Background
In 1945, Dan Friedman was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
educator graphic designer furniture designer
In 1945, Dan Friedman was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. After that, he studied at the Ulm School of Design. There, he studied graphic design.
He also studied at Schule für Gestaltung Basel.
There, he studied under Wolfgang Weingart and Armin Hofmann.
He was a major contributor to the post-modern and new wave typography movements. In 1969 he moved back to the United States. Upon returning to America, Friedman was senior designer at Anspach Grossman Portugal, from 1975 to 1977.
Foreign three years, from 1970-1973, he taught at Yale University.
From 1972-1975, he was the chairman of the board for the design department at State University of New York at Purchase. Friedman designed posters, letterheads, logos, and more, while working for Pentagram, from 1979 until 1984.
Clients included Citibank and Williwear. He used found objects to create Day-Glo furniture.
He did work for the Neotu Gallery.
Starting in 1994 he was the Frank Stanton Professor of Graphic Design at the Cooper Union. He died of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in 1995 at Saint Luke"s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City. His work is held in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the Museum of Modern Artist