Daily Monster

Stefan G. Bucher (born 1973) is a writer, graphic designer and illustrator. He is the man behind the California design studio 344 Design [http://www.344design.com].Sullivan, Jenny "Graphic Design America 3 - Portfolios From The Best And Brightest Design Firms From Across The United States" Worcester: Rockport Publishers, 2005

He is the creator of the popular online animation series Daily Monster [http://www.dailymonster.com], For 100 days he filmed himself drawing a new monster every night, based on random ink blots. Visitors then posted stories about each monster on the blog.Piscopo, Maria ?Blog as a Marketing Tool? Communication Arts, Sept-Oct. 2007: 181+ The clips have been downloaded over a million times and are collected, along with selected stories, in the book 100 Days of Monsters [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1600610919] with a foreword by Ze Frank. The series has been included in the prestigious Communication Arts Illustration and American Illustration [http://www.ai-ap.com/] annuals, and was the subject of the annual Fresh Dialogue event held by the New York chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) in May 2007.[http://www.aigany.org/events/details/07FD/] Variations of the Daily Monster clips will appear on the first season of the relaunched TV show The Electric Company in January of 2009.

Starting his career in the United States as an art director at Portland, Oregon advertising agency Wieden & Kennedy, Bucher went on to design numerous CD packages including Brand New Day: The Remixes for Sting, the soundtrack for the motion picture The Matrix with Keanu Reeves.Heller, Steven & Fernandes, Teresa "Becoming A Graphic Designer - A Guide To Careers In Design" Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 3rd Edition, 2005 His design of the 17th "American Photography" annual received the 2001 Silver Award for outstanding complete book design by British Design & Advertising ("D&AD") His more recent work for clients ranging from KCRW DJ Jason Bentley to art gallery L.A. Louver, painter David Hockney, and movie director Tarsem makes more frequent use of illustration and hand-lettering.Heller, Steven & Ilic, Mirko "Handwritten - Expressive Lettering In The Digital Age" New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004

He is the author of the book All Access - The Making of Thirty Extraordinary Graphic Designers. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1592530796] In her review of the book for Communication Arts magazine editor Anne Telford said:

In 2004 the Art Directors Club of New York named him one of their Young Guns, honoring him as one of the leading creatives age 30 and under.Art Directors Club ?Young Guns 4? Worcester: Rockport Publishers, 2005 He has been an active member of AIGA, having served as the vice-president of membership of the Los Angeles Chapter from 1999 to 2001 and as vice-president of event programming from 2001 to 2003. He is a frequent speaker on graphic design at schools and design organizations across the United States. His column ink & circumstance appeared in the pages of the now defunct "STEP inside design" magazine [http://www.stepinsidedesign.com/] His book The Graphic Eye - Photographs By Graphic Designers From Around The Globe [http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Eye-Photographs-Designers-around/dp/0811869032/] was released in Europe by RotoVision S.A. and in the United States by Chronicle Books in October 2009. He was educated at Art Center College of Design.Martin, Shanon ?Flying Solo? HOW Magazine, Dec. 2002: 75+