Eric Madsen

Eric Madsen has specialized in all aspects of corporate identity and brand development, marketing and capability materials, magazine and book design for clients in the United States, Europe and Japan.

A Texas native, he holds a degree in graphic design from the University of Houston, where he began his career. In 1973, he moved to Minneapolis where he continues to work as a designer and artist.

His graphic design work has been recognized nationally and internationally by such organizations and publications as the AIGA, the Society of Typographic Arts, the Society of Publication Designers, the Type Director’s Club of New York, magazines such as Applied Arts (Canada), Communication Arts, Critique, Idea (Japan), Graphis, Print, and by the Art Director’s Clubs of Minneapolis, New York, Dallas, Houston, and Los Angeles.

Mr. Madsen is an AIGA Fellow, and a past member of the national Board of Directors of the AIGA, the professional association for design. He is a founding board member of the AIGA/Minnesota chapter and has served on its Board on three separate occasions. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, and the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.

His fine art has been recognized by the Minneapolis Foundation, the Francis Hardy Center for the Arts, and the Miller Art Museum. In June, 2007, he premiered Carlyle’s Tools in a one-man show at the College of Visual Arts Gallery in Saint Paul, and that work continues to travel and exhibit.