Howard Stein

Hi, I'm Howard Stein. I live and work hard in graphics, any medium, any platform.

 Howard Stein began working professionally during first years at Johannesburg College of Art in South Africa. Designed posters for plays, music concerts. Designed packaging for health products. Studied Industrial Design and Graphic Design. Graduated First Class. Attended Art Center College of Design in California. Moved to New York. Freelance clients included New York Magazine, Esquire, Rolling Stone, New York Times Publishing, Revlon, Estee Lauder, Bergdorf Goodman among others. Worked full time at WNBC-TV as a graphic artist for the nightly news. Very fast, and pressured environment. Created identity for Swing It Again, for NBC Enterprises, Count Basie's last live show. Worked with the New York Institute of Technology as a consultant on early computer graphics programs, the Images II Paint system. Freelance work continued. Began painting very large abstract canvasses. Moved to South Africa continuing with fine art. Group and solo exhibitions followed, and his work hangs in corporate and private collections in eight countries. Returned to the United States and worked as art director for Silverlight Productions, a multi media company in Newport Rhode Island. Created a complete rebrand of the company, in addition to art directing all client work. Began designing repeating patterns and moved back to New York. Founded DOON LLC. Continued using the name Howard Stein. Created illustration and graphic design for various clients. Now engaged in a series called Portraits of Power, carefully characteristic portraits of people in power, people of power — as an alternative to photography. Loves working with typography and the English language with a twist. IEnjoys making work that is flat, strong and graphic, light in weight for fast download to web and mobile. Specialties: Graphic Design, Illustration, Portraiture, Typography, Logos and Branding, Photography, Surface Patterns. Amazing patterns.

Designer and Illustrator at Howard Stein Design

August 2002 - August 2005

Freelance graphic design, web design, and illustration for various firms in Rhode Island and New York.

Art Director at SilverLight Productions

June 2000 - July 2002

Art Director and Designer at Silverlight Productions. Responsible for rebranding entire company, including logos and collateral material. Designed identities, websites, and promotional material for existing and planned sub-divisions of company. Directed editing of client videos as part of America's Cup racing event. Art direction of all client work. Company closed in 2002.

Freelance and Staff designer for Design Studios and Agencies at Howard Stein

February 1997 - May 2000

Taught Photoshop and Macromedia Freehand at University of Art Johannesburg. Freelance designer for Ad agencies and Design studios. Senior designer for FCB Lindsay Smithers ad agency, working on Vodaphone account, largest mobile service provider in the world. Created in-store branding for large clothing chain.

Design Director at The Training School

November 1996 - April 2000

Begin working on Macintosh computers, Adobe and Macromedia software. Head Designer at The Training School (computer training), Designed logos and all branding. Taught Photoshop at University of Art Johannesburg.

Fine Artist at Howard Stein

August 1990 - February 1996

Work as a fine artist. Solo exhibitions and group shows of large abstract paintings. My paintings hang in corporate and private collections in eight countries.

Freelance Graphic designer and Illustrator at Howard Stein

February 1986 - June 1990

Freelance Graphic Design and Illustration for large and small companies, magazines, retail stores etc.

Fine Artist at Howard Stein

October 1987 - March 1990

I took studio space in Manhattan in order to paint large abstract canvasses. I kept up a freelance design and illustration practice. Painting became more demanding and in moving to South Africa I painted full time.

Consultant at New York Institute of Technology

May 1984 - June 1986

The Images II Paint System, one of the earliest computer graphics systems was in development and required the input of professional artists and designers to advise on feature implementation.

Graphic Designer and Illustrator at WNBC-TV

May 1981 - May 1984

Senior graphic designer for daily evening newscast. Produced up to five news graphics a day under tight deadlines. High-pressure work environment. Loved every minute.

Graphic Designer and Illustrator at Howard Stein

June 1978 - April 1981

Freelance illustration for many magazines, including Esquire, GQ, New York Magazine and others. Illustrated a book written by Porter Bibb, published by The New York Times Company. Did design and illustration for Revlon, Estee Lauder, Bloomingdales, Bergdorf Goodman and others.

Principal Designer at DOON

May 2006

Principal Designer at DOON LLC. http://howardstein.com Art Direction, Design, and Illustration includes: Art Direction, UI Design, UX Design, Visual Design, and Graphics for web, iPad, and mobile for personal and enterprise productivity application. (currently in stealth mode) Identity and Branding for engineering company in upstate New York, including company identity and branding as well as individual product identities and branding. Identity and Branding for artist's and photographer's representative, Zara Sophie in Zurich, Switzerland. Identity and Branding Strategy for new New York City Real Estate firm 3 Square Miles (in development) Identity design and collateral in-store graphics and displays, for forthcoming range of sustainable products integrating strict compliance to store-specific regulations re packaging, storage, and display, for Home Depot and Lowe's stores with more big box chains to follow. . Identity and Branding Strategy for New York City based Wynnefield Capital, investment and financial services and management company. Graphics and large patterns for products, architectural surfaces, walls, interiors, fabrics, displays, 3-D and back-lit images, newest materials, latest production methods. In 2011/2012 worked with Dupont Corian, taking pattern designs through to prototype and product line sample stage. Designed for Maya Romanoff, one of the best known surface and fabric companies worldwide. See http://howardstein.com/surface-patterns/ Art Direction of corporate furnishings photography shoots for Cassina of Italy. Graphics for Surfaces: Any surface, any production methods. See http://howardstein.com/surface-patterns/ New portrait illustration capturing the essential character of people (and products are coming soon). See http://howardstein.com/illustration/drawn-illustration/.com Photography has been consistent passion for more than three decades. See: http://howardstein.com/photography/ Tons of personal work is ongoing.

New York Institute of Technology

1985 – 1986

None

Concentration: Set Design

Activities: Designed and built sets for a variety of spaces.

Art Center College of Design

1975 – 1978

BFA (Hons)

Johannesburg College of Art

1970 – 1974

Dip.A.D.

Concentration: Industrial Design, Graphic Design

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