Stefan G. Bucher (born 1973) is an American writer,

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and illustrator. He works through his design studio, 344 Design.Sullivan, Jenny "Graphic Design America 3 – Portfolios From The Best And Brightest Design Firms From Across The United States" Worcester: Rockport Publishers, 2005

Biography

Stefan G. Bucher was born in Germany in 1973. Bucher moved to California to attend the Art Center College of Design and was naturalized as a US citizen in 2009.AIGA.org "Video : Stefan G. Bucher (video)" Upon graduation, Bucher became art director at the advertising agency Wieden & Kennedy in

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. Bucher went on to design numerous CD packages including ''Brand New Day: The Remixes'' for

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, and the soundtrack for

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.Heller, Steven & Fernandes, Teresa "Becoming A Graphic Designer – A Guide To Careers in Design" Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 3rd Edition, 2005 His design of the 17th "American Photography" annual received the 2001 Silver Award for "Outstanding complete book design" by British Design & Advertising. His clients included

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, art gallery

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, and painter

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makes more frequent use of

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and hand-lettering.Heller, Steven & Ilic, Mirko "Handwritten – Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age" New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004 He created the main title typography and title design for the films The Fall,

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, and Mirror Mirror, all directed by

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. He is the author of the book ''All Access – The Making of Thirty Extraordinary Graphic Designers''. In her review of the book for

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magazine, editor Anne Telford said: In 2004 the

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of New York named Bucher one of their "Young Guns", honoring him as one of the leading creatives age 30 and under.Art Directors Club "Young Guns 4" Worcester: Rockport Publishers, 2005 He has been an active member of

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, having served as the vice-president of membership of the Los Angeles Chapter from 1999 to 2001 and as vice-president of event programming from 2001 to 2003. He is a frequent speaker on

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at schools and design organizations across the United States. His column ''ink & circumstance'' appeared in the pages of the now defunct "STEP inside design" magazine. His book ''The Graphic Eye – Photographs By Graphic Designers From Around The Globe'' was released in Europe by RotoVision S.A. and in the United States by

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in October 2009.Martin, Shanon "Flying Solo" ''HOW Magazine'', Dec. 2002: 75+ In 2011 the online software training web site

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produced an hour-long documentary on Bucher and his work as part of their ''creative inspirations'' series, entitled "Stefan G. Bucher, designer, Illustrator, and Writer". In the same year, Bucher designed a

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character for

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that was produced as a plush animal. In 2012 he wrote and illustrated the character's origin story for the book "The Yeti Story" published by

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. Saks adapted the plot and artwork of this book into their holiday store windows in 2013.Bahners, Patric
"Wer soll denn den Schnee machen?"
''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', December 23, 2013 Bucher was the programing chair of the 2015

Design Conference in

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.Farris, Jessic
"Interview: AIGA Conference Chair Stefan G. Bucher"
''Print Magazine'', September 18, 2015

Daily Monster

He is the creator of the online animation series ''Daily Monster''. For 100 days he filmed himself drawing a new monster every night, based on random ink blots. Visitors then posted stories about each monster on the blog.Piscopo, Maria "Blog as a Marketing Tool" ''Communication Arts'', Sept–Oct. 2007: 181+ The clips have been downloaded over a million times and are collected, along with selected stories, in the book ''100 Days of Monsters'' with a foreword by

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. The series has been included in the prestigious ''

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Illustration'' and ''American Illustration'' annuals, and was the subject of the annual ''Fresh Dialogue'' event held by the New York chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (

) in May 2007. Variations of the Daily Monster clips appear on the relaunched TV show

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Bibliography

* All Access – The Making of Thirty Extraordinary Graphic Designers. . * 100 Days of Monsters. . * The Graphic Eye – Photographs By Graphic Designers From Around The Globe. . * You Deserve A Medal – Honors on the Path To True Love. . * 344 Questions: The Creative Person's Do-It-Yourself Guide to Insight, Survival, and Artistic Fulfillment. . * The Yeti Story. * Stefan G. Bucher's LetterHeads: An Eccentric Alphabet.

References

External links

The Daily Monster

344 Loves You

Work Inspiration with Stefan G. Bucher
- Interview on Workspiration.org

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070302174126/http://www.theillustrativedesigner.com/?p=21 Podcast Interview with Bucher on Von Glitschka's "Illustrative Designer" podcast {{DEFAULTSORT:Bucher, Stefan G. 1973 births Living people American graphic designers American typographers and type designers German emigrants to the United States American poster artists Video bloggers Wieden+Kennedy people