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Lorena Howard-Sheridan

Lorena is a Mexican American graphic designer with a background in publishing and a sweet tooth for type and lettering, together with more than twenty years of experience as an educator. She grew up in Mexico City, where she earned her degree and gained experience in illustration, advertisement, packaging, film production and even a little […]

Natalia Ilyin

Natalia Ilyin is a design critic, teacher, and writer. Professor of Design, Design History, and Criticism at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, she has also taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Yale University, the Cooper Union, and the University of Washington. She is a founding faculty of the MFA in Graphic Design […]

Ozge Sade Mete

Ozge is an architectural history and theory scholar. Her teaching and research explore contemporary issues like feminism, globalization, and identity politics as they relate to interior architecture and design. With her history of interior architecture and object courses and studio involvement, Ozge supports interior architecture design projects by facilitating student research, reading, and writing on […]

Julie Myers

Julie Myers is an active member of ASID, IIDA, IDEC, Seattle Audubon Society, and a Master Birder for the state of Washington. As President of JMD Consultants, Inc., her work has been published on the cover of LUXE Magazine, The Seattle Times, EBACE, and NBAA news, among others. Her clients include Pike Place Market, Washington […]

Javier Gómez Alvarez-Tostado

Javier Gómez Alvarez-Tostado is a practicing architect with expertise in architectural design and historic preservation, which he teaches in the USA, Mexico, Spain, and England. He has taught at SCI-Arc, Architectural Association, Art Center, Tulane, University of Colorado, Louisiana State University, University of Arkansas, University of Salamanca, Anahuac, UNAM, Ibero-Americana, and Texas Tech University, where he […]

Ed Fotheringham

Ed Fotheringham has made freelance illustration his sole occupation for over 25 years. After earning a BFA in Painting at the University of Washington School of Art, Ed began doing irreverent illustration work on the side — posters, album packaging, t-shirts — for college friends starting rock bands. When attention in the early 1990s turned […]

David Lasky

Seattle artist David Lasky co-authored the graphic novel, Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song, which won comics’ Eisner Award in 2013. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Kramers Ergot and Best American Comics. He is the colorist of the Newbury Honor Book, El Deafo. Since 2007, David has also been a graphic novel […]

Dan Shafer

Dan D. Shafer is a graphic designer, artist, and educator living and working in Seattle. He owns Dandy Co., a graphic design studio specializing in book design, installation, and environmental design (as well as event promotion and branding). The studio’s clients include Kronos Quartet, American Cancer Society, Salish Lodge, Herman Miller, and Pratt Fine Arts […]