Michael Vanderbyl

Michael Vanderbyl (born February 9, 1947) is a multidisciplinary designer and design educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the principal of Vanderbyl Design.

Michael Vanderbyl
Born (1947-02-09) February 9, 1947
Oakland, California, US
OccupationDesigner, professor
MovementPacific Wave design movement
Websitehttp://www.vanderbyl.com/

Biography

Michael Vanderbyl was born February 9, 1947 in Oakland, California.[1][2] Vanderbyl received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design in 1968 from California College of the Arts (CCA).[2] He taught graphic design at CCA for more than 30 years, from 1973 to 2014 and served as the Dean of Design from 1986 to 2002.[3][4]

Vanderbyl was one of the artists in the early 1980s that helped establish the San Francisco Bay Area as a center of the postmodern movement in graphic design. In the early 1980s a few San Francisco–based designers were nicknamed “The Michaels” because they all had the same name (Vanderbyl alongside, Cronan, Mabry, Manwaring, Schwab), and later they were known as the "Pacific Wave" according to historian Steven Heller.[1][5][6][7]

In 1973, he established his own practice, Vanderbyl Design.[8] Over the years his work has expanded from graphic design to designing furniture, products, showrooms and retail spaces. Clients have included Esprit, Baker Furniture, The Walt Disney Company, IBM, AmericaOne, Robert Talbott, Teknion, The Blackstone Group and Luna Textiles. He has designed products for, among others, McGuire Furniture,[9] and HBF.[10]

Vanderbyl was awarded the 2000 AIGA Medal by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).[11] He has been a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) since 1987. He was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) in 2006. In 2012, he was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame.[12]

See also

References
  1. "2014 AIGA Medalist: Michael Cronan". American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  2. Yew, Wei (1991). Pacific Rim Design: The Works of 15 Pacific Rim Graphic Designers. Quon Editions. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-9694432-4-7.
  3. "Michael Vanderbyl". Bolier. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  4. Braun, Laura (January 30, 2017). "Contract: 2017 Legend: Michael Vanderbyl". California College of the Arts. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  5. Camuffo, Giorgio (1987). Pacific Wave: California Graphic Design. April Greiman, Museo Fortuny. Magnus. ISBN 9788870570700.
  6. Bierut, Michael (2019-03-12). Now You See It and Other Essays on Design. Chronicle Books. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-61689-676-8.
  7. "Michael: They Have Come To Symbolize San Francisco Design". Newspapers.com. The San Francisco Examiner. 26 January 1986. p. 23–27. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  8. "Crossing Over: Side Projects from Six Graphic Design Icons, by John Clifford". Core77. March 25, 2014. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  9. "McGuire Furniture". www.kohlerinteriors.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2007-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "2000 AIGA Medalist: Michael Vanderbyl". AIGA. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  12. "Michael Vanderbyl: 2012 Hall of Fame Inductee". Interior Design. June 2014. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

Further reading
  • Igarashi, Takenobu; Vignelli, Massimo; Thornton, Richard S. (1985). Seven Graphic Designers: Michael Manwaring, Woody Pirtle, Takenobu Igarashi, April Greiman, Gerald Reis, Koichi Sato, Michael Vanderbyl. Tokyo, Japan: Mitsumura Printing Company. ISBN 9784766103472.
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