ABOUT
Josh is a designer, art director, and educator from Cleveland, OH who received his MDes from the University of Illinois Chicago. Josh works with an eye towards craft, ephemerality distortion, chance operation, and the interplay of analog and digital modes of production with specialties in print & publication design, branding, campaign conception and execution, printmaking, JavaScript (p5.js and basil.js), bookbinding, illustration, and a bit of web design.
EDUCATION
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
MDes Graphic Design
2019-2021
Ohio University
Athens, OH
BFA Graphic Design, Business Minor
2009-2013
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Loyola University
Chicago, IL
Lecturer
July 2022–June 2023
Adjunct Instructor
January 2022—June 2022
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
August 2021—June 2022
UIC School of Design
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
January 2020—June 2022
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
September 2021—December 2021
International Society of
Typographic Designers
North America
Annual Student Assessment
Scheme Assessor
2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
UIC College of Architecture, Design and the Arts
Chicago, IL
Internal Designer
June 2020—May 2021
UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Chicago, IL
Internal Designer — Illinois 2020 Census
December 2019—June 2020
Marcus Thomas
Cleveland, OH
Designer / Art Director
December 2013—July 2019
Vicarel Studios
Denver, CO
Freelance Designer
October 2017—July 2019
AIGA Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
Community Outreach Committee
June 2018—July 2019
EXHIBITIONS
In Concert with Jen De Los Reyes, Chicago IL, 2024
Typeforce 12, Co-Prosperity, Chicago IL, 2022
COURSES TAUGHT
Code for Print, S22
Color Theory, S21, F21, S22
Fundamentals of Visual Design, F21
Design History, F23
Digital Media Design, S22, S24–S25
Interactive Design, S23, S24
Motion Design, F22–S25
Senior Capstone, S25 Type 1, F21, S22
Visual Communications 1, F22–F24
Visual Communications 2, F22–S25
COURSES YET TO BE TAUGHT
Josh is a designer, art director, and educator from Cleveland, OH who received his MDes from the University of Illinois Chicago. Josh works with an eye towards craft, ephemerality distortion, chance operation, and the interplay of analog and digital modes of production with specialties in print & publication design, branding, campaign conception and execution, printmaking, JavaScript (p5.js and basil.js), bookbinding, illustration, and a bit of web design.
EDUCATION
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
MDes Graphic Design
2019-2021
Ohio University
Athens, OH
BFA Graphic Design, Business Minor
2009-2013
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Loyola University
Chicago, IL
Lecturer
July 2023–June 2025
InstructorJuly 2022–June 2023
Adjunct Instructor
January 2022—June 2022
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
August 2021—June 2022
UIC School of Design
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
January 2020—June 2022
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
September 2021—December 2021
International Society of
Typographic Designers
North America
Annual Student Assessment
Scheme Assessor
2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
UIC College of Architecture, Design and the Arts
Chicago, IL
Internal Designer
June 2020—May 2021
UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Chicago, IL
Internal Designer — Illinois 2020 Census
December 2019—June 2020
Marcus Thomas
Cleveland, OH
Designer / Art Director
December 2013—July 2019
Vicarel Studios
Denver, CO
Freelance Designer
October 2017—July 2019
AIGA Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
Community Outreach Committee
June 2018—July 2019
EXHIBITIONS
Eye to I, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Chicago IL, 2024
Fundamentals, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Chicago IL, 2024COURSES TAUGHT
Code for Print, S22
Color Theory, S21, F21, S22
Fundamentals of Visual Design, F21
Design History, F23
Digital Media Design, S22, S24–S25
Interactive Design, S23, S24
Motion Design, F22–S25
Senior Capstone, S25 Type 1, F21, S22
Visual Communications 1, F22–F24
Visual Communications 2, F22–S25
COURSES YET TO BE TAUGHT
Bootleg Toys (comedy, subversion, and DIY packaging)
Cultural Fracking (trend, style, and collecitve pasts)Designer as Archivist (uncover and distribute)
Obtuse Identity (branding for fictional consumers)In Prasie of the Copy (theft, knockoffs, and ripoffs)
Intuition (foundational foundations course)
Open Source Composition (creating without Adobe)
Public Studio (city as classroom)
Production 1 : Page
Production 2 : Book
Production 3 : Code
Production 4 : Knowledge
Production 2 : Book
Production 3 : Code
Production 4 : Knowledge
Prompt Course (rapid iteration)
Reading as Practice
Readymade Identity / Readymade Packaging