From my CV posted 21 November 2006
Relevant excerpts from my CV here.
Current
July 2003–present
Illustration and design: work has included projects for Saks Fifth Avenue, Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Bierut/Pentagram, the AIGA, Winterhouse, Bruce Mau Design, Rick Valicenti (Thirst), Print Magazine, wired, The New York Times, Wallpaper, The Guardian, seed, FontShop, Houghton-Mifflin, Little, Brown & Co., Knopf Books, Young & Rubicam Chicago, and numerous other publications and companies.
Past
August 2004–2007
Teacher of Typography, and Editorial Design; Continuing Studies Design Essentials Program through Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver.
November 2003–2007
Author for the design-discussion website Speak Up, at
www.underconsideration.com/speakup
January 2003–2007
Board member (Communications Chair), bc Chapter, Society of Graphic Designers of Canada.
January 2004–March 2006
Designer of and contributor to the Vancouver Review.
July 2002–July 2003
Lead designer at Digitopolis Media Corporation, following my buyout as owner of same.
March 1994–July 2002
Founder/co-owner and principal designer for Digitopolis Media Corporation.
Strategy, design and production for a wide variety of public and private companies, arts organizations and educational institutions. I have managed a staff of between 2 and 10; overseen the design direction, quality control and production of all design materials; and mentored junior designers. I have been responsible for art direction, budgets and sourcing etc.
1983–1993
Typesetting, layout and design for Hartley & Marks / Typeworks. Book design, typesetting and production for publishers throughout North America.
Credentials
Member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).
Professional member of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (MGDC).
Publications
Marian Bantjes: design&designer series; 120 pages, full colour; published by Pyramyd Editions, France. Bilingual (English & French). isbn 978-2-35017-126-5.
Books (inclusion of work)
New Ornamental Type, Steven Heller. Fall 2009.
Sketchbook: Conceptual drawings from the World’s Most Influential Designers and Creatives, Timothy O’Donnell; Rockport. May 2009.
Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids, Beth Tondreau; Rockport. February 2009.
Script & Scribble. Kitty Burns Florey; Melville House. January 2009.
Women Of Design: Influence And Inspiration From The Original Trailblazers To The New Groundbreakers, Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio; HOW Books. December 2008.
Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned, Steven Heller. ed.; Allworth Press: Essay, “My Hack Career” by Marian Bantjes. November 2008.
Data Flow: Visiualising Information in Graphic Design, R. Klanten, N. Bourquin, S. Ehmann, and F. van Heerden; Gestalten Verlag. September 2008.
Playful Type, R. Klanten, H. Hellige, eds.; Gestalten Verlag. September 2008.
Dangerous Curves, Doyald Young; Delphi Press: Essay, “On Drawing” by Marian Bantjes. August 2008.
The Essential Principles of Graphic Design, Debbie Millman; HOW Books. July 2008.
Icons of Graphic Design, 2nd Ed., Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic; Thames & Hudson. May 2008.
Area 2. Phaidon Press. April 2008.
Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts, Fabiola Reyes; Monsa Press. Spring 2008.
Graphic Design: The New Basics, Ellen Lupton & Jennifer Cole Phillips; Princeton Architectural Press. March 2008.
Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008, Sarah D. Coffin; Assouline. March 2008.
Things I have learned in my life so far, Stefan Sagmeister; Abrams. February 2008.
New Vintage Type, Steven Heller & Gail Anderson; Watson-Guptill. October 2007.
Becoming a Digital Designer. Steven Heller & David Womack; Wiley. October 2007.
Typography 28: TDC Annual, Emily Oberman; Collins Design. December 2007.
The Graphic Design Collection. Duncan Baird Pub. Fall 2007.
Look At This. Adrian Shaughnessy; Laurence King Publishers. November 2006.
Magazines
Form; Germany: page 14. Nov/Dec 2008.
Slanted; Germany: page 20–27. December 2008.
Frame; uk: page 258. Sept/Oct 2008.
Creatie; Netherlands: pages 24–25. August 2008.
xfuns, Issue .37; Taiwan: Feature: pages 72–79. July 2008.
Computer Arts; uk: Feature: pages 38–42. June 2008.
Design; Korea: Cover and Feature: pages 99–105. March 2008.
how; usa: Back page, with Stefan Sagmeister. February 2008.
i.d.; usa: As part of “I.D 40: Creative Workspaces”; 2 pages. Jan/Feb 2008.
étapes; Paris, France: Feature: pages 54–59. January 2008.
page; Germany: 2 pages. January 2008.
DesignEdge Canada: Feature. January 2008.
step Inside Design; usa: Mention & image. December 2007.
Progetto Grafico; Italy: Interview, pages 144–149. November 2007.
idea, Issue 325; Japan: 6 pages. November 2007.
Communication Arts. Featured in the “Creativity” column. July 2007.
step Inside Design; usa: Featured in the “5 Ws” column. March 2007.
Eye #62; uk: Included in “Back with a Flourish” by Christian Schwartz.
Drama Magazine, Issue #8; usa: Profile. August 2006.
Grafik; uk: 1 page. May 2006.
Eye #58; uk: Thoughts and work represented in Alice Twemlow’s article on Ornament. Winter 2005.
step Inside Design; usa: in “Women to Watch”. December 2005.
Matrix. Quebec, Canada. August 2005.
Tupigrafia #6; Brazil: Summer 2005.
azure; Canada: 1 page. July 2005.
step Inside Design; usa: in “25 Designers to Watch”; January 2005.
étapes; Paris, France. July 2004.
Websites
My work has been listed, mentioned, linked to, or written about on contless websites. Google me.
Speaking
Conferences and organizations
DesignIndaba, Cape Town, South Africa. February 2009.
San Diego aiga, San Diego, California, January 2009.
Pop!Tech, Camden, me. October 2008.
Trimarchi 08, Argentina. September 2008.
Hearts & Minds, Creativity Magazine event, New York, ny. September 2008.
Semi-Permanent ’08, Auckland, New Zealand. August 2008.
TypoBerlin, Berlin, Germany. May 2008.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, mn. March 2008.
AIGA Next (National Conference), Mainstage presentation; Denver, co.
October 2007.
Think Tank, Nashville AIGA, Nashville, tn. September 2007.
Design Matters Live with Debbie Millman, San Francisco, ca. September 2007.
TypeCamp, Galliano Island, bc. (5 day workshop). August 2007.
TypeCon, Seattle, wa. August 2007.
Columbus Society of Communicating Arts, Columbus, oh. May 2007.
Dallas Society of Visual Communicators, Dallas, tx. March 2007.
Type Director’s Club, New York, ny. January 2007.
Graphex ’06, Vancouver, bc. Panel moderator. September 2005.
Saskatchewan Design Week, Saskatoon, sk. September 2005.
Schools of Thoughts 2, Pasadena, CA. May 2005.
Schools
Art Center, Pasadena, California, January 2009.
Cal Polytech, San Luis Obispo, California, January 2009.
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, bc. October 2008.
Bowling Green State University, Toledo, oh. September 2007.
Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Keynote speaker to graduating class. May 2007.
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, va. Presentation and demonstration. April 2007.
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, bc. March 2007.
CalArts, Valencia, California. Presentation and workshop with 4th year undergrads + graduate students in the design program. November 2006.
Art Center, Pasadena, California. Presentation and workshop. November 2006.
Maryland Institute College of Art, Maryland, Baltimore. Presentation and three workshops for Ellen Lupton’s graduate and undergrad students. September 2006.
Central St. Martins, London, uk. May 2006.
Reading Univerisity: Typography, Reading, uk. May 2006.
Salazar Student Awards, Vancouver, bc. Keynote speaker. June 2005
Capilano College, Vancouver, bc. 2005.
Writing
Foreword for the monograph of Oded Ezer; Gestalten Verlag. Forthcoming.
“Singing the Blues,” for AIGA Essay series “Reflections, Rewards, Regrets.” September 2008.
“My Hack Career,” in Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned, Steven Heller. ed.; Allworth Press. November 2008.
“Typography,” in The Essential Principles of Graphic Design, Debbie Millman; HOW Books. July 2008.
“Surface to Space,” in Eye Magazine #67. July 2008.
“Doll Obsessed: the Crafted Art of Marina Bychkova,” in Craft Magazine. January 2007.
“Self-taught Teacher”, in The Education of a Graphic Designer edited by Steve Heller. October 2005.
Exhibits & collections
Jan–Feb 2009
Single-person exhibit at the University Art Gallery, Department of Art and Design, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
March 2008
Included in the exhibit “Rococo: The Continuing Curve” at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (Smithsonian), New York, ny.
June 2007
Four pieces accepted to the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (Smithsonian), New York, ny.
May 2006
Included in the Sacramento Art Directors and Artists Club’s “Spoken with Eyes” exhibit at the UC Davis Design Museum in Sacramento, CA.
April 2006
One of 10 Canadian designers represented in Wallpaper* Magazine’s “Global Edit” exhibit at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy.
Awards*
- Note: I do not enter Awards. However, sometimes I win them anyway, when other people enter on my behalf.
26th Annual Western Magazine Awards. For illustration “My Dear Can We Work Together” in Vancouver Review. 2008.
Type Directors’ Club tdc2. With Ross Mills for the font “Restraint”. 2008.
Type Directors’ Club 54. For the TypeCon 2007 material. 2008.
Communication Arts, Award of Excellence, (as writer) with Pentagram for “The Alphabet.” 2007.
Print’s Regional Design Annual, Certificate of Excellence, with Pentagram for “Yale School of Architecture, Seduction Poster”. 2007.
Print’s Regional Design Annual, Certificate of Excellence, with Stefan Sagmeister for “The Vanity of Allegory”. 2006.
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