Donald Partyka’s art direction, typography and graphic design have been recognized and awarded by The Society of Publication Designers, Folio Magazine's Ozzie Awards, The Society of Illustrators, 3x3, American Illustration, Latin American Ilustración, Latin American Fotografía, Communication Arts and Letter Arts Review. His work has been featured in the book Typography Essentials by Ina Saltz and in typography courses on LinkedIn Learning. The 400-page monograph he designed, Typography, Referenced, was named to the 2013 Outstanding Reference Sources List. In 2007, Donald launched the policy journal Americas Quarterly, published by Americas Society/Council of the Americas. He continues to serve as the Creative Director at AQ, while working with additional clients in his studio.
Early in his career, Donald was a co-founder of the studio Point Five Design, where he redesigned Poets&Writers magazine and was one of the art directors of Linguafranca, winner of the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. He then become the Managing Art Director of Guideposts, an inspirational magazine with a circulation of over 2.5 million. He has also worked for American Heritage, Brill's Content, Time magazine, Perspectiva in Colombia, among others. Donald received his BFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated from the Post-Graduate Certificate Program in Typeface Design at Cooper Union. He has taught graphic design and typography at Parson's School of Design and Pratt Institute, and The City College of New York and has lectured on typography for professional marketing students at NYU. Currently he is Adjunct Professor in the Graphic Design program at The Fashion Institute of Technology.
