David Gibson

David Gibson is cofounder and managing principal of New York City graphic design firm Two Twelve and author of the award-winning volume The Wayfinding Handbook: Information Design for Public Places (Princeton Architectural Press, Spring 2009). His dedication to delivering thoughtful, user-centered design established the firm's reputation as the first advocate of "public information design," the planning and presentation of complex information to diverse audiences.

David is responsible for some of the firm's highest profile projects, including wayfinding and signage design for the Yale University campus and Radio City Music Hall; master planning and environmental graphic design for Children's Hospital Boston and Massachusetts General Hospital; identity design and pedestrian signage systems for Downtown Baltimore, Downtown Brooklyn, and the City of Charlotte, North Carolina; and signage for Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra. He is currently leading design programs for The Alexandria Center for Science and Technology at East River Science Park, Princeton University, and Johns Hopkins Hospital.

An internationally recognized and published designer, David began his career with the Ontario Ministry of National Resources in his native Canada. He studied architecture at Cornell University, attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and received an MFA in graphic design from Yale University.

David has lectured at Philadelphia's University of the Arts, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and industry associations around the world. He is a past President and Board Member of the Society for Environmental Graphic Design, and recently completed his term on the National Board of AIGA. He was lately named 2009 SEGD Fellow.

David is also a cofounder of Public Design Lab, a network of communications professionals devoted to helping U.S. citizens access the public information and civic services they need to live, work, and learn. The group's proposal for Credit Card Facts, developed with Sylvia Harris and Carla Hall, among others, is a graphic system for explaining bank card offers in the same way nutrition content is explained on food packaging. It caused a stir in Washington when it was published by The New York Times in May 2009.