Graphic designer Bill Thorburn to present at MSUM Feb. 24
The MSUM Visiting Artists Foundation along with MSUM’s clubDesign organization are proud to present nationally known graphic designer, Bill Thorburn, on February 24 at 7 p.m. The presentation will be held at MSUM’s King Hall Auditorium.
Graphic Designer, Bill Thorburn, is a pioneer in the graphic design world. Thorburn opened up The Thorburn Group in 1994 with the pioneering vision that a design firm could take a greater role in brand development. Thorburn has been honored to work with some of the world’s most prestigious brands: Coke, Harley Davidson, Disney, Formica, VH1, United Colors of Benetton, Nike, Porsche, LaCoste, Capital Records, and Hallmark.
The work of Thorburn and his team at The Thorburn Group has been consistently honored in every industry publication from Communication Arts to ID Magazine for the past 20 years. Winning every award from a Cannes Lion to the prestigious Gold pencil. Thorburn’s work has been exhibited in one-man shows in Osaka, Tokyo, and Frankfurt, along with group shows in London, and New York. He also has work in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Smithsonian Institution, and The Library of Congress.
Recently his firm was honored as one of the most influential design firms in both North and South America over the past decade by the international publication Graphis.
Currently Thorburn serves on the Board of Trustees for the Minneapolis College of Art and
Design and was honored to give the 2009 graduation commencement speech.
Please visit Thorburn’s website for more information.