Michael Vanderbyl (born February 9, 1947) is a multidisciplinary designer and design educator based in the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
, and the principal of Vanderbyl Design.
Biography
Michael Vanderbyl was born February 9, 1947, in
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
.
Vanderbyl received a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design in 1968 from
California College of the Arts (CCA).
He taught graphic design at CCA for more than 30 years, from 1973 to 2014 and served as the Dean of Design from 1986 to 2002.
Vanderbyl was one of the artists in the early 1980s that helped establish the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
as a center of the
postmodern movement in graphic design. In the early 1980s a few San Francisco–based designers were nicknamed “The Michaels” because they all had the same name (Vanderbyl alongside,
Cronan,
Mabry,
Manwaring,
Schwab), and later they were known as the "Pacific Wave" according to historian
Steven Heller.
In 1973, he established his own practice, Vanderbyl Design. Over the years his work has expanded from graphic design to designing furniture, products, showrooms and retail spaces. Clients have included Esprit, Baker Furniture, The Walt Disney Company, IBM, AmericaOne, Robert Talbott, Teknion, The Blackstone Group and Luna Textiles. He has designed products for, among others, McGuire Furniture, and HBF.
Vanderbyl was awarded the 2000 AIGA Medal by the
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). He has been a member of the
Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) since 1987. He was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
International Interior Design Association (IIDA) in 2006. In 2012, he was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame.
See also
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List of AIGA medalists
Following is a list of AIGA medalists who have been awarded the American Institute of Graphic Arts medal.
On its website, AIGA says "The medal of the AIGA, the most distinguished in the field, is awarded to individuals in recognition of their exc ...
References
Further reading
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AIGA medalists
American graphic designers
California College of the Arts alumni
1947 births
Living people
People from Oakland, California
Businesspeople from San Francisco
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