I’m a Principal at Giampietro+Smith, a design studio based in New York City, which I founded in 2003 with my partner Kevin Smith. Prior to starting the studio, Kevin and I worked together at Winterhouse, an award-winning design studio owned by Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel in Falls Village, CT. Other than my work at Winterhouse and Giampietro+Smith, I’ve worked for Pentagram, The New York Times Magazine, and Hearst Publications. I’ve participated in lectures and panels at the Type Director’s Club, Yale University, and on NPR; curated projects for organizations like the Design Institute at the University of Minnesota; and served on several graphic design juries including the 85th Art Directors Club Awards. I teach and advise senior projects at Parsons School of Design in New York and I’ve also taught in the graduate graphic design program at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. I’m a graduate of Yale University.
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What you’ll find here are most of my published essays for Dot Dot Dot, Emigre, Design Observer, and Kevin’s and my columns for BusinessWeek Online; several unpublished essays; class lectures, assignments, and syllabi; interviews and portfolios by new designers whose work excites me; a growing list of recommended readings; and a look at what’s on my actual bookshelves in the library. Let’s call it a “filing cabinet on the internet,” and I’m handing out the key. Give, take, and repurpose as you see fit.
Design and programming: Renda Morton. Valuable editors: Stuart Bailey, William Drenttel, Graham Meyer, Jessie Scanlon, Kevin Smith, Rudy VanderLans.
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