Aaron Draplin

Aaron Draplin was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 15, 1973, to parents Jim and Lauren Draplin.^[2][3] At 17, Draplin started his associate degree at Northwestern Michigan College; he graduated in 1993.^[4][5] At 19 he moved to Bend, Oregon to pursue his career in graphic design.^[6] After five years, he moved to Minneapolis to finish his design degree at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, graduating in 2000.^[7][8]

He started his career with a snowboard graphic for Solid Snowboards.^[9] In April 2000, he accepted an art director position at Snowboarder magazine.^[10] He won Art Director of the Year for Primedia 2000. In 2002, he became a senior designer at Cinco Design Office of Portland. His clients have included Nike, Burton Snowboards, Esquire, Red Wing, Ford Motor Company and the Obama Administration.^[11][12][13]

Draplin has been featured on TED Talks and talks at Google.^[14] In 2019 he designed the Star Ribbon, a US postal stamp.^[15][16] Draplin is the co-founder of and designer for the Field Notes brand.^[17][18][19] Draplin started his own firm, the Draplin Design Company.^[20]

• Art Director of the Year, Snowboarder Magazine, EMAP Publishing, Los Angeles, California, Spring 2001 ^[21]

• Pretty Much Everything, (2016) Abrams Books ISBN 9781419720178, is a mid-career survey that includes his work—posters, record covers and logos.^[19][22][23]