Professor Singer is a graphic designer, artist and occasional writer. He spends his time teaching, running a small graphic design practice, developing independent work with a particular interest in mapping and visualizing systems, and cycling every chance he gets. He has exhibited and published in the U.S. and Europe.

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.

Pino Trogu is an Assistant Professor of Information Design at San Francisco State University. He grew up on the island of Sardinia, Italy, where his father, who was a mason, taught him how to lay bricks in a straight line.

Hsiao-Yun Chu holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a Master’s Degree in Product Design from Stanford University. She has worked in the Rapid Prototyping Lab at Stanford University, and was formerly the Assistant Curator for the R. Buckminster Fuller Collection at Stanford University. She has also taught at SF State, Stanford University, California College of the Arts, and the Art Institute of California.