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NOPATTERNThe art, design, & creative direction of Chuck Anderson

The exacT MoMenT30x20 print

godlike24x18 print

places24x18 print

Chuck Anderson (aka nopattern) is

a 21-years-old graphic designer that

has managed to cull a list of clients

that would make a seasoned designer

envious. nike, 555Soul, pepsi, Sony,

Garcia Marquez, and reebok- just

to name a few. if you ask him to,

he’ll talk your head off. With a new

nopattern book- 28-pages offering

a vividly saturated cross-section

of his time, style, and genre- fresh

off the presses, we talked to Chuck

about his inspiration, his work on

products and spaces, and why his

world is so shiny.

When did you decide to become

a designer? i don’t honestly think

i ever actually decided to become

a designer. i’ve just always been an

artist - since i was a child. it’s always

been a part of me to create things.

there was a time, however, that i

made the decision to try to get my

work out there to the world. that

was about 6 months after i graduated

high school. Early 2004. But it was

less a decision to become a designer

and more something i had to do

because i had no money, no job, no

degree (besides high school), and

no plans for my future. instead of

becoming a designer, i feel like i was

just always an artist to begin with. i

truly believe it was God’s intention

for my life to do what i’m doing now.

What is your favorite part of the

design process and why? Just

looking at the direction for the

project and taking those first few

steps. i just get my hands dirty right

away. i just get right into it. the

feeling of a successful beginning can

be more gratifying than the feeling

of a successful finish sometimes.

Hey- what a quote!

ABOUT THE ARTIST

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chuck loves music chuck likes to read