About
Michael Mabry
2011 Fellow, Past President, Founder
Over the last 32 years, Michael Mabry has demonstrated a clear, consistent commitment to the design profession through his active participation within the Bay Area design community, his generous service with AIGA, and the sustained level of excellence of his professional practice.
He was the second President of AIGA San Francisco, and was the founding Secretary/Treasurer. And he has served on the national AIGA board. A member since 1983, he was a Supporter of the AIGA SF Enrichment Scholarship during its creation.
Growing up near Chicago, Mabry moved west to San Francisco by way of the University of Utah (where he received his BFA, with honors, in graphic design) to work as a senior designer for venerable designers Nicolas Sidjakov and Jerry Berman at SBG Partners. In 1981, he opened his own studio.
Throughout his career, Michael has created distinctive brand and corporate identities, packaging systems and illustrations for a variety of individualistic companies, including Chronicle Books, Hewlett Packard Corporation, The Land of Nod, Lucas Films, The Mellon Foundation, Martha Stewart Omnimedia, Netjets Europe, The New York Times, and The Oakland Museum of California.
His award-winning work has been recognized in numerous design competitions including Communication Arts, AIGA, American Center for Design, Graphis, The New York Art Directors Club, and The San Francisco Society for Communicating Arts. He has been included in the International Design Magazine’s ‘40 Design and Technology Innovators on the West Coast’.
His work is included in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, SFMOMA, The Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Mabry’s work was also featured in a solo exhibition in Osaka, Japan, and a group exhibition on California Design at the Museo Fortuny in Venice, Italy.
He has taught at the California College of the Arts and guest lectures at many universities and various designer/art directors’ organizations throughout the country. He serves as an Advisor to Project M. And is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.
