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David Carson is principal and chief designer of David Carson Design, Inc. He describes his work as
subjective, being driven by intution and experimentation in different ways of communication in a variety
of mediums. Carson's first book, with Lewis Blackwell, The End of Print, (forward by David Byrne) is the top
selling graphic design book of all time, selling over 200,000 copies, and printed in 5 different languages. He
has two recently released books, TREK and The Book of Probes with Marshall McLuhan. David is also art
director for the Mcluhan estate ("the medium is the message"). Carson lectures extensively throughout the
world, as well as at colleges throughout the U.S., including Cranbrook, ARTcenter, Notre dame, RISD and Cal
Arts. In the past few years, Carson has branched out into film and television to direct commercials and
videos. He directed the launch commercials for Lucent technologies and teamed up with William
Burroughs in Carson's short film, "The End of Print". He also collaborated with Harvard Business School
professor John Kao on a documentary entitled "The Art and Discipline of Creativity." David designed the
worldwide branding campaign for Microsoft in 1998, as well as the worldwide advertising for Giorgio Armani
(Milan). He has appeared in advertisements endorsing Apple Computers, Samsung monitors and various
paper companies. Carson has art directed and designed Surfer, twSkateboarding, twSnowboarding,
Beach Culture, and Ray Gun magazines. He has an extensive list of international clients: Nine Inch nails,
Toyota, Microsoft, Quiksilver, Meg Ryan, David Byrne, Bush, Pepsi, and Xerox. He currently serves as Creative
Director for the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston.
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