Art Sims
Art Sims (born 1954) is an African-American graphic designer and art director born in Detroit, Michigan in 1954. Sims is well known for his poster designs for classic African-American films, including Do the Right Thing (1998) and The Color Purple (1985). He is the CEO and co-founder of 11:24 Design Advertising in Los Angeles. Throughout his career, Sims has committed to promoting and making visible African-American art and culture.[1]
Career[]
Sims attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit then received a scholarship to attend Michigan State University from 1971 to 1975.[2]
While still in college, Sims took a position as an art director at Columbia Records in Los Angeles, where he produced a series of album covers. He continued to work in Los Angeles as an art director at EMI for four years. Sims then started his company 11:24 Design Advertising in 1981.
Among the album covers that he designed were:
- Little River Band – Little River Band (1975)
- Bob Welch – French Kiss (1977)
- Mink DeVille – Cabretta (1977)
- Minnie Riperton – Minnie (1979)
- Average White Band – Shine (1980)
- Stanley Turrentine – Tender Togetherness (1981)
- Lamont Dozier – Lamont (1981)
- Johnny Guitar Watson – Strike On Computers (1984)
- George Thorogood And The Destroyers – Maverick (1985)
Sims has worked with filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg, Jon Kilik, George Lucas, John Singleton, and Spike Lee. He's designed posters for The Color Purple (1985), Clockers (1995), Do the Right Thing (1989), Dreamgirls (2006), Girl 6 (1996), A Huey P. Newton Story (2001), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Summer of Sam (1999), Woman, Thou Art Loosed (2004), Bamboozled (2000), When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006), New Jack City (1991),[3] Black Dynamite (2009), Love and Basketball (2000), Mo’ Better Blues (1990), The Secret Life of Bees (2009), Crooklyn (1994), Brooklyn’s Finest (2009) and Black Panther (2018).[2]
References[]
- ^ "Movies and Messages: The Movie Posters of Art Sims | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Museum". museum.msu.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ a b "Art Sims's Design Journey". AIGA | the professional association for design. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ "Art Sims Talks Creating Iconic 'New Jack City' Movie Poster, Film's 25th Anniversary". EURweb. March 27, 2016.
External links[]
- 1954 births
- American graphic designers
- Living people
- African-American graphic designers
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people