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 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 […]
Robynne Raye is a co-founder of the Seattle-based Modern Dog Design Co, an internationally acclaimed design and illustration studio that opened in 1987. Her client list includes Showtime, The New York Times, Coca-Cola, Nordstrom, HarperCollins, Warner Bros. Records, Hillary Clinton, and K2 Snowboards. Her posters have been exhibited internationally, and are collected in the archives […]
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 […]
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 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 […]