Elizabeth Resnick is a Professor Emerita, former chair of Communication Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA. She is a designer/design educator/curator/writer. Her publications include The Social Design Reader (Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2019); Developing Citizen Designers (Bloomsbury Academic 2016); Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics (2003) and Graphic Design: A Problem-Solving Approach to Visual Communication (1984).
Resnick has been a fervent advocate of social causes as viewed through the historical lens … [here she has] curated a stable of contributors who have brought many of the lost or forgotten out from behind the curtain. * The Daily Heller, Print Magazine * Elizabeth Resnick has presented us with the most important publication, that rewrites the history of graphic design practice. It documents narratives of lives lived, within the landscape of graphic design, providing an insight into women who were passionate about their creative practice, despite the adversity they faced. * Jacquelyn Malcolm, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, UK * Discover the untold stories of pioneering women graphic designers across the globe, from the fearless 19th century pre-modernist graphic artists to the intrepid postmodern designers of the late 20th century — an inspiring and enlightening journey. * Priscila Lena Farias, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil *