Joel Katz

Joel Katz--designer, photographer, and teacher—is internationally known for his information design. Diagrams of complex statistical data and processes are a passionate interest and characterize his work on "Brand Atlas: Branding Intelligence Made Visible," co-authored with Alina Wheeler (John Wiley & Sons, 2011). His book, "Designing Information: Human Factors and Common Sense," was published by Wiley in October 2012.

Katz holds BA Scholar of the House with Exceptional Distinction, and BFA and MFA in graphic design from Yale. In 2002, he won the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome: his work there may be seen on his websites: www.joelkatzdesign.com; and www.joelkatzphotography.com. Also in 2002 he was named AIGA Philadelphia Fellow, and in 1980 was made an honorary life member of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association for his work visualizing the function of infants' kidney.

He currently teaches information design at The University of the Arts. His most recent lectures were at Colgate University, Gobelins: l'Ecole de l'Image, Temple University Rome, and Cornell in Rome.

Katz's design work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; and the Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. His photography has been exhibited and published in both the U.S. and abroad. His book of photographs and writing about the civil rights movement in Mississippi in 1964, "And I Said No Lord," will be published in February 2014 by the University of Alabama Press.