Pippa Garner
1942–

Introduction

Pippa Garner (May 22, 1942 – December 30, 2024) was an American artist, illustrator, industrial designer, and writer known for making parody forms of consumer products and custom bicycles and automobiles. Garner authored The Better Living Catalog (1982) and Utopia—or Bust! Products for the Perfect World (1984) and worked as an illustrator for the Los Angeles magazine and Car & Driver for many years. Garner exhibited internationally at STARS gallery in Los Angeles, Jeffrey Stark gallery in New York, the Kunsthalle Zürich in Switzerland, and the Kunstverein Munich in Munich, amongst other institutions.

Wikidata identifier

Q21104189

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Introduction

Inventor, artist, illustrator, industrial designer, and writer known for satirizing consumer products and creating absurdist custom automobiles. In the 1980s Garner began a gender reassignment and changed her name from Philip to Pippa.

Country of birth

United States

Roles

Miscellaneou, photographer

ULAN identifier

500351786

Names

Pippa Garner, Philippa Venus Garner, Philip Garner

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