Michael Doret

Michael Doret
Born New York City, New York, United States
Education The Cooper Union
Awards Eight-time winner of the New York Art Directors Club Silver Award
Website

http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/

http://michaeldoret.com/

Michael Doret is a designer, lettering artist, and illustrator based in Los Angeles, California. He has created logos, album covers, magazine covers, and art for various brands in media, advertising, and sports, including Wreck-It Ralph,[1] the New York Knicks, MLB, TIME,[2] Playboy, Wired,[3] TV Guide, Kiss, Capitol Records, Columbia Records, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Universal Studios.[4] He also designed American Eagle postage[5] for the United States Postal Service.

Biographical info

Doret grew up in Brooklyn, NY near Coney Island and is a graduate of the Cooper Union in New York City. He began his work by opening a small design studio in New York[6] and eventually moved to Los Angeles where he lives with his wife. Along with his design studio, Doret owns AlphabetSoup Type Founders[7] which distributes his original font designs through Font Bros.,[8] Fontshop,[9] MyFonts[10] and Veer.[11]

Cultural significance

Five TIME covers by Michael Doret are included in the permanent collection at The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.[12] Michael designed the logos for The Graphic Artists Guild,[13] the New York Knicks,[14] and many other notable institutions.[15] He has worked extensively within the music industry, including creating two album covers for Kiss: Rock and Roll Over[16] and Sonic Boom.[17]

Awards

Doret is an eight-time winner of the New York Art Directors Club Silver Award.[18] His 3D Bedlam Ballroom CD package designed for Squirrel Nut Zippers was nominated for a Grammy award for "Best Recording Package" at the 44th Grammy Awards in 2002.[19] His font "Deliscript" was chosen by the Type Directors Club to receive the prestigious "Certificate of Excellence in Type Design" in the display fonts category for their TDC² 2010 Typeface Design Competition.[20] His serigraph for PowerStation was a Graphis Gold Award winner.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "The Creative Chair".
  2. ↑ "Time Magazine Cover Archive".
  3. ↑ "The Odd Couple: Michael Doret & Siggi Eggertsson". Typetheory.com. July 8, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Michael Doret Interview". Lettercult.com. May 31, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Workbook.com Portfolio".
  6. ↑ "Misterretro.com Profile".
  7. ↑ "Metroscript". Printmag.com.
  8. ↑ "Fontbros.com".
  9. ↑ "Fontshop.com".
  10. ↑ "Myfonts.com".
  11. ↑ "Veer.com".
  12. ↑ "Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Search Results".
  13. ↑ "Misterretro.com Profile".
  14. ↑ "Workbook.com Portfolio".
  15. ↑ "Jewzo.com".
  16. ↑ "Michael Doret on the New KISS Cover". Kissonline.com. August 10, 2009.
  17. ↑ "Workbook.com Portfolio".
  18. ↑ "Michael Doret Designs ArtDaily's Season Grettings". ArtDaily.org. December 17, 2004.
  19. ↑ "Complete List of Grammy Nominees". CBSnews.com. January 4, 2002.
  20. ↑ "TDC 2010 Winners". Type Director's Club.
  21. ↑ 'Identifont: Michael Doret'

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