daviD carson was born in 1956 in corpus christi, texas. hE and his family moved to new york city four years later. sincE then he has travelled all around the world but has maintained new york as his abse of operations. hE now owns 2 studios. onE in new york and another in charleston, south carolina. hE is also the creative director and a designer at r/greenberg associates.

becausE of his father, carson travelled all over america, puerto rico and the west indies. thesE journeys affected him profoundly and the first signs of his talent were shown at a very young age. howeveR, his first actual contact with graphic design was in 1980 at a bachelor of arts in sociology when he went to switzerland where he attented a 3 week workshop in grapahic design as part of his degree. thiS is where he met his first great influence, hans-rudolph lutz.