Friday, May 15 was the last day for our influential designer presentations, as well as the last day of class. There were only two left and we heard about Kyle Cooper and Shepard Fairey.
Kyle Cooper is a title sequence creator who was influenced by Saul Bass, famous for his innovative design for movie titles, and Stephen Frankfurt. Frankfurt did the title sequence for the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird". Kyle has done the titles for all three Spider-Man movies, Seven, Dawn of the Dead and Curious George to name a few. He uses experimental type, montages, cartoons, and smooth transitions. He really gives the viewer an introduction to the movie they are about to see and he does it well. He has a company called Prolouge and also does TV animation for commercials and TV stations/channels.
Shepard Fairey was born in South Carolina and was influenced by skate parks, punk music and pop culture. He started out making stickers for skateboards and continued that tradition later on. He is part poster designer, part vandal and likes to make a statement. One of his biggest projects is "Obey" with his Andre the Giant drawing. He also does posters for bands and political and social issues. The posters Fairey designs have an Art Deco influence with dark images, bold fonts, sunbursts and hidden messages.
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