Alyson Fox
Encyclopedia
Alyson Fox is an American
artist
, illustrator
, and dinnerware designer. Alyson was one of the first artists to gain notoriety through new media prompting the New York Times to call her "the darling of design blogs".
in Photography
from Florida State University
and an MFA from the University of Colorado
Alyson began her career as a visual director for Anthropologie in Plano, TX.
In 2005 she left retail, and began to focus on illustration. Her "slightly sinister drawings of faceless people and animals" were published by blog Design Sponge and she began to develop a following. "It launched me," said Alyson, "I just started getting emails from all these people like the New York Times."
By 2008 Alyson's prints were being featured in magazines such as Oprah magazine and Domino did a profile on her in "10 things that make me happy". In 2010 she partnered with housewares company Ink Dish
to release a line of porcelain dinnerware. The launch was covered by Design Sponge. She is currently working on a book with Chronicle Books and has a small line of limited designs for sale under the name A SMALL COLLECTION.
United States
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artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, and dinnerware designer. Alyson was one of the first artists to gain notoriety through new media prompting the New York Times to call her "the darling of design blogs".
Life and career
Alyson was born in El Paso, TX. She received a BABachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
from Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
and an MFA from the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
Alyson began her career as a visual director for Anthropologie in Plano, TX.
In 2005 she left retail, and began to focus on illustration. Her "slightly sinister drawings of faceless people and animals" were published by blog Design Sponge and she began to develop a following. "It launched me," said Alyson, "I just started getting emails from all these people like the New York Times."
By 2008 Alyson's prints were being featured in magazines such as Oprah magazine and Domino did a profile on her in "10 things that make me happy". In 2010 she partnered with housewares company Ink Dish
Ink Dish
Ink Dish is an American tableware design company located in San Diego, California. The company uses designs by contemporary underground artists for their line of porcelain dinnerware. Ink Dish was founded in 2008 by David Harding and Caroline Pople....
to release a line of porcelain dinnerware. The launch was covered by Design Sponge. She is currently working on a book with Chronicle Books and has a small line of limited designs for sale under the name A SMALL COLLECTION.