John Nordyke received his B.A. from Purdue University and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Between degrees, John spent a summer at Yale’s Brissago Program in Switzerland studying with Rand, Hoffmann, and Weingart. He was an adjunct instructor at RISD and Clark University prior to this appointment. His path to teaching included eight years in positions at Chicago firms and agencies working for many nationally known brands in the area of advertising, packaging, publishing, identity and branding. John was among those selected as a Master Designer for the United States Mint and his work has been exhibited nationally and abroad in venues for American Center for Design 100 Shows, the Type Director’s Club and the University and College Designer’s Association. His work has appeared in Print, Emigré, Fingerprint and American Corporate Identity books and he has presented lectures on typography, identity design and design education.
