David Carson is an American graphic designer, art director and surfer, who is best known for his innovative magazine design of a Ray Gun and surfing magazines, and use of experimental typography.

 

David Carson re-designed Surfer magazine and art directed and design it for the next 2 years, before starting Ray Gun Magazine for 3 years. He then relocated his studio to New York City, where he still works today. And in 1995, Carson left Ray Gun to found his own studio, David Carson Design, in New York City. He started to attract major clients from all over the United States.

 

During the next three years, he was doing work for Pepsi Cola, Ray Ban, Nike, Microsoft, Budweiser, Giorgio Armani, NBC, American Airlines and Levi Strauss Jeans, and later worked for a variety of new clients, including AT&T Corporation, British Airways, Kodak, Lycra, Packard Bell, Sony, Suzuki, Toyota, Warner Bros, CNN, Cuervo Gold, Johnson AIDS Foundation, MTV Global, Prince, Lotus Software, Fox TV, Nissan, quiksilver, Intel, Mercedes-Benz, MGM Studios and Nine Inch Nails.

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In my opinion, David Carson's work is very imaginative and inspires many viewers to create images just like his. I like some of his work, because he uses words that links up with his work it self, and makes sure there's detail to make the overall image full and interesting.