Exposed Lecture Series: Designing with Light

Mar 12 2012 7:00PM - 9:00PM

CBS Auditorium

Presented by the Graphic Design program, featuring Franz Werner.

Franz Werner was born in Basel, Switzerland. In 1972 he received his Swiss Federal Diploma in Typography. From 1978 to 1979, he studied under Wolfgang Weingart for his degree as "Typografischer Gestalter" followed by a two-year post-graduate program in graphic design under professor Armin Hofmann at the School of Design, Basel. Werner worked for Birkhäuser AG, Basel and for Schwabe & Co., Basel (former employer of distinguished designer Jan Tschichold).

In 1975, Werner moved to New Zealand where he worked for the N.Z. Government Printer/Publisher. He started teaching at RISD in 1981 with a focus on typography and photography while maintaining a freelance practice in design, with such clients as International Paper, Intel and Brown University. He is the recipient of the PDN/Nikon Award, the Faculty Development Grant for research in icono-graphy and the RISD Alumni Association Award for Art of Education.

Co-sponsored by AIGA. AIGA pricing: Free for members, UArts students, staff and faculty (registration required); $10 for non-members; $5 for non-UArts student non-members.