Mike McQuade: DaDa mixed with Data

The Society of Design Arts, AIGA Baltimore, and Stevenson University co-hosted this Q&A session with Mike McQuade.

Mike McQuade is an American graphic artist living in Richmond, VA. His work has graced the pages of The New Yorker, and the covers of major publications such as WIRED & The New York Times Magazine. Mike also runs a small design studio, themcquades.com — working with respected institutions, brands, publishers, and entrepreneurs. McQuade pairs old magazine images with color blocks, numbers, and iconography to deconstruct the illustration process visually. That approach has since informed his commissions for the Wired, Atlantic, the New Yorker, New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Institutional Investor. McQuade uses Photoshop throughout his process to slice up scanned and created images, make grids, and organize hundreds of layers to form the final product. These days, he’s moving into the realm of collages with a 3D look.

Credits

This program was co-hosted by the Society of Design Arts (SoDA), AIGA Baltimore and Stevenson University.

Mike McQuade | Interviewee
Raquel Castedo | SoDA/AIGA Baltimore Co-host and Producer
Lori Rubeling | SoDA/Stevenson University Co-host
Ed Berlin | SoDA Program Leader and Co-host
Richard Stanley | SoDA Program Leader