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Jon Sueda

Jon Sueda is a graphic designer and the chair of the MFA Design program at California College of the Arts. He is the founder of the design studio Stripe, which specializes in print and exhibition design for art and culture. Sueda curated the exhibition All Possible Futures for SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco (2014), and was recently selected as a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.

Design
By Jon Sueda,
Christopher Hamamoto, &
Federico Pérez Villoro

Subversive Guidelines: On the Evolving Landscape of Visual Identity Design

In response to their 2017 essay published on The Gradient titled “Post-Identity Design: Brands, Politics, and Technological Instability,” as well as the masters-level design course that they teach titled “Debranding and Post-Identity Design,” Christopher Hamamoto and Federico Pérez Villoro are interviewed by Jon Sueda about the present and evolving manifestations of visual identity design within the extremes of our societal and technological landscapes.

Design
By Jon Sueda

Graphic Design Counter-Education: Jon Sueda in Conversation with Southland Institute Founder Joe Potts

Jon Sueda, a speaker at our 2016 Insights Design Lecture Series, interviews Joe Potts, the founder of the Southland Institute in Los Angeles, which Potts describes as an “unaccredited postgraduate graphic design workshop and evolving public repository of educational resources.” This in-depth conversation between Sueda and Potts revolves around the subject of counter-education and the realities of building a new, alternative model to traditional Masters-level graphic design programs.