Gregory Thomas
Professional Development Coordinator
Design Department, School of Architecture,
Design & Planning/KU
Principal-GTA
Former Chair Graphic Design, University of
Kansas (5 years)
Former
Acting Chair Graphic Design, Art Center College of Design (3 years)
Adjunct Professor, School of Fine Arts, USC
Adjunct
Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, USC
Guest
Lecturer, Marshall School of Business, USC
Education
MFA
- California Institute of the Arts
(Graphic Design)
MFA
- Yale University (Graphic Design)
BFA
- Kansas City Art Institute
(Graphic Design)
Teaching
Design Department, School of Architecture,
Design & Planning/KU
School of Fine Arts, USC
Annenberg
School for Communication, USC
California
Institute of the Arts
Otis
School of Design
UCLA
Extension
Brigham
Young University
Yale
University
Art
Center College of Design
Design
Education Consultant for R35 edu, an online educational offering
Employment History
Gregory Thomas Associates, 1978-Current
Owner
and Principal of Design Consultancy for over 30 years. Responsibilities include
new business development, creative director, communication strategy,
interactive and corporate image development and marketing.
Partner/Total
Destination Management, Current
TDM
is a internationally
recognized team of specialists in destination branding, tourism planning and marketing. We have 30 years of hands-on experience in all
aspects of destination and community branding and marketing in over 20
countries. Current projects
include Astoria-Warrenton, Oregon; Durham, North Carolina.
University
of Kansas
Currently - Professional Development Coordinator for the School of Architecture, Design & Planning. The PDC is a new position with the responsibility to create and maintain professional/industry relationships and partnerships in support of the School's programs.
This position reports directly to the Dean.
Chair/Design
Department, School of Fine Arts, 2004-2009. The design programs at KU encompass visual communications
(graphic design & illustration), industrial and interior design, ceramics,
jewelry/metalsmithing, textiles and visual art education. Prof. Thomas initiated MA programs in Interaction Design and Design Management as well as the only BFA program in PhotoMedia in the State of Kansas. In fall of 2009 he initiated an Environmental Graphic Design program sanctioned by the Society of Environmental Graphic Design.
University
of Southern California
Adjunct
Professor in the School of Fine Arts and Annenberg School for Communication,
Lecturer Marshall School of Business
Avery/Dennison
Design
Consultant to Corporation. Responsible for forming the Design Advisory Board
to
promote well-designed products within the Corporation.
Art
Center College of Design
Appointed
Associate Chair - Graphic Design Department (January 1996).
Instructor
of Corporate Identity and Corporate Publications. Has served as both Associate
Chair and Acting Chair, January 1997 until January 2000.
CBS
Television Network
Retained
for over four years as design consultant on Network Teletext project.
Responsibilities included design and implementation of a 150 page electronic
magazine, working with CBS engineers to develop software applications. Teletext
was a technology that preceded the current Internet.
Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
One
of several LA designers selected to design and produce catalogs for the museum.
Appointed art director for Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition.
California
Institute of the Arts, 1974-78
Together with Louis Danziger, developed
curriculum for the graphic design department.
Responsibilities
included teaching basic graphic design, graduate thesis projects and instructor
of typography. Established the typographic workshop at CalArts using
traditional metal type. Recipient of New York Type Directors Club and featured
in an international design publication.
Sussman/Prejza
Company, 1975-76
Art
director in charge of 2 and 3-dimensional graphics for various projects including
architectural signage and interiors for developments in San Francisco and Los
Angeles. Responsible for implementation of graphics for the ?Spirit of
Innovation? traveling exhibition. Daily responsibilities included development
typography and design collateral.
Saul
Bass & Associates, 1974-75
Graphic design position with responsibility for
implementation of new Corporate ID
programs for United Airlines. Designed tickets, uniforms,
plane signage, ticketing booths,
uniforms and collateral. Developed various CI programs for Frontier
Airlines, Avery
Label Systems and established Bell Telephone graphics updates.
Office
of Charles & Ray Eames, 1974
Exhibition
design for the Bicentennial exhibit, ?Jefferson & Franklin.? Responsible
for print publications
for several IBM exhibits.
IBM Corporation, 1967-74
Employed
as graphic designer at the IBM Design Center at San Jose, CA.
Responsibilities
included design of panel graphics for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and design
of corporate collateral for in-plant use.
Membership:
Yale Club
of Southern California
College Art
Association
University
& College Designers Association American
Institute
of Graphic Arts/LA American
Institute
of Graphic Arts
American
Center for Design
International
Institute for Information Design (IIID-Vienna)
Design
Management Institute (DMI)
Society of
Environmental Graphic Design (SEGA)
International
Interior Design Association (IIDA)
Industrial
Design Society of America (IDSA)
National
Trust for Historic Preservation
Nikon
Professional Services Member
National
Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
Honors/Organizations:
University of Kansas -Senior Administrative
Fellow
Phi Beta Delta-Alpha Pi Chapter Honor Society
for Scholars
Judge/HOW Magazine Annual (2004) Kansas
Heartland Foundation,
Advisory Board University of Kansas Hospital
Cancer Center
Brand Advisor Panel Discussion: Ulrich Museum, Wichita State
KU Center for Research
Board of Trustees Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Endowment Board
IDSA (Industrial Design Society of America)
Regional Education Representative
