Steven Ian Brower (born 1952) is an American graphic designer, and writer. His work appears regularly in international and national design annuals and books on design, and he writes for several publications.

Biography

Brower was related to Milton Glaser, who was his mother’s cousin. He attended the

High School of Music & Art The High School of Music & Art, informally known as "Music & Art" (or "M&A"), was a public specialized high school located at 443-465 West 135th Street in the borough of Manhattan, New York, from 1936 until 1984. In 1961, Music & Art and the High ...

and the School of Visual Arts in New York City and is a graduate of

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and

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. He is currently the director of the "Get Your Masters with the Masters" MFA of

Marywood University Marywood University is a private Catholic university in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Established in 1915 by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Marywood currently enrolls more than 2,800 students in a variety of undergraduate, gradu ...

in Scranton, Pennsylvania. During his tenure as Creative Director at ''Print'', the magazine garnered two

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for General Excellence and a Gold and Silver award from the Society of Publication Designers. His work has been honored by AIGA, the Art Directors Club, the American Center for Design, the BRNO Biennale Association, and the Type Directors Club, among others. He has been an art director at the ''New York Times'' and ''The Nation'', and his work is in the permanent collection of the

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. ''Woody Guthrie Artworks'', co-authored by Brower and Nora Guthrie and designed by Brower, was published in 2005. The book won a Silver prize in the Foreword Awards and the top prize in the New York Book Show, both in the fine art category. In 2006 he designed and co-authored ''2D: Visual Basics for Designers'' with Robin Landa and Rose Gonnella. ''Satchmo: The Wonderful Art and World of Louis Armstrong'' was published in 2009. In late 2010 two books that Brower designed and authored were published: ''From Shadow to Light: The Life and Art of Mort Meskin'' and ''Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperpack''. The latter "chronicles the history of the paperback format and highlights the designers behind the tantalizing cover art that became its signature selling point." In early 2011 the first exhibit of Brower's design work "EYE, BROWER A Twenty Five Year Retrospective" was held in the Visual Arts Gallery of The Art Institute of California.

Bibliography

Books written and designed by Steven Brower

• ''2D: Visual Basics for Designers'' (with Robin Landa and Rose Gonnella) • ''Amazing, Mysterious, Weird & True: The Pulp Work of Comic Book Artists'' (with Jim Simon) • ''Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperback'' • ''Duke Ellington: An American Composer and Icon'' (with Mercedes Ellington) • ''From Shadow to Light: The Life and Art of Mort Meskin'' • ''Golden Age Western Comics'' • ''Inside Art Direction: Case studies and Interviews'' • ''Satchmo: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong'' • ''Woody Guthrie Artworks'' (with Nora Guthrie)

Written and edited by Steven Brower

• ''Mort Meskin: Out of the Shadows''

Edited and designed by Steven Brower

• ''Woody Guthrie's Wardy Forty: Greystone Park State Hospital Revisited'' (by Phil Buehler with Nora Guthrie)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brower, Steven Living people American graphic designers The High School of Music & Art alumni 1952 births American people of Jewish descent Jewish American artists