Jorge Frascara
Jorge Frascara is Professor Emeritus and former Chairman, Art and Design, University of Alberta, Canada; Honorary Professor, Emily Carr University, Canada; Fellow, Society of Graphic Designers of Canada; Former-President of Ico-D (International Council of Design); Advisor, Design Doctorate, IUAV University of Venice; Advisory Board Member, Master Design Hochschule Luzern; International Advisory Board member, Swiss Centre for Design and Health; and Editorial Board Member of Visible Language, Design Issues, and Information Design Journal.
He published more than 90 articles and eleven books, including Information Design as Principled Action (Common Ground 2015) and Design and the Social Sciences: Making connections (Taylor & Francis 2002).
He has been advisor to the International Standards Organization (ISO), and the Canadian Standards Association on graphic symbols for public information. He has been a guest lecturer in 26 countries and has received honours from eight countries for his socially-oriented practice and promotion of communication design. He now lives in Switzerland