Carin Goldberg
Carin Goldberg (born June 12, 1953) is an American graphic designer, publication designer and brand consultant. She is known for her cover designs for record albums and books. Her use of visual historical references has generated controversy within the graphic design community. Early life and education. Carin Goldberg was born in New York City on June 12, 1953 and grew up in Long Island and New Jersey. She graduated from the Cooper Union in 1975 with a BFA in painting. Career. After graduating from Cooper Union and encouraged by the school's director of alumni relations, Marilyn Hoffner , Goldberg met with alumni Lou Dorfsman at CBS and worked up a series of logos for him. Dorfsman hired her as a junior designer where she began her career in the corporate design department of CBS Television in 1977. There she gained an appreciation of finely tuned typography. She moved on to Columbia Records in 1979 and worked with former classmate Gene Greif, as well as Paula Scher, Henrietta Condak, and John Berg. There, along with Scher and others, she found inspiration in early 20th century graphics and began to incorporate historical references into her work. In 1982, Goldberg started  her own firm, Carin Goldberg Design. She continued to work for record label clients, but also sought out book design assignments. Her projects included the design for Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album. Her work on the cover for the 1986 Vintage Books edition of James Joyce's "Ulysses" placed her in the midst of the 1980s fight over appropriation. The tilted lettering and large initial caps in Goldberg's design for the "Ulysses" cover bore strong similarities to a 1928 poster by Paul Renner. Philip Meggs praised her in his 1989 essay "The Women Who Saved New York !" for using historical styles in contemporary design, while Tibor Kalman vilified her for practicing "jive modernism" in his 1991 "Print" essay "Good History/Bad History." Over the years, her work has appeared in and on the covers of the "New York Times Book Review", the "New York Times Magazine", "New York Magazine", "The Atlantic Monthly", and "Wired". In 1983, Goldberg began teaching graphic design at the School of Visual Arts. From 2006 to 2008, she served as president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) New York Chapter. In 2008, she was honored by the Art Directors Club for  her work in education. In 2009, she received the AIGA Medal for her contributions to the field of graphic design. Her alma mater bestowed her with the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award in 2012. Goldberg won the Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize for Design in 2014. Goldberg's designs have been included in museum exhibits including "Graphic Design in America" at the Walker Art Center (1989) and "Mixing Messages" at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (1996).