Donald Partyka

DONALD partyka

donald_partyka@fitnyc.edu

Donald is a graphic designer who specializes in editorial design, information graphics and type design. Donald received his BFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated from the Post-Graduate Certificate Program in Typeface Design at Cooper Union.

His art direction, typography and graphic design have been recognized and awarded by The Society of Publication Designers, The Society of Illustrators, 3x3, American Illustration, Latin American Ilustración, Latin American Fotografía, Communication Arts and Letter Arts Review. His work has been featured in the book Typography Essentials by Ina Saltz and in typography courses on lynda.com.

He has taught graphic design and typography in New York for the last seventeen years in addition to maintaining his design practice. Currently, he is the Creative Director of the Latin American policy and culture magazine, Americas Quarterly, which he co-founded. When not teaching or designing, he is often reading fiction, meditating, or playing with his rescue dog Benny.