Steve Jones is a graphic designer. Mr. Jones received his BFA in Graphic Design from The California College of the Arts (CCA, formerly CCAC) and his MFA in Graphic Design, with honors, from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Steve is an award winning graphic designer and exhibiting artist. His approach to graphic design combines the personal with the formal and functional. His interests focus on Black icons and their representation in mass media and popular culture, identity politics and public art. He is the Principal and Creative Director of plantain: a design studio, in Oakland, CA. He is the founder of the NEA (Negro Emancipation Association), a Bay Area design collaborative. He has taught at RISD, SF State University (where he is a professor of Typography) and at CCA (where he teaches in the Community Arts and Graphic Design departments). He is a commission member of the Alameda Public Arts Advisory Commission.
Education
- M.F.A. – Rhode Island School of Design
- B.F.A. – California College of Arts and Crafts
