David Carson

David Carson (born September 8, 1954) is an American graphic designer, art director and surfer. he is best know by his work on RAYGUN with his use of typography and wacky designs, as the art director. his style of typography is one of an individual style known as 'grunge typography.'

Carson was hired at RAYGUN by the publisher Marvin Scott as the art director of the magazine, creating inventive ways to make their magazine different & exciting. Ray Gun made Carson well known and attracted new people to his work.

In some cases I do like David Carson's work however I find it quite annoying to read. but I like that I find it annoying because it made ray gun different from the rest of you bog standard magazine's. it stood out, and that was all that Carson wanted to do was to change the game a little, step outside and create his own things, and I appreciate that. however his work to read can be aggravating and take longer to understand what's going on. he also took it too far I believe, within a interview with Bryan Ferry he changed the whole conversation to a font called 'Dingbat' (shown below) and to change a font to this is just stupid. however quite brave though.

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