Steve Frykholm (1942) was born in Seattle, Washington. His career as a graphic designer began in 1966 after he worked in Aba, Nigeria with the Peace Corps at a trade school for girls. While attempting to find a skill to teach the students that would be valuable in their daily life, he learned to screen print. This foray into artistic practice blossomed upon Frykholm's return to the United States and he recieved his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfied Hills, Michigan.
Frykholm began his design career shortly after graduating, when he was hired as the first in-house graphic designer at Herman Miller, Inc. and was tasked with designing the poster for the company's annual picnic. Some 47 years later, Frykholm serves as the Vice President of Creative Design at the famed furniture company. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including graphic design and communications awards from the AIGA, the New York Art Directors Club, and American Center for Design, Communication Arts, Graphics, and Print. He became an AIGA fellow in 2005, and received the West Michigan advertising community's Silver Medal Award in 2009.
Having now worked for Herman Miller through four decades, several economic downturns, and six different CEOs, Frykholm has acquired a juicy body of work, some considerable experience, and some of the blunt Calvinist demeanor of his progressive but no-nonsense employer. Like the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and Apple Computer in Cupertino, Herman Miller in Zeeland is one of those few U.S. design-driven firms with an unusually high commitment to visual coherence and research and development.
His posters are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress, and have been exhibited in Posters for a Picnic at the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., The Modern American Poster at the Museum of American Art in Tokyo, and Graphic Design in America: A Visual Language History at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. "I've only a few gray hairs," says Frykholm, "but my wider perspective only seems to make trouble for my colleagues. To me, that means keeping on top of things in my profession, my new job at Miller SQA, and learning faster than ever."
Frykholm began his design career shortly after graduating, when he was hired as the first in-house graphic designer at Herman Miller, Inc. and was tasked with designing the poster for the company's annual picnic. Some 47 years later, Frykholm serves as the Vice President of Creative Design at the famed furniture company. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including graphic design and communications awards from the AIGA, the New York Art Directors Club, and American Center for Design, Communication Arts, Graphics, and Print. He became an AIGA fellow in 2005, and received the West Michigan advertising community's Silver Medal Award in 2009.
Having now worked for Herman Miller through four decades, several economic downturns, and six different CEOs, Frykholm has acquired a juicy body of work, some considerable experience, and some of the blunt Calvinist demeanor of his progressive but no-nonsense employer. Like the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and Apple Computer in Cupertino, Herman Miller in Zeeland is one of those few U.S. design-driven firms with an unusually high commitment to visual coherence and research and development.
His posters are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress, and have been exhibited in Posters for a Picnic at the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., The Modern American Poster at the Museum of American Art in Tokyo, and Graphic Design in America: A Visual Language History at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. "I've only a few gray hairs," says Frykholm, "but my wider perspective only seems to make trouble for my colleagues. To me, that means keeping on top of things in my profession, my new job at Miller SQA, and learning faster than ever."
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