Charles Laforest Goslin, an American graphic designer and professor of graphic design and illustration at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, died on 16 May 2007. A memorial will be held on 27 September from 12-2:00 PM at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn at Memorial Hall.

Goslin taught at Pratt and at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City from 1975 to 1985. He earned his bachelor of fine arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1954. His clients included IBM, Price Waterhouse, Pfizer Inc., Merck, and Harper & Row Inc. His work has been published in Graphis, Idea, PRINT, CA Art Direction, Step-by-Step, and Dictionary of Graphic Images. He has won awards and recognition from the Society of Illustrators, AIGA, and Art Directors Club. He was also awarded Pratt’s Distinguished Teacher Award in 2003–04.  His work is in the collections of several museums.

His former students are a “who’s who” of Graphic Design in the last half century; many are the creative minds behind some of today’s most successful brands. Though he is unknown to many, Goslin’s legacy surrounds us and his influence in the field will not fade anytime soon.

Goslin’s work will be on display at the Design Center Gallery at Pratt Institute from 25-28 September.