Author Archives: Alex W. White

About Alex W. White

Author Designer Professor

Hound, Incorrigible Attention-Seeking breed

Posted on June 3, 2016
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Tenure every 25 years

Posted on May 26, 2016

I was honored to receive tenure this year from the University of Bridgeport. This is the second time I have been so honored by a fine school of design. I am poud and very pleased to become a solid part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Type & Design

Listening to Type: Making Language Visible to be released in August 2016

Posted on May 26, 2016

My newest book, Listening to Type: Making Language Visible, is being printed and will be available in August. It is a partner volume with The Elements of Graphic Design, 2nd Edition, which continues as a widely-adopted text and resource for working designers. The back … Continue reading →

Posted in Type & Design

Advertising Design & Typography released as a Second Edition in 2015

Posted on February 7, 2016

A new updated softcover edition of Advertising Design & Typography was published in July 2015. This is the addition to the Preface: “Since writing this book in 2007, I have developed a wider evaluation of the role of design in … Continue reading →

Posted in Type & Design

Top 1%. Top 1%? Top 1%!

Posted on February 9, 2013

A completely organic surprise: I didn’t promote this in the slightest. What a lovely thing to be told. Thank you to everyone who endorsed me.

Posted in Designer, Type & Design

View improves with new position

Posted on September 3, 2012

I have joined the Shintaro Akatsu School of Design (SASD) at the University of Bridgeport as the Chairman of the MPS program in Design Management. Besides encouraging insightful work from an international group of smart, talented, highly-motivated graduate students, I get to … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Management, Professor

Professing graphic design again in Yantai, China

Posted on September 3, 2012

I was invited to return to teach for a second time in the graphic design program at Ludong University in Yantai, Shandong Province, China this past May (scroll down for a description of my first visit). Instead of three classes in … Continue reading →

Posted in Professor