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Steven R. Gilmore, born in Canada, is a self-taught artist with no formal training. A background in DJing at a Vancouver nightclub introduced him to the music industry which led to his first record sleeve design. Since that time, he has created over 200 record sleeves working for several record labels such as: American Recordings, Atlantic Records, Capitol Records, City Of Angels, EMI, The David Geffen Company, Dreamworks, Invisible Records, Mammoth Records, Motown Records, Nettwerk Records, Outpost Recordings, PolyGram Records, Profile Records, Roadrunner Records, Sony Music, SPV (Germany), Universal Records, Virgin Records, Warner Bros. Records, Wax Trax Records, World Domination Music Group, Zoo Entertainment. Of note, SRG designed the packaging and related promotional materials for the "300" movie soundtrack, as well as for "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers" and the Academy Award-winning soundtrack for "The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King".


SRG's work has appeared in design publications such as: IdN Magazine (Hong Kong), ID Magazine (International Design), Emigre Magazine, Insite (Architecture and Design), Pantone's 'Color Wise' Magazine, Design Journal (Korea), best of and honorable mention in Aldus Magazine's annual design contests, best of in Publish Magazine's annual design contest, honorable mentions in two of HOW Magazine's 'Self Promotion' issues and honorable mention in HOW Magazine's International Design Annual, Award Of Excellence in Print Magazine's Computer Annual, The Hollywood Reporter's ‘Key Art Awards’. His work has been published in several books, The Art Directors Club Of Los Angeles Annual (where he received recognition for 'outstanding design'), Roger Dean's 'Album Cover Album', International Self Promotion (Nippan), Computer Generation (Nippan), Graphis Typography 2 (Graphis Books), Electronic Workshop "Illustration" (RotoVision), Fresh Ideas in Letterhead And Business Card Design 4 (North Light Books), Creative Edge: Type (North Light Books), Cool Type II (North Light Books), 30 Essential Typefaces For A Lifetime (Rockport Publishers) and most recently Ars Erotica - The Best Modern Erotic Art (Carlton Books). SRG also authored and designed a book on graphic design entitled “Photo-Graphics” published by RotoVision which is part of their ongoing “Electronic Workshop” series.

SRG has created several corporate identities and promotional items for such companies as Dita Eyewear, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Industrial Light and Magic, Miramax Films, 20th Century Fox, New Line Cinema, Xerox and Coca-Cola as well as promotional material for fashion retail outlets and dance companies. SRG currently resides in Los Angeles where he continues his endeavors in the design and fine arts fields.

All Images © 2011 Steven R Gilmore

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