Natalia Ilyin is Professor of Design at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, USA, where she teaches design history and criticism, design for social activism, and transition design. In 2012- and again in 2015 - she earned Cornish's Award for Teaching Excellence. Natalia is also Founding Faculty for the MFA in Graphic Design at Vermont College of Fine Arts, has taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Yale University, The Cooper Union and the University of Washington, and has acted as Critic for the MFA in Graphic Design at Yale University and at Rhode Island School of Design.
Every designer will have to write in her career. Some will find it more painful than others. Funny, direct, wise and clear, design educator Natalia Ilyin has come to the rescue. * Communication Arts Magazine * I would make this book required reading for any writing intensive course within an Art & Design department. * Gary Rozanc, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA * A hugely engaging and inspiring read - the tone is perfect for students. * Neil Leonard, University of the West of England, UK and author of Becoming A Successful Graphic Designer * [M]any tutors out there ... would enjoy reading this book as much as I did, densely packed as it is with excellent counsel, communicated in an engagingly informal, second-person mode of address and peppered with personal anecdotes and often laugh-out-loud humorous asides. Readers might feel as though they are one of Ilyin’s fortunate students, sitting with her in her office for a tutorial. * Design Issues *