Barry Deck (1962-Present)

-Born in Mount Pleasant Iowa in 1962.

-Graduated Northern Illinois University in 1986.

-Recruited as junior designer for Liption & Simmons in Chicago.

-Became graphic designer for Kim Abrams Design.

-Returned to school for Master of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of Arts in 1987.

-There, studied experimental approaches with Ed Fella and Lorraine Wild.

-Moved to New York in 1992 and became a radical for the conservative typeface community.

-Set up his own company, "Dysmedia," in 1995.

Known for his work with experimental and distorted typefaces. His work help to typify the "new wave" of the early 1990's. Has been published in Wired Eye, Emigre, Ray Gun, and I.D. publications. His typeface Template Gothic was proclaimed by Emigre to be "the typeface of the decade."

Typefaces include:

+Barry Sans Serif

+CanicopulusScript

+Mutant Industry Roman

+Bombadeer

+Industry Sans

+Template Gothic

+Arbitrary Sans

+Caustic Biomorph

+Cyberotica

+Truth

+Traitor

+Eunuverse

+FauxCra

+Moderne Sans

Clients and Projects:

+Coca-Cola

+Pepsi Cola

+Reebok

+Nike

+Apple

+AT&T

+Vodafone

+Heineken

+EA

+Dupont

+Sony

+Siemens

+Philips

+Charles Schwab

+Hewlett-Packard

+SAP

+Dreamworks

+Warner Bros.

+American Film Institute

+Universal Studios

+E! Entertainment TV Network

+Sundance TV Network

+PBS Public Broadcasting Service

+Nickelodeon

+Vh1

+Stalking Muses

+MoMA

+MoCA

+City of Los Angeles

+The Getty Research Center

Quote: "I am really interested in type that isn't perfect. Type that reflects more truly the imperfect language of an imperfect world inhabited by imperfect beings." -Barry Deck

Sources:

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http://barrydeck.com