March is “Women’s History Month” and each year for the past nineteen years, we’ve celebrated with a guided tour of some of the best designing women we could find in the world. Some of these were actually sent in by readers, others were discovered online by staff. . Ladies and gentlemen, we present the 19th Annual Designing Women edition surf 1 :
* Elizabeth Manos
* Erin Jang : high above New York City
* Anne Willoughby
* Anna Sui Victorian cowboys or Warhol superstars
* Colette Calascione
* Amy Jo: Most Fun Portfolio
… and more to come!
March is “Women’s History Month” and each year for the past nineteen years, we’ve celebrated with a guided tour of some of the best designing women we could find in the world. Some of these were actually sent in by readers, others were discovered online by staff. . Ladies and gentlemen, we present the 19th Annual Designing Women edition surf 1 :
* Elizabeth Manos
* Erin Jang : high above New York City
* Anne Willoughby
* Anna Sui Victorian cowboys or Warhol superstars
* Colette Calascione
* Amy Jo: Most Fun Portfolio
… and more to come!
Elizabeth Manos
HERO is a multidisciplinary design studio dedicated to producing hand-crafted illustration and design, run by Long Beach, CA, it’s based on a husband and wife team, Beth Manos and Mark Brickey.
Formed in 2003, Hero focuses primarily on design and illustration for the music industry and cultural institutions …. (Facebook)
Full story : HERO with Elizabeth Manos
Erin Jang : high above New York City
Art director/graphic designer Erin Jang got her start working in New York City for magazines like Martha Stewart Living and Esquire.
She recently set out on her own to open The Indigo Bunting, a studio where she continues to focus on magazine design and illustration as well as custom invitations and paper goods.
Anna Sui Victorian cowboys or Warhol superstars
Stunning is the only way we know to describe Anna! Stunning!
She is all about a creative fashion journey that is unparalleled in the world of fashion from Victorian cowboys, Warhol superstars to Finnish textile prints! Do not miss this one!
Amy Jo: Most Fun Portfolio
Amy Jo is just about one of the most fun graphic designers, illustrators and crafts people we know!
Her work is so diverse, and so broad she cannot even be categorized — from t-shirt printing to oil painting to logo design and retail packaging — Amy Jo is truly a renaissance woman!
NEXT : Anne Willoughby, Colette Calascione
Anne Willoughby
Anne is the designers’ designer. She designs designers’ branding and logo packages, and so forth. Actually she’s a huge big-biz design firm with offices in Kansas City and San Francisco.
Not sure how much of this work is actually by Anne, but we’re betting a lot.
Colette Calascione
A true American painter, Colette leaves little for us to discover about her . . . most of her works can be seen at Julie Florio’s Pinterest page . . . most of her works can be seen at Julie Florio’s Pinterest page
Click on the full screen button, sit back and relax. You’re going to like this . . .
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Stay tuned because we’ll be adding new entries all month long . . . and will continue into April! Remember, if you would like to suggest a Designing Woman for this series, there’s still time. Just check it out here:
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