I’m not about making a mark.
I’m about making a point.
BIOGRAPHY
Born Deon Christopher Mixon Jr., I’m a graphic designer, author, and entrepreneur from Detroit who specializes in brand identity design. I’m an alumnus of Cass Tech (2013) and Western Michigan University (2017) with my BFA in Graphic Design. I’m a Bill Gates Millennium Scholar, designer of the Detroit Rise Flag (a new flag for the City of Detroit), author of the Lethal Creed Saga, and founder and CEO of Design Eye—a design education company leading the effort to increase diversity in design the fun way.
My work, both design and literary, is an embodiment of my identity and affinity for themes including God, existentialism, realism, monumentality, minimalism, wabi-sabi, and Swiss design.
I’m a Christian, husband, father, movieworm, former violinist, Naruto fan, Jason Bourne enthusiast, and a student of Krav Maga, Spanish, and Japanese. I’m currently based in Detroit, working as a brand identity designer at BasedOn and as CEO of Design Eye.
DESIGN CREED
In my pursuit to give great design to the world, I’m not about making a mark, I’m about making a point because at the core of great design is simply a great idea. For ideas conjure stories and stories compel people to connect with each other in meaningful ways. To indulge in the infinity of human experience.
This is why every work of design should have its own soul—a child of human imagination. This is great design. Design borne from the minds of people for the hearts of people by way of visual communication that moves us and drives us to do and believe in wondrous things.
Therefore, beauty becomes inevitable when ideas are inherent. Impact is achieved when ideas are understood. So it is to this end, as a creative servant of my community, that what matters most is to not focus on how pleasing design can look to myself, but rather how well design can realize and voice ideas for others.
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