Project 2 Arts 245

Raised in midwest Michigan, and was born in 1973. Is 46 years old.
1. Grew up on Legos, Star Wars, family trips, little sisters, summer beach fun, stitches, fall foliage, drawing, skateboarding and snowboarding. This is where he draws a lot of his style from
  1. His career started with a snowboard graphic for Solid snowboards and after that business took off for him.
    1. After 5 years in Oregon he moved to Minneapolis to finish up his design degree at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. This is where he polished up his design skills.
      1. In 2000 he worked for SNOWBOARDER magazine and won “Art Director of the Year” for Primedia 2000.
        Then in 2002 he got a job at the Cinco Design Office of Portland, Oregon as a Senior Designer.
        In 2004 The Draplin Design Co. is finally a fully functioning business. Working for brands such as Coal Headwear, Union Binding Co., Richmond Fontaine, Esquire, Nike, Wired, Dinosaur Jr, Timberline, Chunklet, Eaux Claires Music Festival, Poler, Incase, Sub Pop Records, Fender, Marc Maron, Cobra Dogs, Jill Soloway, Sasquatch Music Festival, Rhett Miller, Old 97s, Jason Isbell, Nixon Watches, Bernie Sanders, Patagonia, Target, Chris Stapleton, NASA/JPL, John Hodgman, Ford Motor Company, Woolrich and even the Obama Administration
Design style
Design Style: Geometric and curvilinear shapes, stylized color palette, likes making retro styles new, portraits, logos.
Aaron Draplin

Resource summary

	Created by Brandon Berry almost 6 years ago