Cooper Hewitt says...
Freelance Illustrator.
Born 1954, New York.
BFA, Graphic Design, Cooper Union. Majored in architecture before switching to graphic design.
1976-1983 - Art Director. Created album covers, CBS Records. Design projects: Rolling Stone and Vogue.
1983 - Began freelance illustration career. First project: New Years 1984 shopping bag design for Bloomingdale's.
Editorial clients include: Time, Newsweek, Business Week, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fortune, Money, Random House, Simon & Schuster, etc.
Corporate clients include: AOL, Time Warner, Knoll, Morgan Stanley, Texas Instruments, Citibank, etc.
The Bloomingdale's 1984 shopping bag (the designer's only shopping bag project) in the Coooper-Hewitt collection is also in the permanent design collections of The Museum of Moder Art (New York) and The Pompidou Center (Paris).
Source: Personal communication from Gene Greif, November 28, 2001.
