David L. Sigman is Head of The Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Purdue University. In 1988 David joined the faculty in Visual Communications Design. His educational background includes a B.F.A in 1971 from the Kansas City Art Institute in Graphic Design and a M.F.A. in Advertising Design from Syracuse University in 1979. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue David had over 20 years professional experience as a designer and design administrator. As Creative Director for Creative Advertising he developed national and international campaigns for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Pinkerton Tobacco, L.S. Heath & Company and Ebonite Bowling Equipment. He has held design positions with the Hopkins Center Design Studio at Dartmouth College, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and was Supervisor, Media Materials Development and Dissemination for the National Institute of Handicapped Research.

In 1997 and 1998 David’s poster designs were recognized with awards and publication by The 16th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw, Poland, The 18th International Biennale of Graphic Design in Brno, Czech Republic, The 5th International Triennial of Poster at The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan, XII International Poster Biennial in Finland, 12th Annual World’s Most Memorable Poster, UNESCO , Paris, France. Posters in the Paris exhibition represented 42 countries, David’s poster was one of 70 selected from the Paris exhibition to participate in an international traveling exhibition scheduled for the United States, Japan, China and Korea. David also participated in the International Invitational FAX ART Exhibition ’98 at the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China as well as the U.S. Library of Congress selecting six posters for the library’s permanent collection and the Museum for Art and Industry in Hamburg, Germany added David’s posters to their graphic design permanent collection.

In 1997 he received two silver awards for poster design from the University & College Designers Association. The posters were included in a group design exhibition in New York. Prior to 1997 David’s work received awards from the International Design by Electronic Association, PRINT’S Digital Art and Design Annuals, Regional Design Annuals and PRINT’S Best of Letterhead & Business Cards, American Corporate Identity Annuals and the University and College Designers Association (UCDA). From 1983 to 1987 David received over 20 Addy Awards for design and 2 National Television Bureau Awards for television commercials. David’s current interests are poster design, motion graphics and digital multimedia.

Please contact Professor David Sigman at sigman@purdue.edu.

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