Thinking Gregory Vines. 04 27 1946

Graphic Designer/Teacher, Gregory Vines was born on April 27 1946 in the U.S.A. and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston graduating in 1968. In the 1960s education at Art schools in the United States (the combination “Art + Design” didn’t exist) was in an upheaval. Many forms and content of education were being challenged or just not dealt with! In 1972 he was accepted into the Advanced Class for Graphic Design, Basle and discovered a formal education in the fundamentals of Design and designing. He began teaching in 1976 and was a faculty member from 1978 until his retirement in 2011. During this time he was privileged to experience the transition of the analog to the digital, witness the change of one century to another and partake in the evolution of the Basle School of Design from Trade School status to a University status with Bachelor and Master degree programs. His passion for his own design work and that of his students has been inseparable. His teaching area embraced classes for Graphic Formulation, Poster Design, Imagery, Imagination, Word-Image, Verbal Communication and Time Based Media. During this time he maintained a studio for design collaborating with other designers, especially with Reinhart Morscher † 2004. The first two posters shown here were designed together with Reinhart Morscher. His current work focuses on photography and drawing, print design and digital animation design! He has lectured and taught workshops in Switzerland, USA, South Korea, and the Arab Emirates and contributed articles and work on Design to several national and international publications.

(Some examples of his teaching can be found on www.gpvd.ch)