Jessica Svendsen is an amazing designer working in identity, editorial design, & illustration. She has previously worked at Pentagram, New York for the great Michael Bierut and for Apple’s Global Communications team.
Currently, Jessica teaches design as adjunct faculty at Parsons, The New School & at the Pratt Institute. She has served as a guest critic at the California College of the Arts & the School of Visual Arts. Lecture series have included the AIGA & the Type Directors Club.
Her interest in typography & design started late in her academic career. Originally an English Literature Major (BA), she became inspired through a letterpress printing demonstration, along with constant exposure to & appreciation of classic books, book design & typesetting. After graduating she enrolled in the MFA program at the Yale School of Art. The work featured here represents work she had done for the Yale School of Architecture.
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Images courtesy of Jessica Svendson.
