Designer Margo Chase to Speak Tomorrow at Dickson Street Theater

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Dickson Street Theater
Doors at 6:30, Show at 7:30
Students: FREE!
Members: $5.00
Non-Members: $15.00
Margo Chase, creative director and founder of Chase Design Group, was named one of the most influential graphic designers by a reader survey in the 500th issue of Graphic Design:usa Magazine. Chase was one of only two women to be mentioned and one of four to be recognized in thetop ten lists for both the "Most Influential Graphic Designer of the Era" and "Most Influential Graphic Designer Today". Chase Design Group also made the top ten "Most Influential Graphic Design Firms."

Chase founded Chase Design Group in 1986, where she earned a reputation designing logos and identities for entertainment clients who soon came to include Madonna, Cher and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Today, Chase Design Group solves business problems for companies of all sizes. Recognized worldwide for her skill with custom typography and identity development, Margo Chase has won virtually every important award in print design, broadcast and motion graphics.

"I am honored to be mentioned with designers of such talent and to be one of only two women on the list," said Chase. "I know I join my colleagues in striving to develop design that is both effective and inspirational."

"Margo is nothing short of an icon in the graphic design industry," said James Bradley, president of Chase Design Group. "She is high energy, positive, unpretentious, open minded and always on. Our clients benefit from her creative intelligence every day. She is great to work with."