Michael Doret | |
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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://blog.alphabetsoupblog.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, the New York Knicks, MLB, TIME,Playboy, Wired,TV Guide, Kiss, Capitol Records, Columbia Records, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Universal Studios. He also designed American Eagle postage for the United States Postal Service.
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 and eventually moved to Los Angeles where he lives with his wife. Along with his design studio, Doret owns AlphabetSoup Type Founders which distributes his original font designs through Font Bros., Fontshop, MyFonts and Veer.
Five TIME covers by Michael Doret are included in the permanent collection at The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Michael designed the logos for The Graphic Artists Guild, the New York Knicks, and many other notable institutions. He has worked extensively within the music industry, including creating two album covers for Kiss: Rock and Roll Over and Sonic Boom.