David Carson

David Carson

David Carson is an American graphic designer, art director. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. He was the art director for the magazine Ray Gun, in which he employed much of the typographic and layout style for which he is known. In particular, his widely imitated aesthetic defined the so-called "grunge typography" era.
Carson's style of typographic experimentation influenced the development of the deconstruction style of design and a whole new generation of designers. The experiments by Carson and other Ray Gun designers were chaotic, abstract and distinctive, but sometimes illegible. The magazine's radical subject matter often related to music and pop culture icons and the magazine became a reliable source for the prediction of up-and-coming stars.

"He significantly influenced a generation to embrace typography as an expressive medium" - Steven Heller, 2010

Would I attempt this design?

I would like to attempt a design like this because it is very intriguing and would most definitely catch many readers' attention, however it may be quite hard to do so I would make it a bit simpler yet make it still eye-catching