Jan Conradi is currently a Professor of Graphic Design at State University of New York at Fredonia. She teaches typography, design history and graphic design with an emphasis on developing process and building connections. Her research focus currently on finalizing the book "Unimark International: The Design of Business and the Business of Design" documenting a design firm influential for introducing European modernist ideas into American corporate communications. She often presents papers on typography and design education issues and her writings on design have been published by Icograda and Design Issues as well as in books by Steven Heller, Philip Meggs, and Elizabeth Resnick.
Conradi received her Master of Arts in Graphic Design from Iowa State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Fredonia, she taught at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and she was an art director at Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers in Dubuque, Iowa. Her design work emphasizes her interest in letterforms and typography. She is the founder of ComingHome Press, a venture dedicated to letterpress printing and limited edition hand-bound artist books. In addition, she maintains an independent consulting practice. She is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Society of Typographic Aficionados.
