Jarrett Fuller is a designer, writer, educator, editor and podcaster. He is an assistant professor of graphic design at North Carolina State University; contributing editor at AIGA Eye On Design; director of twenty-six, a multidisciplinary design and editorial studio; and hosts the design podcast Scratching the Surface. He previously worked as a designer at Facebook, Warby Parker, and The Whitney Museum of American Art. He received his BFA in graphic design from Kutztown University and his MFA in graphic design and critical studies from Maryland Institute College of Art.

In this episode, we discuss what graphic design is today — if it even exists anymore. Jarrett talks about how being a designer shapes everything he does and that the connection between writing and design is not as far as we may think. He shares how his students make him optimistic about the future of the design industry. And why he intentionally makes things more difficult for himself.

Scratching the Surface
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