Laura Coombs (designer)
Laura Coombs (born 1984) is an American graphic designer. Coombs creates concept-lead, material-focused, systems-based publications in collaboration with artists, architects, and institutions.[1][2]
Early life and education[edit]
Coombs was born in Texas and later attended a boarding high school called the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. She discovered architecture through a summer program at Cornell University, where she later graduated with a B.Arch in 2007.[1] She received her MFA in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art in 2017.[3]
Career[edit]
After Cornell, Coombs worked in an architectural fabrication shop in Brooklyn.[4] Introduced to the Yale School of Art by a friend, she discovered the graphic design program and, in comparison to architecture, was excited by the discipline's accessibility.[1]
After Yale, Coombs became senior graphic designer at the New Museum, designing exhibitions and special publications for artists.[4] She is known for her unique approach to books, considering them “idea-objects” and paying special attention to their materiality.[5]
Coombs is mentored by and collaborates with feminist graphic designer Sheila Levrant de Bretteville. Coombs adapted Levrant de Bretteville's eyebolt necklace for the 2018 Women's March.[6] In 2019, they collaboratively designed the mark for Yale University's School of Art 150th anniversary.[7][8]
In addition to her design practice, Coombs also teaches design at Princeton University[9] and Pratt institute.[10][11]
Recognition[edit]
Coombs received the 50 Books | 50 Covers award in 2020 for John May's Signal. Image. Architecture.[12] and in 2019 for the catalogue of Nari Ward: We The People, an exhibition by Nari Ward at the New Museum.[13] In 2020, she also received the ADC Award in Publication Design for How We See: Photobooks by Women.[14] Palimpsest 8 was featured in the 28th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno in 2018.[15] In 2017, she was awarded the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship Prize for excellence in art at Yale University.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The typographically focused, conceptually-minded practice of designer Laura Coombs". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ "Pratt Institute". www.pratt.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ↑ ""It's a laser show": behind the scenes at Yale School of Art's Graphic Design MFA thesis show". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 March 2019, Emily Gosling. "8 inspiring graphic design game-changers". Creative Bloq. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "Laura Coombs presents her Bookshelf, and it's all about attention to materiality". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "Watch: Insights 2018: Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Yale University/SheilaStudio". walkerart.org. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "About The Mark". Yale School of Art. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "Debretteville Coombs". Yale School of Art. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "Laura Coombs". Lewis Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ↑ "Pratt Institute". www.pratt.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ↑ "Lecture by Laura Coombs". www.purchase.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ↑ PrintMag (2020-05-18). "10 Bold Book Cover Designs From AIGA's 50 Books | 50 Covers". PRINT. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "AIGA - Submission". 50books50covers.secure-platform.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "10x10 Photobooks / How We See: Photobooks by Women". www.oneclub.org. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "International Exhibition". 28th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2018 (in čeština). Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "Annual Awards | Bulletin of Yale University". bulletin.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
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