Joseph Michael Essex

Bio

Instructor, Visual Communication Design (2011). BA, 1970, Virginia Commonwealth University. Concurrent Position: Principal of Essex Two. Guest Lecturer: AIGA/Conference(s), AIA/Conference, Art Directors Club(s) Dayton, Madison, Palo Alto, Tulsa, Washington DC, SAIC, Michigan State, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, NIU, RISD, University of Illinois, Notre Dame and the Society of Typographic Arts. Competitions Judged: New York Type Directors Club, AIGA, STA, Communication Arts. Bibliography: Critique Magazine, Design Observer, HOW, Indianapolis Star, STEP. Published: Communication Arts, Graphic Design USA, Print, Art Direction, HOW, Graphis, Critique, STEP, Novum, ID, Graphic Design Presentations, Images of Survival, LogoLounge, Who’s Who in Graphic Arts, Typographic Design,The Best Annual Report Design, Logo Design 1-3, Graphis Annuals, Graphis Logos 1-6, Graphis Annual Reports, Graphis Branding, Masters of Corporate Design, Design is a Verb, 03.01.13. Collections: MOMA/New York, Library of Congress, Virginia Museum, Cooper-Hewitt, Pompidou Centre/Paris, Irish Museum of Contemporary Art/Dublin, Hiroshima Museum/Japan, AIGA/Archives, Chicago Design Archives. Awards: Communication Arts, Graphic Design: USA, Print, Art Direction, HOW, Graphis, Critique, STEP, Society of Typographic Art, The New York Type Director’s, Silver Medals from the New York Art Directors Club, Fellow Awards from the Society of Typographic Arts and the AIGA.