Arthur Samuel Wilbur Chantry II (born April 9, 1954) is a

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often associated with the

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and album covers he has done for bands from the

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, such as

Mudhoney Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988, following the demise of Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison and drummer Dan Peters. Orig ...

Mono Men The Mono Men were an American garage punk band, based in Bellingham, Washington. Their sound contained elements of grunge (distortion-heavy guitars, sneering vocals), but the Mono Men filtered these through a mimicry of 1960s Washington proto-p ...

Soundgarden Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil (both of whom are the only members to appear in every incarnation of the band), and bassist Hiro Yamamo ...

, and

The Sonics The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, Washington (state), Washington that formed in 1960. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on Punk rock, punk and Garage rock, garage music worl ...

Biography

Chantry received a

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from

Western Washington University Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a pri ...

in 1978. Chantry's designs are perhaps most closely associated with the Seattle, Washington-based

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and the

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-based

Estrus Records Estrus Records is an independent record label from Bellingham, Washington that makes Surf music, surf, Garage rock, garage and trash rock music. They have released such bands as Mono Men, The Drags, The Mummies, Supercharger, Impala (band), Impa ...

, for which he has worked with dozens of bands. He is also notable for his work in magazine and

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. Chantry worked throughout the 1980s as art director at '' The Rocket'', a Seattle-based music biweekly. Chantry advocates a low-tech approach to design that is informed by the history of the field. His work has been exhibited at the

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, the Smithsonian, and the

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. Chantry builds his record, poster, and magazine designs by hand, eschewing the now-ubiquitous computer and laser printer for

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knives, Xerox machines, and photoset type. His bright, eye-popping creations can be seen frequently in the mom-and-pop record store as in the pages of establishment design magazines like ''Print'' or ''Communication Arts''. ''Some People Can't Surf: The Graphic Design of Art Chantry'' by

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is a book released in 2001. The monograph explored Chantry's process crafting his graphic design. Chantry is the author of the book ''Art Chantry Speaks: A Heretic's History of 20th Century Graphic Design'', released in 2015. Chantry is the recipient of the 2017

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(AIGA) Medal.

References

External links

Official page
* ttp://www.aiga.org/2017-aiga-medalist-art-chantry AIGA Medalist 1954 births American graphic designers Artists from Seattle Living people Western Washington University alumni Logo designers Artists from Tacoma, Washington {{graphic-designer-stub AIGA medalists