Gail Anderson Biography
Gail Anderson born in 1952 in the United States, is an American graphic designer, writer, and educator. Her family migrated to the Bronx, New York from Jamaica.
Anderson’s family migrated to the Bronx, New York from Jamaica. She was the first-generation American, and first-generation college-educated in her family. In her youth, Anderson created Jackson 5 and Partridge Family pretend magazines.
She looked into what was then called commercial art as a possible career field as she got older. Gail graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in 1984, where she was taught by Paula Scher.
She then attended the faculty at School of Visual Arts MFA, undergraduate, and high school design programs, and has served on the advisory boards for Adobe Partners by Design and the Society of Publication Designers.
Gail currently serves on the board for the Type Directors Club and is a member of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee for the US Postal Service.
Gail Anderson Age
She was born in 1952, Her exact date of birth is not yet known and will be updated as soon as it is confirmed.
Gail Anderson Family
Her relationship status is still under review and will be updated later.
Gail Anderson Height
She has a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches. Gail’s weight is not yet known and will be confirmed and updated.
Gail Anderson Work Style
She is passionate about type and is obsessed with the element of type and finds ways to improve her skill. Gail developed her typestyle and incorporates it into commercial fonts, lettering, old advertising posters, vintage signage, pages from antique specimen books. All these sparks her impassioned typographic emotions.
She now has to focus her career in creating artwork and campaigns for Broadway theater. Gail is also specializing in hand-lettering and packaging design. She has had a chance to published her work in the book called Hand- Drawn Packaging from around the world. This book has contributed the document about Anderson talent and graphic design skills. It has won the best illustrating award-winning design.
Gail Anderson Nationality
Anderson was born in Bronx, New York, USA and is hence of American nationality.
Gail Anderson Net worth
Her net worth was approximately $ 100K – $1 Million as of 2018. Currently, her net worth is approximately $3 Million as of March 2019.
Gail Anderson Awards
- AIGA Lifetime Achievement Medal in 2008
- Richard Gangel Art Director Award in 2009
- National Design Awards, Lifetime Achievement in 2018
Gail Anderson Works And Publications
- American Typeplay in 1994.
- The Designer’s Guide to Astounding Photoshop Effects in 2004.
- Graphic Wit: The Art of Humor in Design in 1991.
- New Modernist Type in 2012.
- Decorative Lettering in the Digital Age in 2010.
- Classic Fonts for the Digital Age in 2009.
- The Savage Mirror: The Art of Contemporary Caricature in 1992.
- Typographic Universe. London in 2014.
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