Biography
Guy Villa, Jr holds a BFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago, with a major in Graphic Design and additional concentration in Photography. Experienced in design direction and publication design, he is highly recognized nationally and internationally and has received many accolades and awards from publications and institutions including Graphis, Communication Arts, Society of Typographic Arts, Print, How and AIGA. Guy was also named a Platinum Winner by Graphis for which he was interviewed and featured in a Graphis publication. He was also interviewed by Print magazine and his work was published in the annual. In his role as an Assistant Professor at Columbia College Chicago, Guy teaches graphic design and typography, his students and projects have won several international design awards from Indigo Awards, Graphis, CQ Journal and UCDA. Aside from teaching and his design practice, he speaks at conferences regularly and gives presentations at regional, national and international venues. He is also Chair of the STA Design Inspiration Weekend, an annual forum for designers held by The Society of Typographic Arts. Recently, he was a juror for the international SOTA Typography Award as well as a proposal reviewer for the TypeCon Education Forum and AIGA conferences.
Instructional Areas
Curriculum development in Book Design, Typography, Information Design, Visual Identity and Narrative Development.
Creative Practice and Research Interests
Self-authorship in Experimental Typography, Book Design, Semiotics, and Publication Design.
Degrees
B.F.A., Graphic Design University of Illinois-Chicago 1996