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It’s really fun to see the portfolio that started Michael Bierut’s tremendous career.
His original portfolio dates back to 1979...but it’s
still impressive (especially when you think about how much was done by hand).
excerpt below from Design Observer, re: portfolio piece shown above
On my own time, I dreamed of merging my interest in illustration, my love of commercial art, and my growing facility with classic form resolution. Freelance assignments gave the chance to try. I designed (and wrote) posters to promote the school magazine, Clifton, where my then-girlfriend (now wife) was business manager. The obvious model for this eclecticism was Pushpin, of course. But so tragically futile! How easy it seemed to imitate anyone who used flat colors, geometric shapes and sans serif type on a grid, and how hard it was to knock off Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast. I began to realize around then that maybe I didn't have what it took to make
it as a designing illustrator.
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