Lita Talarico is a co-founder and co-chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Design Program in New York City. She also co-founded the SVA Masters Workshop in Italy, an ongoing summer program. She also teaches and lectures on design entrepreneurism around the world.

Biography

Lita received her Bachelor's degree from

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, and holds a Master's in Fine Arts degree from the

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. She is fluent in English, Italian and French.

Work experience

A founding associate of Bill Lacy Design, she coordinated architect selection competitions and conferences for the

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;

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Design Competition; International Design Conference in

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; Italian Manifesto Conference; and the Pritzker Architecture Prize annual jury meeting. Talarico was the founding managing editor of American Illustration & Photography, a board-member emeritus of Adobe Education Partners by Design, and member of the AIGA Visionary Design Council. She was a visiting scholar at the

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in 2008 and 2010, where she conducted extensive research on the Roman letter. Talarico's pupils have included

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Publications

*''Typography Sketchbooks'' (Princeton Architectural Press) *''The Design Entrepreneur:Turning Graphic Design into Goods that Sell'' (Rockport Press) *''Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers'' (Thames and Hudson) *''Design School Confidential'' (Rockport Press) *''Design Career: A Practical Guide for Beginning Illustrators and Graphic Designers'' (Van Nostrand Reinhold). *''Design Firms Open for Business'' (Allworth Press)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Talarico, Lita Living people American graphic designers American women graphic designers Empire State College alumni School of Visual Arts alumni School of Visual Arts faculty Year of birth missing (living people)