My professional practice spans graphic design, writing, editing, journalism, and education. I’m based in Raleigh, North Carolina where I’m an assistant professor of graphic design at North Carolina State University. I’m also the host of the design podcast Scratching the Surface. I'm especially interested in design discourse, media infrastructures, experimental publishing, institutional histories, and alternative practices.
I've worked for nearly twenty years as a graphic designer, focusing on books, brands, and websites, most recently with my independent studio, twenty-six. Before that, I worked as a at Facebook, Warby Parker, and The Whitney Museum of American Art. I try to take on 2-3 projects a year. If you're interested in working, let me know!
Increasingly, I work as a writer and editor. I've written for a variety of publications and books, and from July 2020 to November 2022, I was a contributing editor at AIGA Eye on Design. I am also the editor or co-editor of four books including What It Means To Be a Designer Today (co-edited with Liz Stinson), Where Must Design Go Next?, 1, 10, 100 Years of Form, Typography, and Interaction at Parsons, and Culture is Not Always Popular (co-edited with Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand).
Since 2016, I’ve hosted and produced Scratching the Surface, a podcast about design, theory, and creative practice. On the show, I’ve interviewed over 200 designers, writers, academics, and artists. In 2023, I launched a companion online publishing platform, Scratch, where we publish experimental, interdisciplinary writing on design in the widest sense.
I’ve taught in both undergraduate and graduate at Pratt Institute , The New School Parsons School of Design, University of the Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, and Rutgers University.
Outside of work, I'm passionate about photography, reading, watching movies, gardening, cooking, poetry, and learning to play piano.
(Updated June 1, 2024)
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