Aaron Draplin

Aaron Draplin was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 15, 1973. He was born into a two family home where both parents worked. Aaron went through high school and then received his associates in visual arts at Northwestern Michigan College. The start of his career was with a snowboarding company called Solid Snowboards, which was the break out for his career. After his break out, he moved to Minneapolis and finished his degree in design at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In the early 2000’s Aaron was given a job a director of SNOWBOARDER magazine where he won ‘’ Art Director of the year for PRIMEDIA 2000.’’ Then in 2002 he was promoted to senior director of Cinco Design Office of Portland. He worked on many accounts popular to the community such as Gravis, Helly Hansen and Nixon. Aaron Draplin clients has ranged from Nike, Ford Motor, former Obama Administration and Red Wing. He also has his own book called “Pretty Much Everything,” where he speaks on case studies and advice for the field that he works in.  Lastly, Aaron has his own company, “Draplin Design Co.” launched in 2004, which specializes in brand identity, logos typography.

References :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Draplin

http://www.draplin.com/work/