Michael Vanderbyl
1947– | BORN: Oakland, California | EDUCATION: California College of Arts and Crafts (later California College of the Arts)
Expanded graphic design into multiple disciplines
Helped establish San Francisco as a design hub
Graphic design isn’t all that Michael Vanderbyl does—he also designs furniture, showrooms, and products—but graphic design informs everything he does. He proves that if you can design, you can design anything.
Vanderbyl started his design firm in San Francisco in 1973. His early graphic design work combined simple typography with playful postmodern elements like pastel palettes, diagonals, textures, and patterns. ...
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