David Jon Walker

David Jon Walker, Lecturer in Graphic Design
Webpage: www.davidjonwalker.com

David Jon Walker is an educator, practicing designer and letterer. He is also principal of Rhealistic Design, a design consultancy that is active locally and nationally. As a sought-after creative, David works with national political candidates, PACs, large non-profits, governmental entities, and varying businesses lending his talents to their marketing efforts of increase awareness and furthering campaigns. Exploring our present, he examines social cues and the historical past to shape the aesthetic of his visual voice for personal lettering projects with fun and intention. His award-winning works have been recognized by The Type Directors Club, Graphic Design USA, Campaigns and Elections, the International Association of Business Communicators, AIGA, Typism and the College Media Association. He earned an MFA in Graphic Design with a focus on letterform and typography at Yale School of Art in May of 2023. Before Yale, he attended graduate school for web design at University of Memphis, taught graphic and web design at Middle Tennessee State University, and then taught at Austin Peay State University, earning tenure. David has a a wide range of clientele, inlcuding Harper Collins Publishers, American Greetings, The Poster House Museum, the Birmingham Museum of Art, the National Museum of African American Music, the Country Music Hall of Fame,The Art Institute of Chicago, Princeton University Library, Northwestern University Law School, Yale University and more.

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