Written by Nicole Zak Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:14 As a modern Renaissance man, Mike Perry has dominated today’s graphic design industry with his numerous prints, sculptures, zines, books, and even espresso machines. Everything you can imagine, Mike Perry has done, (well just about everything.) Through his technicolor prints, Perry is gradually changing the demographic of brand names; just this past May, Sasha Obama sported a weekender bag that Perry designed for Poketo and Target. Bonds, an Australian apparel company, showcased Perry’s specially designed prints for men’s underwear, and then Microsoft produced wireless mice with Mike Perry designed faceplates. Mike Perry is a Kansas born artist who has no shame in his roots; naturally he has a “Midwest is Best” design fe
Design Within Reach For artist Mike Perry, DIY isn’t a hobby, its a philosophy. When Mike Perry was a kid growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, he would pack a bag full of painting supplies and set off on all-day hikes across the plains, where he would dream of having a studio just like the one he’s sitting in this morning. The sprawling space in Crown Heights, Brooklyn (which he shares with his girlfriend, photographer Anna Wolf), has 20-foot ceilings and high windows that, on sunny days like this, flood the space with light. The day before, he put up a homemade, reflective mobile and the constellation it’s casting on the concrete floor is the current obsession of the couple’s dog, Bass, an Airedale Terrier/Otterhound mix. A 10-minute walk from Perry’s house, the studio is f
