Deborah Sussman was an American designer and a pioneer in the field of environmental graphic design.
13 Facts About Deborah Sussman
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Deborah Sussman's work incorporated graphic design into architectural and public spaces.
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Deborah Sussman was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 26,1931.
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Deborah Sussman studied acting and painting at Bard College in New York.
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Deborah Sussman went on to earn a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Bard College in 1998.
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In 1953, Deborah Sussman began her career in the offices of Charles and Ray Eames, where she worked as an office designer.
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Deborah Sussman worked for approximately 10 years with the Eameses, and during the course of that decade, she worked as art director for the office, designing print materials, museum exhibits, films, and showrooms for furniture.
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Deborah Sussman designed instructions for the card construction game House of Cards and traveled to Mexico to document folk culture for the Eameses' 1957 film Day of the Dead.
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Deborah Sussman won a Fulbright Scholarship that allowed her to study at the Ulm School of Design in Germany.
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In 1983, Deborah Sussman helped found the AIGA chapter of Los Angeles with Saul Bass and others.
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Deborah Sussman was known for her bold and colorful work that includes an integration of typography in the environmental landscape.
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Deborah Sussman was named a Fellow at the Society for Experimental Graphic Design in 1991, and she was later recognized with SEGD's Golden Arrow Award in 2006.
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Deborah Sussman died of breast cancer at the age of 83 on August 19,2014.