department of art ? apsu ? Noted Graphic Designer, Kit Hinrichs, to ...

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The Department of Art and The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts is pleased to welcome Kit Hinrichs to APSU to give a public lecture on February 14 at 5 pm in Trahern 401.

Kit Hinrichs founded Studio Hinrichs in October 2009, following 23 years as a partner of the international design firm, Pentagram. Prior to that, he was a partner in the design consultancy Jonson, Pedersen, Hinrichs & Shakery. Over the past few decades, Kit has been an influential force in graphic design. Included among the hundreds of projects that he has design directed are the?California Academy of Sciences graphic identity program,?Sony Metreon Entertainment Complex identity and interior graphics,?United Airlines? Hemispheres magazine,?Design Within Reach identity and catalog, and countless annual report, corporate identity, packaging, exhibition, editorial, and promotional campaign programs. He is also the co-founder and design director of?@Issue: Journal of Business and Design, which is now an online magablog ??atissuejournal.com.

Kit has taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York, the California College of the Arts, and the Academy of Art in San Francisco. His work has been honored and widely published internationally, and several of his pieces are part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian Institution?s Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design. Kit is also the co-author of several books and a much sought-after guest speaker on design. An avid collector of?Stars & Stripes memorabilia, his collection of over 3,000 objects has been exhibited across the country and in Japan, and presented in the book?Long May She Wave(published by Ten Speed Press, 2001).

Kit is a recipient of the prestigious AIGA medal in recognition of his exceptional achievements in the field of graphic design and visual communication. He is a past executive board member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, and has been an Art Center College of Design trustee since 1996.

Source: http://www.artapsu.com/2013/02/noted-graphic-designer-kit-hinrichs-to-speak-on-february-14-at-5-pm/

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