to name a few. If you ask him to, he’ll talk your head off. With a new NoPattern book- 28-pages offering a vividly saturated cross-section of his time, style, and genre- fresh off the presses, we talked to Chuck about his inspiration, his work on products and spaces, and why his world is so shiny. When did you decide to become a designer? I don’t honestly think I ever actually decided to become a designer. I’ve just always been an artist - since I was a child. It’s always been a part of me to create things. There was a time, however, that I made the decision to try to get my work out there to the world. That was about 6 months after I graduated high school. Early 2004. But it was less a decision to become a designer and more something I had to do because I had no money, no job, no degree (besides high school), and no plans for my future. Instead of becoming a designer, I feel like I was just always an artist to begin with. I truly believe it was God’s intention for my life to do what I’m doing now. What is your favorite part of the design process and why? Just looking at the direction for the project and taking those first few steps. I just get my hands dirty right away. I just get right into it. The feeling of a successful beginning can be more gratifying than the feeling of a successful finish sometimes. Hey- what a quote!
chuck loves music
chuck likes to read
kaskade - strobelite
album art and packaging
computer arts projects
lupe fiasco - food & liquor
cover for issue 117. photos by alan wardle.
album photography, design, and direction
relevant magazine
cover illustration (mickey rourke)
fall out boy - infinity on high
post-production, design, and layout
less than jake - in with the out crowd album design, photography, and direction
paste magazine
cover illustration
urb magazine
cover illustration