Catalogue of Influences

Graphic design editorial assignment designing a book of influences. This catalogue is a collection of inspirations and influences that influenced my approach and perspective on art and design.

2. Julia So Influence Sketchbook a collection of my design and art influences
3. Art has always been a big part of my life. Over the years I've build a large collection of reference artists, techniques, and mediums that have influenced my drawing skills. Now I have even started collecting new influences that inspire my developing design skills. The intension of this book is to collect and organize my long time or newfound art and design influences to share and look back at.
4. As Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes Jerome Harris As, Not For is an incomplete historical survey of work created by African- American graphic designers over the last century. These practitioners are absent in too many classroom lectures, and their methods mostly invisible or uncredited in the field. This exhibition aims to promote the inclusion of neglected Black designers and their developed methodologies and challenge the ubiquity of White and anti- Black aesthetics in our designed world. Curated by Jerome Harris in collaboration with Mary Yang and BU Graphic Design Students.
6. CoMix Wave Films Story Inc. a Japanese animation film studio and distribution company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The studio is known for its anime feature films, short films, and television commercials, particularly those made by director Makoto Shinkai.It was founded in March 2007 when it split from CoMix Wave Inc., which was initially formed in 1998 from Itochu Corporation, ASATSU (now ADK), and other companies. "CoMix Wave Films began in creative contracting and currently engages in animated movie production, distribution and package sales as well as overseas sales. We staff each step with a small number of highly skilled people, hoping to create works that will both fully display its creators'abilities and stand the test of time. Our mission is to work with imaginative artists to deliver heartfelt works to the world."
11. Josef Muller-Brockmann Josef Müller-Brockmann was a Swiss graphic designer, author, and educator, he was a Principal at Muller-Brockmann & Co. design firm. He was a pioneer of the International Typographic Style.
13. Lisk Feng Lisk Feng is an award- winning illustrator who is initially from China, and now a New York-based freelance illustrator. She graduated from MFA Illustration Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014, with a lot of publications and advertisings projects seen by the world, such as The New Yorker, Apple, Penguin, Airbnb, The New York Times, Chanel, etc. Meanwhile, her illustrations received some awards and recognitions such as Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts Excellence Award, 3X3 Silver Medal, American Illustration winner, etc. She also published several children`s books with Flying Eye Books, Abrams and Kids Can Press. She was awarded one of the Art Directors Club 15 young gun artists among all artists from all fields worldwide in 2017.
19. Tang Yau Hoong Tang Yau Hoong is an artist, illustrator, graphic designer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With a passion for creative thinking, he creates art that is conceptual, surreal and fun in a simplistic and unique way. Since 2007, he works with various clients globally in advertising, editorial, branding, corporate, marketing, and many other design projects. When he is not doing commercial work he enjoys making art and immerses himself in his personal projects.
24. Kaori Doi is an illustrator living in Tokyo. She strives to express the presence and beauty of objects with a delicate touch using colored pencils, and her specialty is the depiction of food. ౦ژࡏॅͷΠϥετϨʔλʔ Ͱ͢ɻ ৭ԖචΛ࢖ͬͨણࡉͳ λονͰɺ ෺ͷଘࡏײ΍ඒ͠ ͞Λૉ๿ʹදݱ͢Δ͜ͱΛ৺ ͕͚͓ͯΓ·͢ɻ ಛʹ
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26. Mateusz Urbanowicz Mateusz Urbanowicz is an apt name for the Polish artist who is famous for drawing urban landscapes. Even though Urbanowicz is known for his unique style of artwork, one of his true talents is a keen eye. Armed with a camera and touring the streets of Tokyo, Mateusz would look for fascinating settings that are easily overlooked by the average tourist or passerby. In other words, the artist searches for scenes of intense character.
30. Prints from the Risograph Worshop at Multiple Formats Symposium
32. Making the first-ever animated Spider-Man feature was a chance to do something new and exciting, an invitation to look for a new visual style inspired by the look of comic books. The entire look of the film was driven by artist’s intention in which the design and style was given more importance than accuracy or realism. Artists were encouraged to experiment and try new ideas without concern for how it might break the pipeline. The hand of the artist is visible in every shot including imperfections.
34. Bernard Villemont Bernard Villemot (1911–1989) was a French graphic artist. Between 1932 and 1934, he studied in Paris with the artist Paul Colin, and in 1945–46, he began designing posters for the Red Cross. In the late 1940s, he began a famous series of travel posters for Air France. In 1963, the Musée des arts décoratifs in Paris held an exhibition of his work. Villemot became known as one of the last great poster artists and for his ability to distill an advertising message to a memorable image with simple, elegant lines and bold colors.
37. Donald and Helen Olson Donald Olson was a renowned Modernist architect. His distinctive designs, ranked among the best of California modernism, held fast to a purist expression of International Style modernism. He was a designer of numerous landmark residences and buildings including, UC Berkeley’s Wurster Hall with Joseph Esherick and Vernon DeMars. I was close to Don and Helen Olson. My mom is an architect. She was a student of Don’s when she went to UC Berkeley for graduate school. Don was her master’s thesis advisor. After she graduated in 1984, he hired her to work at his office. Photos with Don and Helen in 2001
38. His wife Helen Olson was an art director at Filene Department store. While Don was teaching at Harvard she was designing illustrations and posters for Filene.
39. My family would always visit them at their home located on the North Berkeley Hills, a grand modernist style home designed by Don. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2010. They both had a great influence on my love for modernist architecture and illustration design. Don and Helen Olsen's House
41. William Boyd "Bill" Watterson II is the author of Calvin and Hobbes. He was author and artist during the strip's decade-long run. During its run, Watterson became known for battling against the arbitrary structure publishers imposed on newspaper cartoons and the limited size of contemporary comic strips. Watterson managed to get an exception to this constraint for Calvin and Hobbes, allowing him to draw his Sunday cartoons the way he wanted. In many of them the panels overlap or contain their own panels; in some of them the action takes place diagonally across the strip. Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
43. Cheryl Young Cheryl Young is a Hong Kong based freelance artist with a love of hamsters and environments. While Cheryl’s profession lies in illustration, games, and comics, Cheryl has also worked with Disney, Mojang and Dark Horse Comics.
47. John Marchione is an illustrator, designer, and printer currently based in Baltimore, MD. In 2015 Jon graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in illustration and a concentration in Book Arts. Since 2015 he has been working as a freelance illustrator. His clients include NPR, HopeWell, The Center for Open Data Enterprise, Baltimore City Paper, Narritive. ly, Newcity Magazine, Spider Magazine, The Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine, and the Light Grey Art Lab. In 2018 Jon started work as a designer & letterpress printer for Gilah Press & Design and have worked with clients such as Union Craft Brewing, Strickland Hollow, Hoopla Catering and the Evermore Cannabis Collective. John Marchione
52. Gabriel Picolo is a Brazilian comic artist and illustrator based in Sao Paulo. His work has become known for its strong storytelling and atmospheric colors. Picolo has developed projects for clients such as Blizzard, BOOM! Studios, Harper Collins, and DeviantART. Gabriel Picolo
53. Mo Willems is an American writer, animator, voice actor, and children's book author. His work includes creating the animated television series Sheep in the Big City for Cartoon Network, working on Sesame Street and The Off-Beats, and creating the popular children's book series Elephant and Piggie. hi I'm Pigeon! Mo Willems
56. Emily Xu is a fourth year animation student at Sheridan Collage in Oakville, Ontario. Emily is a story artist who also explores illustration. Her use of bold colors, filtered blurs and glitch effects bring out a narrative in her illustrations. Emily Xu
60. James Jean is a Taiwanese American artist. He studied illustration and painting at School of Visual Arts in New York in 2001. He worked as a DC and Marvel comic cover illustrator earning multiple awards such as the Garnering Seven Eisner Award and three Harvey Awards. “By experimenting with different styles and art-historical genres, Jean depicts detailed cosmological worlds that focus on both individual and universal experiences. Layered with imagery drawn from contemporary culture and age- old allegories, he imagines a collective realm of mythological proportions.” James Jean
63. FRAME/WORK/SITE All design prints and postcards were collected from the 2022 MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibitions. Oliver Hua Rhea Jauhar Arjun Kumar Amy Kunberger Chen Luo Yash Mathur Noor Nasser Jordan Phillips Dan Pinnolis Tvesha Shah Ye Wang Spencer Yan Regina Acra Bella Bennett Treasa Benny Domenico Colace Crystal Du Chuck Gonzales MFA Graphic Design Class of 2022
64. The practice of design is a synthesis of conceptual thinking and invention combined with physical labor and craft to achieve a specific desired outcome. Designers labor, spending countless hours on iterations, revisions, consultations, and refinements, sometimes taking a project completely apart and starting over. The work is not solitary but is a response to—and collaboration with—a range of stakeholders, always with an audience in mind.
65. Christoph Niemann is an artist, author and animator. His work appears regularly on the covers of The New Yorker, National Geographic and The New York Times Magazine. Christoph Niemann’s art has been subject to numerous museum retrospectives. He has drawn live from the Venice Art Biennale, the Olympic Games in London, and he has sketched the New York City Marathon — while actually running it. He created The New Yorker’s first Augmented Reality Cover as well as a hand drawn 360 degree VR animation for the magazine’s US Open issue. Christoph Niemann
67. Adapted by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli, with graphics by David Mazzucchelli, Paul Auster’s groundbreaking, Edgar Award- nominated masterwork has been astonishingly transformed into a new visual language.
69. Quinn writes mysteries. The Washington Post has described him as a “post-existentialist private eye.” An unknown voice on the telephone is now begging for his help, drawing him into a world and a mystery far stranger than any he ever created in print.
70. Designed by Julia So Spring 2022 Junior Graphic Design at Boston University Book set in Sculpin Typeface, designed by Eric Olson