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Gail Anderson with her family as a child

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Created with Sketch.

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.

early years

Anderson’s parents emigrated to New York from Jamaica. She was a first-generation American, and first-generation college-educated in her family. As a child, she crafted magazines for pop music bands with kissable centerfolds. Her formal artistic training began with weekend drawing classes at Pratt University and she later enrolled at the School of Visual Arts in NY, where she was taught by Paula Scher. After college, the young designer worked at Vintage Books publishing house and The Boston Globe’s Sunday magazine.

Fragments of a map for the Senior Library of the School of Visual Arts, New York. Design: Gail Anderson, Jeff Rogers.

Fragments of a map for the Senior Library of the School of Visual Arts, New York. Design: Gail Ander
Fragment of video promo for the School of Visual Arts, New York. Design: Gail Anderson, Joe Newton.

Fragment of video promo for the School of Visual Arts, New York. Design: Gail Anderson, Joe Newton.

 

Fragments of a map for the Senior Library of the School of Visual Arts, New York
Fragments of a map for the Senior Library of the School of Visual Arts, New York
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