Kelly Holohan is a designer activist whose creative research focuses on issues surrounding the LGBTQ+ community, women’s rights, health and wellness and environmental protection. She is co-creator of We the Women, an initiative designed to raise awareness and build platforms around women’s rights. Holohan is also a member of the women’s activist group, Sisters in Solidarity. Elizabeth Resnick’s book, Developing Citizen Designers, features a community partnership project developed as part of her graduate curriculum at Tyler.

Holohan’s teaching practice parallels her...

Matt Curtius is an artist, illustrator and educator whose creative practice is a collaborative endeavor split with his partner, Gina Triplett.

Their fine art has been exhibited widely, including at the National Museum of China, Delaware Art Museum, Woodmere Art Museum, and galleries in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere.

Their paintings are an artifact of their dialogue in the studio, working out ideas as they pass canvasses back and forth, reacting to each other’s contributions. These discussions have varied over time, but often return to themes of art historical...

ON LEAVE, SPRING 2025

Scott Laserow is a graphic and poster designer who blends traditional graphic design techniques with emerging technologies. His research into political/social/environmental poster design began in 2004. Most recently Laserow’s work explores the relationship of interactive technology and its effects on traditional poster design. His new research includes animated, augmented reality (AR) and interactive posters and how they engage the new generation of users. 
    
Most of Laserow’s work has been pro-bono in...

Paul Sheriff is a graphic designer and educator who specializes in design for the nonprofit sector. His studio, Sheriff Design, has repositioned cultural organizations, such as the Annenberg Center of the University of Pennsylvania, The Grand Opera House of Wilmington Delaware, The Academy of Vocal Arts of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Zoo.
 
For the past 10 years Paul has been writing and producing the documentary My Sister Hali, a project that utilizes his design skills through the process of cataloging six years of photographic history from the 1960s...

Brian Biggs is an illustrator, designer, and writer. He has published more than 70 children's books, some of them being New York Times bestsellers, as well as having created work for clients such as The Museum of Modern Art, Warner Bros, Adobe Systems, and the Philadelphia Free Library.

BFA, Parsons School of Design

Laurie is the principal of Designlore, a place for making, thinking, and teaching design. She has over 30 years of branding and publication design experience with work recognized by Communication Arts, Creativity, How Magazine, PDN:Nikon, AIGA, and others. She brings a Human-Centered Design approach to community and civic challenges, as well as teaches Design Thinking/HCD and Data Visualization at Johns Hopkins University.

MFA, Yale University

Dom Costanzo has a passion for digital media and currently puts his interactive and web design skills to practice as an Art Director at Merck Creative Studios. Dom brings his real-world experience in web design, branding, animation and illustration to the classroom and strives to help new designers find their way in the creative world.

BFA, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University

Anthony DeLuca is an interactive and visual designer currently working with Nutrisystem's in-house digital marketing team. In addition to creating marketing materials, he is constantly researching ways to improve the process of designing with the Adobe Creative Suite.

BFA, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University

Sara Hall is a seasoned User Experience professional who has contributed her expertise across the health, public, and private sectors. Presently, she serves as the Director of Digital Services at the City of Philadelphia's Office of Innovation and Technology. In this role, she leads interdisciplinary teams, comprising content, user experience, and technology experts, collaborating with software engineers to craft accessible, cohesive, and top-notch digital experiences for the city's residents. As an adjunct professor, she brings her in-depth knowledge of user experience practice into the classroom, teaching studio design courses to up-and-coming designers.

MS Industrial Design, University of the Arts
BArch, Philadelphia University

I am a Tyler Graphic & Interactive Design graduate. I enjoyed designing for the web so much that I learned how to make my designs a reality. I now work full-time as a web developer building web interfaces.

BFA, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University

Jason Kernevich is a principal and creative director of the Philadelphia-based design agency The Heads of State.

BFA, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University

Soonduk Krebs is the president and creative Director of SK Designworks—a full-service graphic design firm in Philadelphia. She uses her experience to develop creative, dynamic design solutions for some of the region’s most important commercial, educational, public service and not-for-profit institutions.

BFA, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University

Sean McCabe has worked in many areas of graphic design including branding, motion graphics, print design, environmental design, music packaging, and web/interactive design. He has worked with brands such as MTV, Apple, Hasbro, Adobe, Macy’s, American Express, and Comcast, as well as for music labels Sony, RCA, and indie labels including Matador, Merge, One Little Indian, and Polyvinyl Records. Over the last 23 years, he has worked primarily as a successful editorial and advertising illustrator. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Time, Esquire, Forbes, and various other national and international publications.

BFA, Tyler School of Art & Architecture

Nicole Medina is an illustrator who creates surreal imagery that tells a story and has a sense of adventure. She uses bold color and detailed patterns to create eye-catching illustrations. Some of the companies she's worked with include Target, Meta, Scholastic, The Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

BFA, University of the Arts

Marissa Raybuck is a Philadelphia-based graphic designer whose work blurs the line between the modern and the relatable. She currently works at Running Press Book Publishers, an imprint of Perseus Books, where she employs her design specialities of illustration and editorial layout.

BFA, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University

Keith Somers is the Creative Director of DIY Media Group. He has extensive knowledge working with multiple brands and in various marketing channels and is skilled in web design, print design, art direction, brand identities, typography, SEO and email production.

BFA, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University

Jennifer Urdang Stern is owner and chief creative officer of the Philadelphia-based firm 4:52 Design. She brings 20 years of real-world graphic design and business experience into the classroom. Obsessed with graphic design - have had my business for 20 years - and even more obsessed with teaching at my alma mater, the best design school I know.

BFA, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University
BA, Pennsylvania State University

Matt Wolf founded Wyndetryst Graphic Design Studio in 2010, after working as an in-house graphic designer for 8 years at various higher education institutes. He has been running a design studio, focused on both print and website design, for over a decade and has learned all the ins and outs of what it takes to be a successful freelance designer and small studio owner. He is passionate about educating both new and seasoned designers how to run a successful freelance practice that is not only financially stable but also creatively and personally fulfilling. 

BFA, Marywood University
Studio Arts Center International Semester Abroad

Stephanie Knopp is a graphic designer, photographer, educator and writer whose work explores cultural, political, social and environmental issues. Her graphic design practice focuses on poster design. As a photographer, she uses lens-based, alternative and digital techniques to produce images focusing on the manmade environment. She is currently co-authoring a book about art and music.

Professor Knopp’s work has been published and won awards in many well-respected journals and books, including Graphis, How International Design Annual and Print Regional Design Annual...