April Greiman

Queen of Techno-color

April Greiman is known as a pioneer in digital design for being one of the first designers to use the computer as a design tool
Born in New York Studied at the Allgemeine Kuntsgewerbeschule (General Arts Trade School) in Basel, Switzerland and the Kansas City Art Institute

P r o j e c t PRESENTATION NAME / Description W o r k

The

digital
me
same way the

landscape
in

fascinates

as

the

desert
-Greiman

WET magazine cover 1976

April Greiman and Jayme Odgers

Made In Space Inc. (graphic design studio) 1976

Opened by April Greiman in California

April Greinham and Jayme Odgers Olympics Poster 1984

They inter-married photographic and computer graphic elements

The star is a symbol of highest aspirations of mankind

Another Olympic Games Poster 1984

15 artists were commissioned to design posters for the games

April Greiman was a bridge between the

modern postmodern, the analog digital,

and and the
Steven Heller

Iris Light 1984

It looks like a painting; it captures the spirit of light

First hybrid piece Incorporating digital technology Innovative use of video imagery and integration of New Wave typography with classical design elements.

Greiman and Jayme Odgers

CalArts (1978) California Institute of the Arts

The Modern Poster The Museum of Modern Art, NY MoMA (1985)

Objects in Space Selby Gallery (1999)

Objects in Space AIGA/OC (1999)

April Greimans Book on fusing graphics with technology

 The magazine unfolded into a 2 ftx6 ft spread

Done on MacDraw
A digitized, life-size portrait of Greiman

Design Quarterly (issue# 133) 1985

Does it make sense?

D E S I G N

Q U A

R T E R L Y:

A virtual landscape of text and image

The cover of the magazine seemed to embody the

disillusionment of a nation deeply wounded by

the Vietnam war and shaped by the growth of feminism, spiritualism, Eastern religion, Jungian archetypes, and dream symbolism

Random images including symbols and a timeline

"I decided there could be nothing more personal than a nude, digitized portrait of myself."

O f D i g i t a l D e s i g n

Snow White and the seven pixels 1986

Maryland Institute College of Art

Making Thinking (SCI-Arc ) 1990

Admissions Southern California (1993) Institute of Architecture

Walk Earth Talk 1990 April Greiman and Lucille Clifton

"Walk Earth Talk" recognizes the viewer as an integral part of the delicate balance of nature

US Postage stamp 1995

Greiman was commissioned to design a postage stamp

California State University Sacramento (CSUS) 2004

UCLA extension catalogue Spring 2005 (LA)

These covers have been designed for the last fifteen years by prominent designers like Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, David Carson, Paula Scher, April Greiman

Drive-by Shooting Exhibition/ installation Greimans Digital Photography

2006

19 large scall prints Photographs taken from all over the world

Hand holding bowl of rice 2007

Public Art Commission 8,200sq. ft wall Los Angeles

Merging video, print graphics, typography and still photography 2008

The invasion of infinite creativity 2008

PacTel
Esprit US West Walker Art Center SCI-Arc

United States Postal Service

Hp
Xerox Benetton Esprit

A C H I E V E M E N T S
Hall Chair Art Fellowship Hallmark Corporation (1989) American Institute of Architects (1994-99) AIGA Fellowship (2003)Gold Medal American Institute of Graphic Arts(1998) Lifetime Achievement

Chrysler Award for Innovation, Chrysler Corporation (1998)

Winner of Apples MacWorld Inaugural Art Competition

Its

not just graphic design

anymore. We just dont

have a new name for it yet

-April Greiman