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“I wanted to be a graphic designer from the time I was 15, without ever having actually met one. I lived in the mid-west, not in a media centre, and I didn't know anyone who did that for a living. It took me a while to find out what that thing I wanted to do was actually called, but once I sorted that out I got really interested in it.”

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Michael Bierut, born in 1957, is an accomplished graphic designer from the United States. His work spans a wide range of fields, from brand identity to book design, and is renowned for its unique style and creativity. more

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