Jessica Svendsen is a designer working in identity and editorial design. Based in New York, she previously worked as a designer at Pentagram for partner Michael Bierut and at Apple on the global communications team.
She currently teaches design at Yale University and the Pratt Institute. She previously taught at Parsons The New School, lectured at the AIGA, MICA, the Type Directors Club, and the Yale School of Art, and served as a guest critic at the California College of the Arts and the School of Visual Arts.
Selldorf Architects Art Direction: Michael Bierut, Pentagram
She received a MFA in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art and a BA in English Literature from Yale University.
Teaching
Yale University
Lecturer
2019—Current
Pratt Institute
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Senior Thesis, Introductory and Advanced Typography,
Graphic Design Intensive
2014—Current
Parsons The New School
Instructor
Introductory and Advanced Typography
2014—2018
Yale University
Teaching Assistant
Visual Biography with Jessica Helfand
Typography I with Julian Bittiner
2011—2012
Yale University
Lecturer
2019—Current
Pratt Institute
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Senior Thesis, Introductory and Advanced Typography,
Graphic Design Intensive
2014—Current
Parsons The New School
Instructor
Introductory and Advanced Typography
2014—2018
Yale University
Teaching Assistant
Visual Biography with Jessica Helfand
Typography I with Julian Bittiner
2011—2012
Education
Yale School of Art
MFA Graphic Design
2O13
Yale University
BA English Literature
2009
Distinction in the major
Yale School of Art
MFA Graphic Design
2O13
Yale University
BA English Literature
2009
Distinction in the major
Select Clients
Association of Yale Alumni
Brearley School
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Kinfolk
Library of America
MIT Technology Review
The New York Times
NYU Abu Dhabi
Phaidon
Selldorf Architects
Sonos
Verso Books
Yale School of Architecture
Yale School of Management
Yale University Press
Association of Yale Alumni
Brearley School
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Kinfolk
Library of America
MIT Technology Review
The New York Times
NYU Abu Dhabi
Phaidon
Selldorf Architects
Sonos
Verso Books
Yale School of Architecture
Yale School of Management
Yale University Press
Perspecta 47: Money Designed with Stefan Thorsteinsson
Select Interviews
2017
Dissection Podcast
2016
Working Not Working
AIGA San Francisco
2015
The Collective Podcast
Designboom
Ligature
2014
It's Nice That
Type Worship
Your Dreams My Nightmares
Communication Arts
2017
Dissection Podcast
2016
Working Not Working
AIGA San Francisco
2015
The Collective Podcast
Designboom
Ligature
2014
It's Nice That
Type Worship
Your Dreams My Nightmares
Communication Arts
Publications
2015
Slanted Magazine
Poster Tribune
2014
It's Nice That Annual
It's Nice That Cover
Monotype's The Recorder
Type Plus
2015
Slanted Magazine
Poster Tribune
2014
It's Nice That Annual
It's Nice That Cover
Monotype's The Recorder
Type Plus
Speaking
Yale University
April 2020
Yale School of Art
New Haven, Connecticut
February 2O18
MICA
Baltimore, Maryland
November 2O17
Smashing Conference
San Francisco, California
April 2O17
Type Directors Club
New York
March 2O17
Smashing Conference
Barcelona, Spain
October 2O16
AIGA San Francisco
June 2O16
One Day Out
Odense, Denmark
April 2016
Yale University
April 2020
Yale School of Art
New Haven, Connecticut
February 2O18
MICA
Baltimore, Maryland
November 2O17
Smashing Conference
San Francisco, California
April 2O17
Type Directors Club
New York
March 2O17
Smashing Conference
Barcelona, Spain
October 2O16
AIGA San Francisco
June 2O16
One Day Out
Odense, Denmark
April 2016