Famous Graphic Designers Quiz

Most graphic designers have little name recognition, but there are some designers with international renown for the influence of their work. Can you match the designer with the correct biography?


1. April Greiman

2. Giambattista Bodoni

3. David Carson

4. Saul Bass

5. Milton Glaser

6. Barbara Kruger



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A. an Italian typographer, engraver, type designer, and printer who lived late 1700 and gave his name to many fonts that he designed.

B. a self-taught designer of typeface and graphics which were featured heavily in surfing and skateboarding magazines circa 1980 and 1990.

C. considered one of the great graphic designers of the mid-20th century and the undisputed master of film title design, collaborating with Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, and Martin Scorsese.

D. a contemporary designer often recognized as one of the first to embrace computer technology as a design tool and credited with helping to establish the “New Wave” design style in the U.S.

E. contemporary artist who began as a graphic designer for the magazine Mademoiselle and who later combined advertising photography with bold slogans to produce shocking “photomontages,” which mock the methods used by advertisers to sell products.

F. famous American graphic designer of the 20th century behind some of the most famous popular icons, including the “I Love New York” campaign and numerous advertising posters, record covers, and soup cans.

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