He significantly influenced a generation to embrace typography, he was born on September 8,1952 Corpus Chrisiti, Texas. Carson and his family moved to New York City four years later. Since then he has traveled all around the world but has maintained New York as his base of operations. Carson now owns two studios; one in Del Mar, California and another in Zürich.David Carson is an American graphic designer. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typgraphy. He was the art directorfor the magazine Ray Gun..