Jarrett Fuller

Jarrett Fuller

Designer, Writer, Educator in Raleigh, NC, He/Him/His

About

I'm a designer, writer, editor, educator, and podcaster. I'm currently an assistant professor of graphic design at North Carolina State University and host of the podcast Scratching the Surface.

Outside of work, I'm passionate about photography, reading, watching movies, gardening, cooking, poetry, and learning to play piano.

Projects

Ongoing

A longform interview podcast with designers, writers, educators, administrators, critics, and curators.

Ongoing

A photoblog updated semi-regularly with my photographic work.

2024

This book, co-edited with Liz Stinson and published by Princeton Architectural Press, featured both collected and newly commissioned essays on the state of graphic design today from AIGA's Eye on Design. Organized into three parts—Reflections, Questions, and Ideas—this book covers the most pressing issues and provocations that designers face in our current world, including the evolution of personal branding, teaching design history, the cult of minimalism, the perils of hero worship, and more. Contributors include Rick Poynor, Anne Quito, Briar Levit, Cliff Kuang, and many more. I also contributed two essays.

2023

I was honored to be the 2022-2023 Latham Fellow at the Institute of Design at Illinois Tech in Chicago. As part of my fellowship, I took over the school's podcast, With Intent, and turned the mics back on the faculty at ID As part of my fellowship, I'm taking over their podcast, With Intent, turning the mics back on the faculty and the administrators for a series of roundtable discussions and interviews, to explore questions facing designers, design educators, and design students today.

2023

I was honored to be awarded the Latham Fellowship at the Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech for the 2022-2023 academic year. Coinciding with the school's 85th anniversary, I proposed a series of roundtable discussions and interviews about the present and future of design education, practice, and theory. The result was six roundtables with ID faculty that were turned into a podcast series, an online archive, and this book, which was published by Oro Editions in December 2023. I edited and designed the book, which is available wherever books are sold.

2022
1, 10, 100 Years of Form, Typography, and Interaction at Parsons at Oro Editions

1, 10, 100 Years of Form, Typography, and Interaction at Parsons is a 400 page book documenting the communication design program at Parsons through the lens of three discreet time scales: the last year, the last decade, and the last century. I served as editor for the project, commissioning essays, interviews, and other content. Designed by 908A.

2018
Culture is Not Always Popular: Fifteen Years of Design Observer at Design Observer / MIT Press

To celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Design Observer, I worked with Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand, and MIT Press to design and edit a book collecting some of the site's best essays. In addition to designing and co-editing the book, I conducted an interview with Michael and Jessica that serves as the book's introduction.

Work Experience

2018 — Now
Raleigh, NC

twenty-six.design is an independent design and editorial studio and think tank led by Jarrett Fuller. Our work takes shape across a variety of media, from books and websites to podcasts and public relations and we work with clients large and small, around the world.

2021 — Now
Assistant Professor of Graphic & Experience Design at North Carolina State University, College of Design
Raleigh, NC
2020 — 2022
2017 — 2021
Part-time Lecturer at The New School Parsons School of Design
New York, NY

Taught typography and advanced typography courses in the BFA Communication Design program.

2017 — 2021
Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY

Taught courses in the Graduate Communications Design program including design writing, thesis research, thesis, graduate seminar, and typography.

2017 — 2020
Senior Lecturer at University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA

Taught undergraduate courses in publication design and branding in the graphic design BFA program.

2016 — 2017
Adjunct Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD

Taught undergraduate user experience design classes in the Graphic Design program.

2013 — 2015
2011 — 2013
New York, NY

Hired as the second designer at the then-small eyewear startup. Worked with the senior designer on all aspects of the visual design from brand, web, marketing, and digital product. Led design on the first two annual reports.

Volunteering

2022 — Now
Steering Committee, Design Educators Community at AIGA
2024 — 2024
Organizing Committee, 2024 AIGA Design Conference at AIGA
2019 — 2020
Board of Directors, Education Committee at AIGA NY
2022
Typographic Excellence from Type Directors Club

“Lettering Large” with Hala Al Ani, Riem Ibrahim, Bishoy Girgis, Eman AlYousuf, Nada AlYafei and Marian Misiak

2022
Best in Show from Communication Arts

“Lettering Large” with Hala Al Ani, Riem Ibrahim, Bishoy Girgis, Eman AlYousuf, Nada AlYafei and Marian Misiak

Education

2015 — 2017
MFA, Graphic Design (concentration in critical theory) at Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
2009 — 2011
BFA, Communication Design at Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA
2007 — 2009
Associates in Applied Science, Communication Design at Northampton Community College
Bethlehem, PA

Contact

Substack
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