大卫-麦考利 插画师和作家

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David Macaulay
Illustrator and Author | Class of 2006
Celebrating and explaining the nature of civilization’s greatest architectural and engineering achievements.

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Title
Illustrator and Author
Location
Norwich, Vermont
Age
59 at time of award
Area of Focus
Graphic Design and Illustration, Fiction and Nonfiction Writing
Published September 1, 2006
ABOUT DAVID'S WORK
David Macaulay is a visual storyteller whose illustrated books demystify the workings and origins of objects as mundane as a stapler and as monumental as a cathedral. While he modestly classifies himself an “explainer,” Macaulay’s elegant drawings, wry humor, and clear descriptions of the simplest and most complex structures and machines are sophisticated and entertaining educational experiences for both children and adults. His profound curiosity has led him to deconstruct human creations to the simple and understandable, as exemplified by his architectural series of books, Cathedral (1973), Pyramid (1975), Castle (1977), and Mosque (2003). In The Way Things Work (1988), a seminal book in the field of illustrated-educational books, he not only shows the reader how things are made, but conveys complex technical information as to how and why they function. While best known for his books on architecture and engineering, Macaulay is also a gifted author of picture books. In his award-winning Black and White (1990), he abandoned linear storytelling to produce a book that challenges young readers to piece together four interconnected plots that unfold through illustrations in separate quadrants of each two-page spread. He is currently engaged in intensive study for his next book, an exploration of the complexities of the human body. Macaulay’s visually arresting and thought-provoking body of work invites readers of every age to perceive the world they occupy from surprising and compelling perspectives.

BIOGRAPHY
David Macaulay was born in Burton-on-Trent, England in 1946 and received a B.Arch. (1969) from the Rhode Island School of Design. A freelance writer and illustrator for the majority of his career, he has also worked as an interior designer (1969-72), as a high school art teacher (1969-70, 1972-74), and as an instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he continues to teach as an an adjunct member of the Department of Illustration. His additional books include City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction (1974), Underground (1976), Unbuilding (1980), Mill (1983), Ship (1993), Building Big (2000), and Angelo (2002), among many others. His work has been featured in a PBS mini-series as well as in museum exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe.



大卫-麦考利
插画师和作家|2006级
庆祝并解释文明的最伟大的建筑和工程成就的本质。

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标题
插画师和作者
地点
佛蒙特州，诺里奇
年龄
获奖时为59岁
重点领域
平面设计和插图, 小说和非小说写作
2006年9月1日出版
关于大卫的作品
大卫-麦考利是一位视觉故事家，他的插图书揭开了像订书机那样平凡的物体和像大教堂那样不朽的物体的运作和起源的神秘面纱。虽然他谦虚地将自己归类为 "解释者"，但麦考利优雅的图画、诙谐的幽默以及对最简单和最复杂的结构和机器的清晰描述，对儿童和成人来说都是复杂而有趣的教育经历。他深刻的好奇心促使他将人类的创造物解构为简单易懂的东西，他的建筑系列书籍《大教堂》（1973年）、《金字塔》（1975年）、《城堡》（1977年）和《清真寺》（2003年）就是例子。在《事物的运行方式》（1988年）中，他不仅向读者展示了事物的制造过程，还传达了复杂的技术信息，说明它们是如何和为什么发挥作用的。虽然以建筑和工程方面的书籍而闻名，但麦考林也是一位有天赋的图画书作者。在他获奖的《黑与白》（1990年）中，他放弃了线性叙事，创作了一本挑战小读者的书，将四个相互关联的情节拼凑起来，通过每两页的不同象限的插图展开。他目前正在为他的下一本书进行深入研究，这是一本关于人体复杂性的探索。麦考利的作品在视觉上引人注目，发人深省，邀请每个年龄段的读者从令人惊讶和引人注目的角度来感知他们所在的世界。

个人简历
大卫-麦考利1946年出生于英国特伦特河畔伯顿，在罗德岛获得建筑学学士学位（1969年）。(1969)从罗德岛设计学院获得建筑学学士学位。在他职业生涯的大部分时间里，他是一名自由撰稿人和插图画家，他还担任过室内设计师（1969-72年）、高中美术教师（1969-70年，1972-74年），以及罗德岛设计学院的教师，在那里他继续作为插图系的兼职成员授课。他的其他著作包括《城市》。A Story of Roman Planning and Construction (1974), Underground (1976), Unbuilding (1980), Mill (1983), Ship (1993), Building Big (2000), and Angelo (2002), 等。他的作品曾在美国公共广播公司的迷你系列节目以及美国和欧洲的博物馆展览中出现过。