Joel Katz is an information designer and authority on the

visualization of complex information, photographer, and

teacher. A Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, he was

a winner of the Rome Prize for 2002–2003; named a Fellow

of AIGA Philadelphia in 2002; and awarded an Honorary

Life Membership in the International Pediatric Nephrology

Association in 1980.

He lectures widely, both in the United States and in Europe,

and teaches information design at The University of the

Arts and Philadelphia University. Katz holds a BA Scholar of

the House with Exceptional Distinction from Yale College,

where he won the Strong Prize in American Literature for his

photography and writing on Mississippi in 1964, and BFA and

MFA degrees in graphic design from the Yale School of Art.

His work is in the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum

and the Museums of Modern Art, New York, Tokyo, and

Kyoto. His photography has been exhibited in the United

States and Europe.

Katz is the coauthor of Brand Atlas, with Alina Wheeler, his

business partner in Katz Wheeler Design (1980–1992), also

published by John Wiley & Sons; and The Nature of Recreation,

with Richard Saul Wurman and Alan Levy (MIT Press).

He is married to Trish Thompson, an artist; they have one son

and live in Philadelphia.

www.joelkatzdesign.com

www.joelkatzphotography.com

For design consulting and speaking inquiries:

[email protected]