Aaron Draplin

Aaron Draplin was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 15, 1973, to parents Jim and Lauren Draplin.{{Cite web | url=https://www.thisdesignlife.net/birmingham-design-festival-2018/ | title=The birmingham Design Festival 2018 – All the Details| date=March 31, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.format.com/magazine/features/design/aaron-draplin-design-logo-field-notes|title=Designer Aaron Draplin is a 13-Trick Pony|website=Format Magazine|date=August 16, 2016}} At 17, Draplin started his associate degree at Northwestern Michigan College; he graduated in 1993.{{Cite web | url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/life/2015/06/06/traverse-city-museum-highlights-skateboard-art/28607003/ | title=Traverse City museum highlights skateboard art}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.nmc.edu/about/nmc-stories/success-stories/viscomm-grad-designs-stamp.html |title = NMC Success Stories : VisComm graduate designs a stamp : Northwestern Michigan College}} At 19 he moved to Bend, Oregon to pursue his career in graphic design.{{cite web|url=https://www.idsnews.com/article/2016/12/graphic-designer-came-to-iu-as-last-minute-addition-to-book-tour|title=Graphic designer came to IU as last-minute addition to book tour|website=Indiana Daily Student}} After five years, he moved to Minneapolis to finish his design degree at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, graduating in 2000.{{cite web|url=https://mcad.edu/alumni-careers/aaron-james-draplin|title=Aaron James Draplin|website=mcad.edu}}{{cite web|url=http://walkerart.org/magazine/aaron-draplin-draplin-design-company-portland|title=Aaron Draplin, Draplin Design Company, Portland, Oregon|website=walkerart.org}}

He started his career with a snowboard graphic for Solid Snowboards.{{Cite web | url=https://snowboardmag.com/stories/provisions-029-products-touched-by-the-mind-of-designer-aaron-draplin | title=Provisions 029: Products touched by the mind of designer Aaron Draplin| date=May 22, 2017}} In April 2000, he accepted an art director position at Snowboarder magazine.{{Cite web | url=https://walkerart.org/calendar/2012/insights-aaron-draplin-draplin-design-company | title=Insights: Aaron Draplin, Draplin Design Company, Portland, Oregon}} He won Art Director of the Year for Primedia 2000. In 2002, he became a senior designer at Cinco Design Office of Portland. His clients have included Nike, Burton Snowboards, Esquire, Red Wing, Ford Motor Company and the Obama Administration.{{Cite web|url=http://thegreatdiscontent.com/interview/aaron-draplin|title=Aaron Draplin on The Great Discontent|last=Discontent|first=The Great|website=The Great Discontent|date=June 19, 2012|access-date=2016-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.modeproject.com/news/president-obama-unveils-new-logos-designed-by-mode-project/|title=President Obama Unveils New Logos Designed by Mode Project|website=Mode Project|access-date=2016-03-05}}{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2017/06/skillshare-contest-pop-culture-coat-of-arms/|title=Online Contest Puts Pop Culture Spin on the Ancient Art of the Family Crest|website=The New York Observer|date=June 5, 2017|publisher=}}

Draplin has been featured on TED Talks and talks at Google.{{cite web |last1=Wilshere |first1=Andrew |title=7 Must-See TED Talks For Designers |url=https://trydesignlab.com/blog/7-must-see-ted-talks-designers-design/ |website=trydesignlab |accessdate=May 14, 2019}} In 2019 he designed the Star Ribbon, a US postal stamp.{{Cite web | url=https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/star-ribbon-forever-stamp-at-asda-show-march-22 | title=Star Ribbon forever stamp at ASDA show March 22}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.traverseticker.com/news/nmc-alum-designs-new-commemorative-us-postal-service-stamp/ |title = NMC Alum Designs New Commemorative U.S. Postal Service Stamp}} Draplin is the co-founder of and designer for the Field Notes brand.{{Cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-cohen-fieldnotes/field-notes-creates-demand-for-nostalgic-notepads-idUSTRE6B048A20101201 |title = Field Notes creates demand for nostalgic notepads|newspaper = Reuters|date = December 2010}}{{Cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-catalysts/aaron-james-draplin-is-the-poster-boy-for-timeless-design/article11639422/ |title = Aaron James Draplin is the poster boy for timeless design}} Draplin started his own firm, the Draplin Design Company.{{cite web|url=http://designobserver.com/feature/aaron-draplin/37118|title=Aaron Draplin F—ing Audio Interview on Design Matters|website=Design Observer}}

• Art Director of the Year, Snowboarder Magazine, EMAP Publishing, Los Angeles, California, Spring 2001 {{cite web|url=https://1859oregonmagazine.com/think-oregon/artist-in-residence/aaron-james-draplin/|title=The Everyman's Designer|date=October 4, 2016|publisher=}}

• Pretty Much Everything, (2016) Abrams Books {{ISBN|9781419720178}}, is a mid-career survey that includes his work—posters, record covers and logos.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/02/aaron-draplin-wrote-a-book/|title=Designer Aaron Draplin wrote a book, and it's probably going to be hilarious.|magazine=WIRED|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-05|date=February 3, 2016}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.creativeboom.com/features/aaron-draplin-on-hard-work-keeping-things-small-and-fun-and-his-honest-design-process/ |title = Aaron Draplin on hard work, keeping things small and fun, and his honest design process|date = June 10, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://blog.lumi.com/wellmade/7-aaron-draplin|title=Making the Rulebook of your Life with Aaron Draplin|website=Lumi|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-28}}

• [http://www.draplin.com/ Draplin Design Co.]

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