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metropolis feature
january 1999


crash landing, 54 unscheduled arrivals
David Carson
 David Carson

Pro surfer, art director (of magazines, including Raygun, and of advertising campaigns such as Microsoft's), commercial director, and end-of-print heralder David Carson selects two young, female magazine designers. Carson is currently directing commercials and videos in New York and working with Harvard Business School professor John Kao on a documentary entitled The Art and Discipline of Creativity.
David Carson
 Jennifer Tough
Art director and graphic designer,
bleach

"In the overcrowded world of magazines," says Carson, "the design of bleach comes as a truly fresh vision that feels derivative of no one."
Christa Skinner, blue
 Christa Skinner
Art director and designer,
blue

"I believe Christa is the top twentysomething designer in the country," says Carson of the 27-year-old who's been designing the New York--based adventure-travel and culture magazine blue since its launch in 1997. "She has an intuitive sense of space, color, form, and content."
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Jennifer Tough, bleach, David Carson, Christa Skinner, blue





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