Bill Gardner (author)

Bill Gardner is an American business owner, graphic designer, speaker and author who founded Gardner Design and LogoLounge.

Education and career

Gardner is a graduate of Wichita North High School in Wichita, Kan., and he attended Kansas State University and Wichita State University, earning bachelor’s degrees in business and fine arts with an emphasis in design.

Gardner started Gardner’s Graphic Hands, a graphic design firm, in 1983. In 1987, Gardner joined forces with Sonia Greteman and Susan Mikulecky to found American Institute of Graphic Arts Wichita. Gardner served as the chapter’s founding president.[1]

Gardner, Greteman and Mikulecky started a graphic design firm – Gardner, Greteman + Mikulecky – in 1989, which became Gardner + Greteman after Mikulecky left in 1992.[2]

In 1994, Gardner founded Gardner Design as the sole owner and president and remains such today.[3]

Gardner’s design work has appeared or been featured in Communication Arts, Print, Graphis, New York Art Directors, the Museum of Modern Art and many other national and international design exhibitions. His works and writings regarding corporate identity, environmental graphics and three-dimensional design have been published in numerous books and periodicals.

In September 2014, Gardner received the first-ever AIGA Wichita Fellow Award for his contributions to the local, national and international creative community.[4]

In March 2015, Gardner was among the inaugural inductees into the Wichita State University Fine Arts Hall of Fame.[3][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Wichita State University College of Fine Arts founding member bios". Wichita.edu. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Featured business person: Bill Gardner". Kansas.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Two local business owners among inaugural inductees into Wichita State’s fine arts hall of fame". Bizjournals. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "AIGA Wichita Fellow Award". AIGA. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Wichita State's College Of Fine Arts Honors Five Alumni". KMUW. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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