Original San Francisco Olympic Summer Games Poster, 2002 by Michael Vanderbyl
ABOUT
An exceptional series of contemporary graphic design, aimed at bringing the Summer Olympic Games to the Bay Area in 2012. The Bridge to the Future original poster series from 2002 consists of commemorative posters by twelve nationally renowned artists in support of San Francisco Bay Area's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. Artists include Primo Angeli, Sharrie Brooks, David Lance Goines, Kit Hinrichs, Michael Mabry, Jennifer Morla, Jean Orlebeke, Ward Schumaker, Michael Schwab, Todd Simmons, Samuel Smidt, Michael Vanderbyl and Min Wang.
The results were sold to raise money for the campaign that ultimately failed. Yet the posters succeeded and became collectibles. This piece was created by artist Michael Vanderbyl.
- CREATOR Michael Vanderbyl.
- DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.2002.
- MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Lithograph.
- CONDITION Good. Minor wear consistent with age and use.
- DIMENSIONS Sheet: H 27 in. W 18 in.
HISTORY
Michael Vanderbyl is a multidisciplinary designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Vanderbyl received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design in 1968 from California College of Arts and Crafts. He has taught graphic design at CCA for more than 30 years and held the position of Dean of Design.
Vanderbyl was among the designers who in the early 1980s established the San Francisco Bay Area as a center of the postmodern movement in graphic design. He has gained international prominence in the design field as practitioner, educator, critic and advocate.
