David Carson

David Carson is an American graphic designer, art director and surfer. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. He was the art director for the magazine Ray Gun in which he employed much of the typographic and layout style for which he is known. In particular, his widely imitated aesthetic defined the so-called "grunge typography" era.It was Carson’s interest in surfing which helped him break through into the world of design, working on publications such as Transworld Skateboarding, Beach Culture and How Magazine which all linked in with surfing. However it was Carson’s work with Ray Gun magazine which provided him with greatest recognition and earned him the unofficial title ‘Godfather of Grunge’. It was at Ray Gun that he was able to experiment with his own style of design, recognised now as ‘dirty’ type, which he could share with a much larger audience. Like the Punk art design, I personally don't find this type of work that appealing so most probably won't use this type of design but may experiment with some aspects of this design.