MARIAN BANTJES, BRUCE MAU, STEFAN BUCHER, AND STEFAN SAGMEISTER

After researching Marian Bantjes, Bruce Mau, Stefan Bucher, and Stefan Sagmeister I noticed a pattern in the way all of their work is developed and the final output of their designs. All of these specific designers started off at the bottom and slowly made their way up to a position where any graphic designer ideally wants to be in their career. I am referring to these designers being able to show their own style of work and bring it out in their particular paid jobs. To be a graphic designer as be chosen for a job based on the style of your work is something we graphic designers strive for. These designers are privileged and are extremely hard working. They may have worked countless hours in their life times, however in the end it all pays off.

All of these designers do not limit themselves to one particular type of design output. Marian Bantjes specializes in hand drawn design forms. Bruce Mau is well known for is “Incomplete Manifesto” He experiments with typography to the maximum. Stefan Bucher is well known for exploring illustrations, including the 100 days of monsters which are his creations each initially starting with an ink splat. Stefan Sagmeister is famous for his unique CD designs and his amazing ability to create type out of many different objects. Each of these designers have found their niche and are ideal at executing. I look up to them as a designer entering the intense highly competitive field.

LETTER TO STEFAN BUCHER

Dear Stefan Bucher   

I recently watched your make/think video about your portfolio work as a graphic designer. After viewing this I was inspired by the courage and fearlessness you have specifically to branch off and be a freelance graphic designer as a pose to working for a specific company expressing your own style. I was impressed by the way you to dig down into your sub conscious and bring out the most distinct and humorous ideas and follow through with them.

As a student about to join the working world of graphic design I look up to you and your ability to be able to make some of the most staggering designs that. I understand it must have been a struggle to get where you are today, the fact that you have no hesitation to make mistakes is a brave standpoint. You are a unique individual because you take something so simple such as an ink spot and make it into something playful, something that has never been thought of before. You are an inspiration to all students who want so badly to push their limits and style of design into their clients work. 

I find it incredibly interesting that when you first began your design career you were afraid of the internet and what it had in store for you because you thought it might be the end of print. In my situation the particular technology that makes me worry is the revolutionary tablets, particularly the Ipad (I don’t necessarily think it will be the end of books, however it is going to effect graphic designers). Like the internet for you, the Ipad is the latest technology, of my time as a designer, in which I have to learn to cope with and grow to evolve with, just as you evolved with the internet over time.

I am glad to have viewed your work and recognize your boldness towards design. By showing ones own particular style through their work, happiness follows it seems.

Thanks for inspiring me.

-Janelle Scriver