Deborah Sussman
| Deborah Sussman | |
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| Born |
Deborah Evelyn Sussman May 26, 1931 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 19, 2014 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education |
Doctorate of Humane Letters at Bard College (1998) |
| Known for | Environmental graphic design |
| Notable work | 1984 Summer Olympics |
| Awards | AIGA medal (2004) |
| Website | Official website |
Doctorate of Humane Letters at Bard College (1998)
Institute of Design, Chicago (1950–1959)
Hochschule für Gestaltung, Ulm, Germany (1957–1958)
BFA, visual arts and acting Bard College, (1948–1950)
Deborah Evelyn Sussman (May 26, 1931 – August 19, 2014) was an American designer and a pioneer in the field of environmental graphic design. Her work incorporated graphic design into architectural and public spaces.
Deborah Sussman was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 26, 1931. Her father worked as a skilled commercial artist.
Sussman took classes at the Art Students League and attended summer school at Black Mountain College in 1952. She studied acting and painting at Bard College in New York. In 1951 she attended the Institute of Design in Chicago where she earned a degree in graphic design, then run by Bauhaus painter and photographer László Moholy-Nagy. She went on to earn a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Bard College in 1998.
In 1953, Sussman began her career in the offices of Charles and Ray Eames, where she worked as an office designer. She worked for approximately 10 years with the Eameses, and during the course of that decade, she worked as art director for the office, designing print materials, museum exhibits, films, and showrooms for furniture. Sussman designed instructions for the card construction game House of Cards and traveled to Mexico to document folk culture for the Eameses' 1957 film Day of the Dead. She won a Fulbright Scholarship that allowed her to study at the Ulm School of Design in Germany.
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