Steven Brower

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Steven Ian Brower (born 1952) is an American graphic designer, and writer. His work appears regularly in international and national design annuals and books on design, and he writes for several publications. [1]

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Biography

Brower was related to Milton Glaser, who was his mother’s cousin. [2] He attended the High School of Music & Art and the School of Visual Arts in New York City and is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton and National University. He is currently the director of the "Get Your Masters with the Masters" MFA of Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. [3]

During his tenure as Creative Director at Print, the magazine garnered two National Magazine Awards for General Excellence and a Gold and Silver award from the Society of Publication Designers. [4]

His work has been honored by AIGA, the Art Directors Club, the American Center for Design, the BRNO Biennale Association, and the Type Directors Club, among others. He has been an art director at the New York Times and The Nation, and his work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution. [5]

Woody Guthrie Artworks, co-authored by Brower and Nora Guthrie and designed by Brower, was published in 2005. The book won a Silver prize in the Foreword Awards and the top prize in the New York Book Show, both in the fine art category. [6]

In 2006 he designed and co-authored 2D: Visual Basics for Designers with Robin Landa and Rose Gonnella. Satchmo: The Wonderful Art and World of Louis Armstrong was published in 2009. In late 2010 two books that Brower designed and authored were published: From Shadow to Light: The Life and Art of Mort Meskin [7] and Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperpack. The latter "chronicles the history of the paperback format and highlights the designers behind the tantalizing cover art that became its signature selling point." [8]

In early 2011 the first exhibit of Brower's design work "EYE, BROWER A Twenty Five Year Retrospective" was held in the Visual Arts Gallery of The Art Institute of California. [9]

Bibliography

Books written and designed by Steven Brower

2D: Visual Basics for Designers (with Robin Landa and Rose Gonnella)

Amazing, Mysterious, Weird & True: The Pulp Work of Comic Book Artists (with Jim Simon)

Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperback

Duke Ellington: An American Composer and Icon (with Mercedes Ellington)

From Shadow to Light: The Life and Art of Mort Meskin

Golden Age Western Comics

Inside Art Direction: Case studies and Interviews

Satchmo: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

Woody Guthrie Artworks (with Nora Guthrie)

Written and edited by Steven Brower

Mort Meskin: Out of the Shadows

Edited and designed by Steven Brower

Woody Guthrie's Wardy Forty: Greystone Park State Hospital Revisited (by Phil Buehler with Nora Guthrie)

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References

  1. Landa, Robin (Nov–Dec 2007). "Hello I Must Be Designing: The Work of Steven Brower". Step Inside Design.
  2. https://www.tcj.com/my-uncle-milton-a-milton-glaser-remembrance-by-steven-brower/
  3. Brower, Steven. "Faculty". School of Visual Arts. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01.
  4. "National Magazine Awards". American Society of Magazine Editors.
  5. "Typography: Reinventing the Familiar". Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum/Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15.
  6. "Book of the Year Awards". ForeWord Reviews. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  7. Nadel, Dan. "Comics Comics". A Larger Vision: Steve Brower on Mort Meskin. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  8. Nylon. Editorial review. Amazon.com. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  9. "Eye, Brower: A 25 Year Retrospective". Art Institute-Inland Empire. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11.