Guest Lecture: Bonnie Siegler
Poster by Yun Tang
Former MFAD faculty member Bonnie Siegler, founder of 8point5 and author of Dear Client will talk about her latest book, Signs of Resistance: A Visual History of Protest in America (Artisan Books) today.
Siegler’s clients include The New Yorker, Participant Media, Late Night with Seth Meyers, HBO, Brooklyn Public Library, The Criterion Collection, Random House, and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Before Eight and a Half, Bonnie cofounded design studio Number 17 with partner Emily Oberman (our name makes sense now, doesn’t it?). At Number 17, Bonnie’s clients included Saturday Night Live, The Daily Beast, HBO, National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, 30 Rock, Sex and the City, Lucky Magazine, Jane Magazine, Foreign Affairs Magazine, Superfreakanmoics, Colors Magazine, This American Life, the Mercer Hotel, the Maritime Hotel, Chateau Marmont, and Jean Georges Vongerichten’s restaurants Spice Market, JoJo, Vong and The Mercer Kitchen. While at Number 17, Siegler also served as Creative Director of Newsweek after overseeing its complete redesign.