Laurie Rosenwald
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Laurie Rosenwald | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Rhode Island School of Design |
| Known for | Illustration, Graphic Design, Painting, Author |
| Website | Rosenworld.com |
Laurie Rosenwald (born 1955) is an American author, artist, Emmy-nominated animator,[1] and principal of rosenworld, a design studio. A New York City native, she graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in painting.[2] She is a recipient of awards from the Type Directors Club, Art Directors Club, American Illustration, Print Magazine, Communication Arts and AIGA. She lives in Manhattan.
Career
[edit]As a designer, Laurie has worked for Ikea, Sony Music, Warner Bros., The Sundance Channel, Bloomingdale's, J. Walter Thompson, Bravo, Conde Nast, The Whitney Museum, Vintage Books, Little Brown, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Knopf, among countless others. Her typeface, Loupot, designed in collaboration with Cyrus Highsmith, is published by Occupant Fonts.
Her illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Baffler, and many other publications. Her collaboration with the writer David Sedaris, "David's Diary," is an animated app for iPad and iPhone.[3]
She has authored and illustrated How to Makes Mistakes on Purpose (Hachette), All the Wrong People Have Self-Esteem (Bloomsbury), And to Name but Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue (Blue Apple Books), and New York Notebook (Chronicle Books).
Her paintings have been exhibited by Sotheby’s, Chashama, and Spring/Break Art Show 2020 and 2021, in New York, Galerie Pixi in France, and Galleri Konstepidemin in Sweden. A large mural in encaustic has been installed at Target Corporation's New York City headquarters, and on Times Square billboards for Target as well.
She has taught both Graphic Design and Illustration at School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design, as well as NYU, and Pratt Institute.
As a writer, Rosenwald's humor pieces can be found in the books, "101 Damnations"[4] and "Mirth of a Nation",[5] and she is often featured in The American Bystander as both writer and artist.
She has written essays for Communication Arts where her articles include How to Make Mistakes on Purpose,[6] Illustration: Graphic Design’s Poor Relation,[7] and Mutant Bastard Yucky Colors of the Apocalypse.[8]
Rosenwald has a second career as emcee and comedian. She appeared as "Woman" in Season Five Episode One of The Sopranos.
How to Make Mistakes on Purpose
[edit]Rosenwald runs a popular creativity workshop, "How to Make Mistakes on Purpose",[9] which has been hosted by schools and corporations in both North America and Europe, including Johnson & Johnson, Kurt Andersen's Studio 360, TEDx, Starbucks, Google, Adobe, BuzzFeed, Art Directors Club, AIGA New York, Edenspiekermann in Berlin and schools such as RISD, MICA, Camberwell and CalArts.
The details of this workshop remain a mystery, as participants are sworn to secrecy.[8] With the November, 2021 release of How to Make Mistakes on Purpose, these secrets are at last revealed.
References
[edit]- ^ "Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards - 37th Annual Nominations Announcement". Emmyonline.org. Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ Zeegen, Lawrence (2010-02-01). Complete Digital Illustration: A Master Class in Image-Making. Rockport Publishers. ISBN 9782888930969. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ "David's Diary: London 2009". 28 October 2012.
- ^ Rosen, Michael (3 August 2002). 101 Damnations: The Humorists' Tour of Personal Hells. Macmillan. ISBN 0312284802.
- ^ Mirth of a Nation: The Best Contemporary Humor. Harper Paperbacks. 2 February 2000.
- ^ "How to Make Mistakes on Purpose | Communication Arts". Communication Arts. September 2008.
- ^ Rosenwald, Laurie (2002-03-15). "Illustration: Graphic Design's Poor Relation". AIGA. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ a b "Design Matters Today with Laurie Rosenwald". Debbiemillman.blogspot.com. 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ Rosenwald, Laurie. "Mistakes on Purpose Workshop". Mistakesonpurpose.com. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
External links
[edit]- Blog
- "What Matters: Laurie Rosenwald on the Beauty of Not Trying By Debbie Millman Print magazine (November 2021)
- "A Blue-Floored Loft That 'Looks Like a Hardware Store Exploded' by Wendy Goodman New York (magazine) (November 2021)
- "Why and how to make mistakes on purpose" Creative Boom (November 2021)
- In/Visible Talks 2019: Laurie Rosenwald (January 2019)
- "Illustrator Profile - Laurie Rosenwald: 'I love to work'" by Robert Newman AI-AP.com (January 2017)
- "Making Sheets From Design Mistakes" by Steven Heller Print magazine (September 2011)
- "Laurie Rosenwald, Part 1" by Glenn O'Brien (May 2009)
- Laurie Rosenwald interviewed by Debbie Millman Design Matters (March 2008)
- "Art Work Shop Lesson: Make Mistakes" by Lily Koppel New York Times (June 2006)
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