It had never occurred to me that teaching is in my DNA, until recently, now that I am retired, and have the time to think. I understand there were other distant relatives of mine involved in education, but my grandfather (1865–1963) was a headmaster; his brother a music professor at a Berlin conservatory. My father […]
Influences
Alexander Nesbitt
Alexander Nesbitt, calligrapher, historian of typography, and teacher, was born 1901 in Paterson, New Jersey. He worked for many years in New York City as a graphic designer and teacher. In 1950, he published “History and Technique of Lettering,” which became a classic in the field. Later, he taught at the Rhode Island School of […]
Alsterdamm Influences
Max Herrmann Mahlmann Max Herrmann Mahlmann born April 4, 1912, in Hamburg, Germany, was a German painter of Constructivism, graphic designer and design teacher. Life and work Max H. Mahlmann studied with Richard Müller and Wilhelm Rudolph at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden from 1934 to 1938. Initially, he also worked as a […]
Robert Berkovitz
Robert Berkovitz was always aware of the structural and ordering powers of good design and typography and its ability in providing aid for traversing complex information environments. In an article, “Design, Development and Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Learning for Speech Science Education” he writes: Graphic Design Issues. We made a number of decisions at the outset […]