Kimberly Elam is a writer, educator, and graphic designer. She is currently the Chair of the Graphic & Interactive Communication Department at the Ringling College of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida. She has written extensively about graphic design and design education. Her books have been translated into six languages and include: “Expressive Typography – Word as Image,” “Geometry of Design – Studies in Proportion and Composition,” “Grid Systems – Principles of Organizing Type”, “Graphic Translation, A Graphic Design Project Guide,” and her most recent book, “Typographic Systems – Rules for Organizing Type,” presents an innovative series of nontraditional, rule-based, visual language systems for typographic composition. Her current work focuses on the development of a series of innovative ebooks and print-on-demand books for design education on the website, StudioResourceInc.com.
