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-lsb- -rsb- http://www.344lovesyou.com/ 344lovesyou . com -rsb- -lsb- http://www.dailymonster.com dailymonster.com germany art center college of design , pasadena , california american , german graphic design , illustration , writing 1973 stefan g. bucher
 stefan g. bucher
stefan g. bucher

stefan g. bucher -lrb- born 1973 -rrb- is an american writer , graphic designer and illustrator .
he is the man behind the california design studio 344 design .
he is the creator of the popular online animation series `` daily monster '' , for 100 days he filmed himself drawing a new monster every night , based on random ink blots .
visitors then posted stories about each monster on the blog .
the clips have been downloaded over a million times and are collected , along with selected stories , in the book `` 100 days of monsters '' with a foreword by ze frank .
the series has been included in the prestigious `` communication arts illustration '' and `` american illustration '' annuals , and was the subject of the annual `` fresh dialogue '' event held by the new york chapter of the american institute of graphic arts -lrb- aiga -rrb- in may 2007 .
-lsb- http://www.aigany.org/events/details/07fd/] variations of the daily monster clips appear on the relaunched tv show the electric company .
starting his career in the united states as an art director at portland , oregon advertising agency wieden & kennedy , bucher went on to design numerous cd packages including `` brand new day : the remixes '' for sting , the soundtrack for the motion picture the matrix with keanu reeves .
his design of the 17th `` american photography '' annual received the 2001 silver award for outstanding complete book design by british design & advertising .
his more recent work for clients ranging from kcrw dj jason bentley to art gallery l.a. louver , and painter david hockney makes more frequent use of illustration and hand-lettering .
he created the main title typography and title design for the films the fall , immortals , and mirror mirror , all directed by tarsem singh .
he is the author of the book `` all access -- the making of thirty extraordinary graphic designers '' .
in her review of the book for communication arts magazine editor anne telford said : in 2004 the art directors club of new york named him one of their young guns , honoring him as one of the leading creatives age 30 and under .
he has been an active member of aiga , having served as the vice-president of membership of the los angeles chapter from 1999 to 2001 and as vice-president of event programming from 2001 to 2003 .
he is a frequent speaker on graphic design at schools and design organizations across the united states .
his column `` ink & circumstance '' appeared in the pages of the now defunct `` step inside design '' magazine .
his book `` the graphic eye -- photographs by graphic designers from around the globe '' was released in europe by rotovision s.a. and in the united states by chronicle books in october 2009 .
he was educated at art center college of design , and was naturalized as an american citizen in 2009 .
in 2011 the online software training web site lynda.com produced an hour-long documentary on bucher and his work as part of their `` creative inspirations '' series , entitled `` stefan g. bucher , designer , illustrator , and writer '' .
in the same year , bucher designed a yeti character for saks fifth avenue that was produced as a plush animal .
in 2012 he wrote and illustrated the character 's origin story for the book `` the yeti story '' published by the children 's book division of harpercollins .
saks adapted the plot and artwork of this book into their holiday store windows in 2013 .
