Eddie Opara

Eddie Opara was born in London in 1972 and received his education of graphic design at the London College of Printing and Yale University. After earning a Masters of Fine Arts degree in 1997, he moved to New York where he worked for multiple graphic design companies. Opara worked for Imaginary Forces until he received a position at 2x4 where he later became art director. After working in this studio for several years, he decided to follow his life-long goal of creating his own graphic design company. Subsequently, Opara's studio, The Map Office, was established in 2005 in New York. Currently, Opara teaches narrative design at the University of Arts in Philadelphia and serves on the board of AIGA, the professional association for design, in New York.

This is my graphic design inspired by Eddie Opara's style. My simple design consists of oddly shaped letters to stand for AD, my initials. This is similar to Opara's style because the letters are abstract and actually designed, not just taken from a font. The use of black and white is also similar to Opara's designs which usually only contain shades of each. To stress this, I put a black/white gradiant in the background which also makes the image more appealing and less plain. I am not necessarily a fun of this style of design but like the way it turned out. Learning about these graphic designers was a fun and interesting project.

Sources:
http://www.pentagram.com/#/partners/109676
http://www.famousgraphicdesigners.org/eddie-opara