CLIVE JACOBSON is an international, multi-award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and educator. Based in New York City, Clive Jacobson has won numerous international design awards. As Art Director for ID- Magazine of International Design; as a Madison Avenue Agency Snr.VP - Executive Creative Director, with clients such as - Escada, Target, Allstate and Philips and with Jacobson Design with BtoB and retail clients that have included - Citigroup Private Bank, The NFL (Super Bowls XVII and XXIX logo designs), UBS, UJA, Turner Construction, Odeon Capital, Olympia & York USA, Optionsellers.com, Stanton Public Relations, AXA Equitable, Chandrika Tandon, Donnan and Electriq Power. Jacobson is originally from South Africa, where in his early 20's, won the South African Society of Marketers Award for The SASOL Group Identity. His most recent award for logo design was in August 2023 by Logolounge. Awards for excellence include: AIGA, American Institute of Graphic Arts; American Corporate Identity; The Art Directors Club of New York; Art Direction Magazine; Communication Arts; Graphic DesignUSA; Logolounge 2023, Print Magazine; Graphis Best Logos; SPD-The Society of Publication Designers of America; and the 2000 International Annual Report Competition (ARC) Awards. For over 12 yrs as an adjunct professor at NYU (New York University), Jacobson taught workshops on Design Principals, Conceptualization, Typography & Visual Semiotics. Clive has taught New York high school seniors through Creative Art Works. Jacobson does portrait and landscape oil painting - (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_) and his first co-illustrated book, Jacobsonjoy, was sold out at MOMA 2012. In 2020, Jacobson's paintings were exhibited by MvVO at the Oculus, World Trade Center, New York. ​ Clive Jacobson's new book on visual dichotomy " On the one hand..." was released in March 2021. ​…

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CLIVE JACOBSON is an international, multi-award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and educator. Based in New York City, Clive Jacobson has won numerous international design awards. As Art Director for ID- Magazine of International Design; as a Madison Avenue Agency Snr.VP - Executive Creative Director, with clients such as - Escada, Target, Allstate and Philips and with Jacobson Design with BtoB and retail clients that have included - Citigroup Private Bank, The NFL (Super Bowls XVII and XXIX logo designs), UBS, UJA, Turner Construction, Odeon Capital, Olympia & York USA, Optionsellers.com, Stanton Public Relations, AXA Equitable, Chandrika Tandon, Donnan and Electriq Power. Jacobson is originally from South Africa, where in his early 20's, won the South African Society of Marketers Award for The SASOL Group Identity. His most recent award for logo design was in August 2023 by Logolounge. Awards for excellence include: AIGA, American Institute of Graphic Arts; American Corporate Identity; The Art Directors Club of New York; Art Direction Magazine; Communication Arts; Graphic DesignUSA; Logolounge 2023, Print Magazine; Graphis Best Logos; SPD-The Society of Publication Designers of America; and the 2000 International Annual Report Competition (ARC) Awards. For over 12 yrs as an adjunct professor at NYU (New York University), Jacobson taught workshops on Design Principals, Conceptualization, Typography & Visual Semiotics. Clive has taught New York high school seniors through Creative Art Works. Jacobson does portrait and landscape oil painting - (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_) and his first co-illustrated book, Jacobsonjoy, was sold out at MOMA 2012. In 2020, Jacobson's paintings were exhibited by MvVO at the Oculus, World Trade Center, New York. ​ Clive Jacobson's new book on visual dichotomy " On the one hand..." was released in March 2021. ​…

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CLIVE JACOBSON is an international, multi-award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and educator.

Based in New York City, Clive Jacobson has won numerous international design awards. As Art Director for ID- Magazine of International Design; as a Madison Avenue Agency Snr.VP - Executive Creative Director, with clients such as - Escada, Target, Allstate and Philips and with Jacobson Design with BtoB and retail clients that have included - Citigroup Private Bank, The NFL (Super Bowls XVII and XXIX logo designs), UBS, UJA, Turner Construction, Odeon Capital, Olympia & York USA, Optionsellers.com, Stanton Public Relations, AXA Equitable, Chandrika Tandon, Donnan and Electriq Power.

Jacobson is originally from South Africa, where in his early 20’s, won the South African Society of Marketers Award for The SASOL Group Identity. His most recent award for logo design was in August 2023 by Logolounge.

Awards for excellence include: AIGA, American Institute of Graphic Arts; American Corporate Identity;
The Art Directors Club of New York; Art Direction Magazine; Communication Arts; Graphic DesignUSA; Logolounge 2023, Print Magazine; Graphis Best Logos; SPD-The Society of Publication Designers of America; and the 2000 International Annual Report Competition (ARC) Awards.

For over 12 yrs as an adjunct professor at NYU (New York University), Jacobson taught workshops on Design Principals, Conceptualization, Typography & Visual Semiotics. Clive has taught New York high school seniors through Creative Art Works.

Jacobson does portrait and landscape oil painting - (Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup) and his first co-illustrated book, Jacobsonjoy, was sold out at MOMA 2012. In 2020, Jacobson’s paintings were exhibited by MvVO at the Oculus, World Trade Center, New York.
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Clive Jacobson’s new book on visual dichotomy " On the one hand…" was released in March 2021.
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Language

Afrikaans
Advanced
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Graphic Artist at Clive Jacobson Design
August 10, 2000 - Present

Education

BA Art and Design at Johannesburg College of Art
January 10, 1973 - December 20, 1976

Qualifications

New York University- Adjunct Professor
July 16, 2006 - October 16, 2018
Taught Design Classes at the School of Continuing Education NYU

Industry Experience

Agriculture & Mining, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Gaming, Government, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services, Real Estate & Construction, Education, Energy & Utilities, Telecommunications, Travel & Hospitality, Life Sciences
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    work-in-progress: The faceless figures with cloud-like heads could symbolize anonymity or the loss of individual identity in modern society, especially in the digital age where interactions are often mediated by technology. The clouds might also represent thoughts, dreams, or the ephemeral nature of human connection. 


 
The woman holding a smartphone suggests the pervasive role of technology in contemporary life and its impact on human relationships. This could imply a commentary on how technology, while connecting us, might also create a sense of detachment or isolation. 


 The overall surrealist aesthetic, with its dreamlike and enigmatic qualities, blend traditional painting techniques with contemporary subject matter to create thought-provoking commentary on modern life.…
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    • The faceless figures with cloud-like heads could symbolize anonymity or the loss of individual identity in modern society, especially in the digital age where interactions are often mediated by technology. The clouds might also represent thoughts, dreams, or the ephemeral nature of human connection.

    • Technology and Connection:
      The woman holding a smartphone suggests the pervasive role of technology in contemporary life and its impact on human relationships. This could imply a commentary on how technology, while connecting us, might also create a sense of detachment or isolation.

    • The overall surrealist aesthetic, with its dreamlike and enigmatic qualities, blend traditional painting techniques with contemporary subject matter to create thought-provoking commentary on modern life.

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