Women Graphic Designers

Elizabeth Resnick is a Professor Emerita, former chair of Communication Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA. She is a designer/design educator/curator/writer. Her publications include The Social Design Reader (Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2019); Developing Citizen Designers (Bloomsbury Academic 2016); Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics (2003) and Graphic Design: A Problem-Solving Approach to Visual Communication (1984).

Foreword
Introduction
Section 1
1875­–1925 Early Pioneers
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Uemura Shoen (1875–1949)
Japanese artist, arts educator, and illustrator in pre-War Japan.
Ian Lynam (USA/Japan)
Varvara Fyodorovna Stepanova (1894–1958)
Russian painter, graphic, book, and theatrical set designer and a prominent figure in the Russian avant-garde.
Olga Severina (USA/Ukraine)
Jane Atché (1882–1937)
French illustrator, painter, and poster artist in the Art Nouveau style.
Vanina Pinter (France)
Maria Keil (1914–2012)
Portuguese graphics and advertising designer, illustrator, furniture and scenography, costume, tapestry, tile designer.
Maria Helena Souto (Portugal)
Saloua Raouda Choucair (1916–2017)
Lebanese pioneer of geometric abstract art and design in the Middle East.
Yasmine Nachabe Taan (Lebanon)
Dorrit Dekk (1917–2014),
born Dorothy Karoline Fuhrmann, was a Czech-born British graphic designer, printmaker, and painter regarded as among the most successful commercial artists of the post-war period in Britain.
Ruth Sykes (UK)

Section 2
1925–1950: Mid-Century Trailblazers
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Mary Vieira (1927–2001)
Brazilian artist and graphic designer who settled in Switzerland and joined the Concrete Art movement.
Chiara Barbieri (Italy)
Jacqueline S. Casey (1927-1992)
American graphic designer best known for her posters for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Resnick (USA)
Lora Lamm(1928–)
Swiss graphic designer who worked in Milan between 1953 and 1963 designing packaging, posters, and invitations for La Rinascente, Pirelli, and Elizabeth Arden.
Carlo Vinti (Italy)
Nelly Rudin (1928–2013)
Swiss graphic designer and artist who worked for J.R. Geigy AG pharmaceuticals and the studio of Josef Müller-Brockmann before setting up her studio.
Sara Zeller (Switzerland)
Kate Coolahan (1929–)
Australian graphic designer who blazed a trail through New Zealand's advertising world as a commercial artist in the 1950s and 1960s.
Catherine Griffiths (New Zealand)
Dorothea Hofmann (1929–)
Swiss graphic artist who developed educational syllabi, publications, and exhibitions in close collaboration with her husband, Armin Hofmann (1920–2020).
Margo Halverson (USA)
Gülür Aral Üretimmen (1929–)
Turkish graphic designer was one of the few successful female graphic designers in Turkey's male-dominated advertising/promotion world of the 1950s.
Ömer Durmaz (Turkey)
Takami Zouda (1930–?)
Japanese graphic designer for the Japanese Morinaga chocolate corporation and creator of their mascot 'Kyoro-chan' for ChocoBall.
Louise Rouse (Japan)
Tomoko Miho (1931–2012),
American graphic designer of Japanese origin who worked for George Nelson Associates, with John Massey at the Center for Advanced Research in Design, and established her studio Tomoko Miho & Co. in 1982.
Elizabeth Resnick (USA)
Jacqueline Ost (1933–)
Belgian graphic designer and illustrator who taught graphic design at Sint-Luc in Brussels from 1975 until 1995.
Sara De Bondt (Belgium)
Odiléa Helena Setti Toscano (1934–2015)
Brazilian graphic artist, architect, and educator. She produced drawings, serigraphs, book covers, and illustrations for the editorial market and projects of panels and murals for private and public architectural spaces.
Sara Miriam Goldchmit, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, Luciene Ribeiro dos Santos (Brazil)
Thérèse Moll (1934–1961)
Swiss graphic designer who worked at Studio Boggeri, Atelier Karl Gerstner, J.R. Geigy AG pharmaceuticals, and a short stint at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she instilled European typography and design principles to Jacqueline Casey, Ralph Coburn, and Muriel Cooper.
Elizabeth Resnick (USA)
Eiko Emori (1935–)
Japanese designer who emigrated to Canada and worked for the National Gallery of Canada's publications unit creating acclaimed exhibit catalogs and posters for its exhibitions.
Stephan Rosger (Canada)
Elzbieta Strzalecka-Zochowska (1938–)
Polish graphic designer who designed books and covers for the State Publishing Agency and the Film and Arts Publishing House as well as newspapers and magazines.
Ewa Satalecka (Poland)
Marta Granados (1943–)
Colombian graphic designer and former professor and chair of design at the National University of Columbia.
Diego Giovanni Bermudéz Aguirre (Columbia)
Anna Monika Joost (1944–)
Swiss graphic designer who worked at Olivetti in Milan under Walter Ballmer and later for the international advertising agency Reiwald AG.
Davide Fornari and Chiara Barbieri (Italy/Switzerland)
Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui (1945- )
Lebanese graphic designer who designed stamps, packaging, posters, and book illustrations for the Lebanese National Council of Tourism, and created films for the Lebanese public television station.
Yasmine Nachabe Taan (Lebanon)
Yuko Shimizu (1946–)
Japanese graphic designer who created Hello Kitty for Sanrio, a company specializing in toys and character goods.
Louise Rouse (Japan)

Section 3
1950–2000: Post-Modern Era
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Anya Eymont (1948–), Myriam Kin-Yee (1950–), and Alison Hulett (1953–)
founded EKH Design in 1987 based in Sydney, Australia. Their high-profile clients and successful business model are considered unique in this male-dominated field, as are their individual career trajectories and multi-cultural backgrounds in the Australian context.
Jane Connory (Australia)
Mahnoush Moshiri (1950–)
Iranian graphic designer and illustrator based in Tehran, Iran. In a patriarchal society such as Iran, she has been a role model for all girls pursuing their agency through art and design.
Parisa Tashakori (Iran/USA)
Arlette Haddad (1951–)
Lebanese type designer based in London, UK. After fleeing the civil war in Lebanon, she started practicing type design, founding Boutros fonts with her husband.
Bahia Shehab (Lebanon)
Farideh Shahbazi (1952–)
Iranian illustrator, graphic designer, and publisher of children's books. In 1973 she began her professional career designing logos for many famous Iranian companies.
Mehrdokht Darabi (Iran)
Polly Bertram (1953–)
German-born Swiss graphic designer and design educator who taught at Hochschule Luzern and SUPSI in Lugano, Switzerland.
Davide Fornari (Italy/Switzerland)
Sunyoung Kwon (1953–)
Korean graphic designer who worked in the design department at Haitai Confectionery and Foods' creating confectionery packages and advertisements.
Yoonkyung Myung (South Korea)
Kyungja Keum (1954–)
Korean graphic designer who worked as a magazine editor and creative director. She founded Hometopia magazine, the leading Korean lifestyle magazine during the 1980s–1990s.
Yoonkyung Myung (South Korea)
Elisabetta Ognibene (1957–)
Italian graphic designer worked at Olivetti Corporate Image office, and later established the Avenida studio, specializing in political and social communication.
Monica Pastore (Italy)
Mara de Oliveira (1957–)
Uruguayan graphic designer who worked in newspaper editorial design and taught graphic design at several universities in Uruguay.
Luis Blau (Uruguay)
Marjaana Virta (1958–)
Finnish graphic designer is nationally known for her award-winning book design and typography work.
Arja Karhumaa (Finland)
Youngshin Park (1959–)
South Korean book designer at Ian Design based in Seoul and one of the co-founders of Korea's leading culturalmagazine Saemikipunmul at Ppurigipeunnamu Publishing House.
Lynn Kim (South Korea)
Contributors
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Index