April Greiman

April Greiman is an American designer who is known to be one of the first ones to embrace a computer technology. Greiman calls herself a "trans media artist" expanding the definition and challenges the stigma about being just a designer, but rather a multidisciplinary creator. She taught at CalArts after she was invited to educate there, exploring different media and graphic design. April Greiman is known for her curiosity and fascination with the developing technologies and a world around her in general, so naturally she became interested in the computer graphics that was just getting started at that time.

In her poster "Design Quarterly, n133. Does it make sense" she uses technology and tools around her to create work that reflects her identity. Her experimentation and willingness to work with technology, using it in her own means shows her desire to challenge and expand the means of design. The bitmap poster represents her dual identity and captures attention not only with its big scale, but also with her ability to find flexibility and beauty in pixels and being able to use that in her unique way. By just using pixels as her tool, she creates a powerful yet vulnerable piece that reveals her not only as a designer but also as a woman to the viewer, openly showing herself.

Here is a link to read more about her life and accomplishments as a designer and artist:
https://www.aiga.org/medalist-aprilgreiman