Prof. Charles Goslin passed away in May of 2007. He had finished teaching the first day of summer design classes at Pratt Institute, when he collapsed and was taken to a hospital. He died doing what he loved.

This site is dedicated to his memory, his work and to all of his students.

"The artistic impulse, the art, the need to make good art is... its your values and what you have in mind and what you want of your life, and when you're lying stiff in a box and they put a lily across your chest, all that matters is the body of work you've left behind."

– Charles Goslin
November 26, 2005

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Charles Laforest Goslin (February 23, 1932 – May 16, 2007) was an American graphic designer and professor of graphic design and illustration at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York (1966 – 2007). He also taught at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City (1975 – 1985). Goslin was educated at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) graduating in 1954.

For most of his career, he worked as a one-person studio out of his home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, favoring independence over "filtering my work through another artist." He was also a popular professor known for his candid criticism and unique assignments...

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A memorial service will be held at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn at Memorial Hall on Thursday, September 27th, 2007 from 12 noon to 2pm.

An exhibition of his work will be shown at the Design Center Gallery from September 25th through the 28th.

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