Angela Riechers

199 8th Avenue, Apt. C4 | Brooklyn, NY 11215 | 917.664.8280

www.angelariechers.com | artdeptnyc@gmail.com

Professional Experience
Professional freelance writer with experience in critical writing, reviews, essays, and journalism
for print, blogs, websites, and podcasts
Art director for national magazines, book publishing, and corporate clients
Adjunct lecturer in undergraduate graphic design

Employment History
2009–present Freelance writer
Reviews and criticism for AIGA Design Journeys, AIGA Voice, Design and Culture,
Design Observer, idsgn.com, Korea Institute of Design Promotion, School of Visual Arts Journal,
Type Director’s Club

2008–present MEDIABISTRO.COM [CONTENT PROVIDER]

Author and record a series of on-demand educational videos on publication design

2003–2008 city college of new york [ADJUNCT lecturer]

Electronic Design/Multimedia Department: Senior Portfolio, Electronic Design 1,
Electronic Design 2

2003-2004 SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS [ADJUNCT lecturer]

Advertising and Graphic Design Department: Editorial Design
2003–present FREELANCE DESIGN DIRECTOR AND CONSULTANT
Condé Nast Portfolio, The New York Times T Magazine, Domino, Martha Stewart Omnimedia,
The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Workman Press, O at Home, More Magazine, Country Living,
People, The IMG Fashion Daily, Segal Savad Design, Don Morris Design

2006–2007 HOME MAGAZINE [ART DIRECTOR]

Head of art department for national home design title
Built team and managed art and photo departments, stylists, and photographers

2002-2003 US WEEKLY [DEPUTY ART DIRECTOR]

Art direction of editorial features for national celebrity weekly title
Supervision of Senior, Associate, and Design Production staff

1995-2002 HARPER’S MAGAZINE [ART DIRECTOR]

Concepts and design for award-winning national literary title
Directed 3-person staff, assigned illustration and photography, edited art submissions

Education
School of Visual Arts M.F.A., Design Criticism, 2010

Rhode Island School of Design B.F.A., Illustration, 1984

Awards and Recognition

Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement, 2010
School of Visual Arts Alumni Scholarship, 2010
Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship, 2009–10
Society of Publication Designers Merit Award, 2006
Angela Riechers
199 8th Avenue, Apt. C4 | Brooklyn, NY 11215 | 917.664.8280
www.angelariechers.com | artdeptnyc@gmail.com

Publications

AIGA Voice
Design You Can Bank On, October 2008 http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/design-you-can-bank-on
Smoke Screens, February 2009 http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/smoke-screens
That’s the Ticket!, May 2009 http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/thats-the-ticket
Blood Types, October 2009 http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/blood-types
Google Me to the Moon, January 2010 http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/google-me-to-the-moon

AIGA Design Journeys

Profile of Michele Y. Washington, Summer 2010 http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/design-journeys

Computer Human Interface Conference (CHI) April 2010, Atlanta, Georgia

Death, Dying and the Digital (workshop): Eternal Recall: Memorial Photography in the Digital Environment

Design and Culture

Volume 2 Issue 1 (March 2010)
Book Review: Agitate! Educate! Organize! American Labor Posters
by Lincoln Cushing and Timothy W. Drescher
Volume 2 Issue 2 (September 2010)
Exhibition Review: Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)
The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania

Design Flux, Korea Institute of Design Promotion

Design Collision, March 2010 http://www.designdb.com/dtrend/trendContentsView.asp?pkid=1119

Design Observer
Observatory: Hot Ticket, May 2009 http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=8637

idsgn: a design blog

Designing the Tasteless, November 2009 http://www.idsgn.org/posts/designing-the-tasteless/
Vending Machines: Experience Design in a Box, January 2010
http://www.idsgn.org/posts/vending-machines-experience-design-in-a-box/

School of Visual Arts Journal

Film Review: Out Here, Spring 2009
Book Review: Becoming Bucky Fuller by Loretta Lorance, Fall 2009
Book Review: Design School Confidential by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico, Spring 2010

type director’s club

Book Review: Body Type II by Ina Saltz, April 2010 http://tdc.org/tdc/archives/2075

PODCASTS
Design You Can Bank On, October 2008
Design for the Real World: The Cast Iron Skillet, October 2008
The Other Man’s Treasure: Interview with Rodney Trice, November 2008
Welcome to the Naming Convention, December 2008