Douglas Thomas is a graphic designer and type historian. He holds a Masters of Art in History from the University of Chicago. He has taught graphic design at Brigham Young University and the Maryland Institute College of Art. He is the author of
"Recasting Franklin as Printer" in Benjamin Franklin's Intellectual World, published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (2012). His design work has been featured in
Communication Arts, Print, and Graphis. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Ellen Lupton is a writer, graphic designer, and director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and of the Center for Design Thinking. As curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum since 1992, she has produced numerous exhibitions and books, and she has published several books with PAPress, including Design Culture Now; Inside Design Now; Graphic Design: The New Basics; Thinking with Type; Type on Screen; D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself; and D.I.Y. Kids.