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Cover for Globe Magazine designed by Gail Anderson

Cover of The Boston Globe Magazine’s annual Best of the New list of restaurants, shops, people, ideas and more. Design: Gail Anderson, Joe Newton, 2015.

 

series of editorials on prominent designers

a ny-based designer, writer, and educator, gail anderson has left a deep impression on the industry with her whimsical and highly conceptual typography.

her career spans from magazine covers and layouts to theatre posters and academic branding. some of her work has been included in the collections of the cooper hewitt design museum and the library of congress.

Portrait of Gail Anderson

Gail Anderson. Photo by Declan Van Welie. Courtesy of Gail Anderson.

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Gail Anderson with her family as a child

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born in Jamaica

Gail Anderson with her family as a child.

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Gail Anderson’s student id at the School of Visual Arts

Gail Anderson’s student ID at the School of Visual Arts.

 

graduates from the School of Visual Arts in New York

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works at Rolling Stone magazine

Cover for Rolling Stone magazine issue 809, April 1999. Painting: Mark Ryden, design: Gail Anderson, art direction: Fred Woodward.

Cover by Gail Anderson for Rolling Stone magazine issue 809, April 1999

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Key art for Broadway show Avenue Q

Key art for Broadway show Avenue Q. Design: Gail Anderson, 2003.

 

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works as Creative Director of Design at SpotCo, a NY advertising agency that creates artwork for Broadway theaters

 

 

Gail Anderson at the reception for her National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement honor

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Gail Anderson at the reception for her National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement honor, from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Photograph by Scott Rudd Associates.

 

 

receives a Lifetime Achievement Medal from the AIGA

Poster for Barack Obama’s election campaign, 2012. Design: Gail Anderson, Joe Newton.

Poster for Barack Obama’s election campaign, 2012. Design: Gail Anderson, Joe Newton.

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creates a poster series inspired by a quote from President Barack Obama’s inaugural address on a commission of the School of Visual Arts

A brick of a book featuring work from students taught by Gail Anderson

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A brick of a book featuring student work from graduating advertising and design students taught by Gail Anderson at the School of Visual Arts, New York.

sets up her own design firm with creative director Joe Newton, forming Anderson Newton bureau

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designs Emancipation Proclamation postage stamp for the US Postal Service

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participates in The Forty-Five Pin Project supporting US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

Poster commemorating the tragic death of Martin Luther King Jr. Design: Gail Anderson.

Poster commemorating the tragic death of Martin Luther King Jr. Design: Gail Anderson.

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her significant contribution to design is a belief in the tradition of typography and a joy in using it in a contemporary vernacular. —drew hodges, founder of spotco advertising agency

Image form Gail Anderson’s collection of New York city type

Image form Gail Anderson’s collection of New York city type.