Michael Nicholas Doret (born July 19, 1946) is an American designer, lettering artist, and illustrator based in Los Angeles. He has created logos, album covers, magazine covers, and art for various brands in media, advertising, and sports, including '' Wreck-It Ralph'', the New York Knicks, MLB, ''

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, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Universal Studios. He also designed American Eagle postage for the

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Biography

Doret grew up in

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, New York City, near

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and is a graduate of the Cooper Union. He began his work by opening a small design studio in New York and eventually moved to Los Angeles where he lives with his wife. Along with his design studio, Doret owns AlphabetSoup Type Founders which distributes his original font designs through Font Bros., Fontshop, MyFonts and Veer. Five ''TIME'' covers by Doret are included in the permanent collection at The

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in Washington, D.C. Doret designed the logos for The Graphic Artists Guild, the New York Knicks, and many other notable institutions. He has worked extensively within the music industry, including creating two album covers for Kiss: ''

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''. Doret is an eight-time winner of the New York Art Directors Club Silver Award. His 3D '' Bedlam Ballroom'' CD package designed for Squirrel Nut Zippers was nominated for a

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for "Best Recording Package" at the 44th Grammy Awards in 2002. His font "Deliscript" was chosen by the Type Directors Club to receive the prestigious "Certificate of Excellence in Type Design" in the display fonts category for their TDC² 2010 Typeface Design Competition. His serigraph for PowerStation was a Graphis Gold Award winner.

References

External links

Welcome to Alphabet Soup (Doret's site)Workbook.com portfolio of Michael Doret's workThe Jewish Zodiac website (art by Michael Doret)Official Kiss Website article about Doret's album art
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doret, Michael 1946 births Living people American designers American illustrators Logo designers Artists from New York City Artists from Los Angeles American graphic designers Album-cover and concert-poster artists