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David Carson
David Carson is principal of David Carson Design (dcd), with offices in New York and Los Angeles. His work has been published in over 150 magazine and newspaper articles around the world, including Eye, Idea, The New York Times, The Guardian, Metropolis, The La Times, Domas, Wired and Emigre. 
A feature in newsweek magazine said of Carson "he changed the public face of graphic design". Carson graduated with `honors and distinction' from San Diego State University, where he received a BFA degree in sociology. 
He worked with William Burroughs in Carson short film, the end of print in 1995, he designed the packaging as well as the photography for Nine inch nails, the fragile cd (and tour), and works as art director for Quiksilver clothing. Past clients include MTV, David Byrne, Ray Gun
magazine, Surfer magazine, Transworld skateboarding, Transworld snowboarding, Burton snowboards, Rusty surfboards, Georgio Armani, and Fox television. He directed the launch TV commercials for Lucent technologies and designed the worldwide branding campaign for Microsoft (thru weiden+kennedy, Portland).
His book, with Lewis Blackwell, The end of print, is the biggest selling graphic design monograph of all time, selling over 200.000 copies, (with a revised edition now out as well as a chinese version) and his newest (4th) book Trek (Gingko Press) has recently been released.
Carson serves as art director for the Marshall Mucluen Estate, and has recently produced a book of Mcluhan's quotes titled The book of probes (Gingko Press). David also serves as the creative director for the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina.
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