Mario Garcia (Designer)

Mario Garcia, 2011

Mario R. García (born February 15, 1947 in Placetas , Las Villas , Cuba ) is an American newspaper and magazine designer.

Career

Over the past thirty years he has worked with over 450 media outlets. Garcia redesigned: Wall Street Journal , Miami Herald , Handelsblatt , Die Zeit , Paris Match and the Salzburger Nachrichten .

In 1977 he became director of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in New York State . He is the successor to Edmund Arnold , "father" of modern American newspaper design. Garcia was the first recipient of the Society for News Design's Lifetime Achievement Award . The popular magazine People en Español named him in 2006 among the 100 most influential Hispanics .

personal data
SURNAME	Garcia, Mario
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	García, Mario R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American newspaper and magazine designer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Placetas , Las Villas , Cuba