Professional Degree in Architecture (B.Arch), Virginia Tech. Included a year abroad in the Ticino region of Switzerland.

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1 DIRECTOR OF BFA COMMUNICATION DESIGN DIRECTOR OF BFA DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION DESIGN SCHOOL OF ART, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN 2 W 13TH STREET, ROOM 1009 NEW YORK, NY CEZZARJ@NEWSCHOOL.EDU EDUCATION 08/00 05/02 MFA in Graphic Design, Yale University. 08/91 05/96 Professional Degree in Architecture (B.Arch), Virginia Tech. Included a year abroad in the Ticino region of Switzerland. ACADEMIC TEACHING APPOINTMENTS 01/11 present 09/08 12/10 01/03 12/07 08/03 05/04 01/03 01/04 07/02 present 08/01 12/01 Assistant Professor of Communication Design, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, New York. Currently teaching AR: Design and Journalism. Previously taught Core: Image Studio (DT), Design II: Intermediate Design (AAS). Part-time Faculty, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, New York. Taught Design II: Intermediate Design, Design III: Advanced Design, and Portfolio and Process. Lecturer, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. Taught Design IV: Advanced Design, Design II, Introduction to Digital Media, and Design Process. Part-time Lecturer, Rutgers University, New Brunswick and Camden, New Jersey. Taught Design Production, Introduction to Computer Graphics, and Computers in Graphic Design. Adjunct Professor, Fordham University, New York, New York. Taught Introduction to Graphic Design, the first course in the graphic design sequence and an elective for non-designers. Served as a visiting critic at Yale University School of Architecture, Yale University School of Art, The University of Connecticut, Rutgers University, SUNY Purchase, and NYIT. Guest-taught a class at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Teaching Assistant, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Assisted Tobias Frere-Jones for his Letterform course.

2 2 ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 07/11 present 01/11 present Director of BFA Design & Technology, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, New York. Director of BFA Communication Design, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, New York. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 02/05 present Principal, e.a.d., New York, New York. Current projects include design and editorial direction of a new book entitled Contemporary Plasticity for the UCLA ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN PROGRAM, and design and editing of a book entitled OOZ for NATALIE JEREMIJENKO. Recently completed projects include visual design for interactive screens for the Islamic Wing (ALTICALSA) at THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (2011), design and design management of labels and wayfinding for the new American Wing at THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ( ), design of a cookbook entitled Eleven Madison Park for LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY (2011), design of a catalogue and website entitled Translife: International Triennial of New Media Art for THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART, CHINA (2011), design of a book entitled Please Read If at All Possible: The Girl Project for RIZZOLI/UNIVERSE (2010), art direction (with Kelly Doe) of the Science Times section for THE NEW YORK TIMES (2009), design and writing of a book on spacecraft entitled Paper Astronaut for RIZZOLI/UNIVERSE, design and co-editing of the book Daniel Johnston for RIZZOLI/UNIVERSE (2009), writing and design of Paper Captain for RIZZOLI/UNIVERSE (2008), design of the book Elliott Smith by photographer AUTUMN DE WILDE for CHRONICLE BOOKS (2007), writing and design of a book called Office Mayhem for ABRAMS PUBLISHING (2007), writing and design of Paper Pilot for RIZZOLI/UNIVERSE (2007), redesign of the identity, stationery, signage, and website for New York restaurant ELEVEN MADISON PARK (2006 PRESENT), and exhibition graphics for exhibitions at the COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND PRESERVATION (GSAPP) ( ). 12/06 11/07 Design Director, THE LINKED MEDIA VH1, and Principal, e.a.d., New York, New York. Responsible for the design of over twelve new VH1 websites that serve niche audiences through helping them discover, curate, edit, and upload content and allowing them to build communities online. Core projects involve conceptual design and design development in concert with a programmer and usability expert, while satellite projects require oversight of external vendors after a conceptual phase. 02/05 12/06 Creative Director and Designer, RES MAGAZINE, and Principal, e.a.d., New York, New York. Joined RES to redesign its bimonthly magazine with a primary focus on film, music, art, and culture. Duties included design and production of each issue, as well as commission and coordination of all photography. 04/04 02/05 Freelance Designer, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, New York. Joined the design department with the primary responsibility to coordinate and design the identity and graphics for the new restaurant, The Modern, and the two cafes, Terrace 5 and Cafe 2. Design included all signage, stationery, menus, and ephemera. Concurrent design projects included packaging design for the new Design and Book Store and the invitations for a series of twenty-two events for the reopening of the Museum in November 2004.

3 3 08/98 04/04 Freelance Designer, New York, New York and New Haven, Connecticut. Completed projects include website design for the visual arts program at FORDHAM UNIVERSITY AT LINCOLN CENTER; design of a book entitled Skyscraper: Vertical Now for RIZZOLI/UNIVERSE; design of a monograph on the work of PETER EISENMAN, entitled Blurred Zones, for THE MONACELLI PRESS ( ); design of a book for RIZZOLI / UNIVERSE on the industrial designer KARIM RASHID, entitled I Want to Change the World (2001); various design projects for the alternative arts organization ARTSPACE; co-design of the YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Retrospecta (2001); design of a monographic work on DANIEL LIBESKIND, entitled The Space of Encounter, for RIZZOLI /UNIVERSE (2000); design of a book, Diagram Diaries, concerning the work of PETER EISENMAN for RIZZOLI /UNIVERSE (1999); and guest design and production for issue #23 of ANY (Architecture New York) magazine (1998). 08/99 05/00 Freelance Designer, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, New York. Joined the design department to be part of a four-person team responsible for the design and production of wall texts, press kits, labels, and didactic panels for the first and second cycles of MoMA2000, the Museum s major millennial exhibition series. Concurrent design projects included all graphic work for the opening of the new Design Store, including temporary and permanent signage, as well as invitations for its opening; two installations in the education center, one for moma.org and the other on the architect Shigeru Ban; promotional and informational materials for the education and membership departments of the museum; invitations and posters for films and special events; and environmental graphics for the MoMA Bookstore and the Garden Café. 08/96 08/98 Coordinator of Publications, Exhibitions, and Special Projects, EISENMAN ARCHITECTS, New York, New York. Daily responsibilities included handling all correspondence with both national and international publications. Responsibilities also included archiving photographic material, preparing RFQs and RFPs, handling and laying out digital output for client presentations, and providing in-house editorial assistance for internationally-renowned architect Peter Eisenman. Long-term projects included handling all aspects of exhibitions in Munich and in Istanbul, including the design of all accompanying materials posters, catalogues, invitation cards and the installations themselves.

4 4 CLIENT LIST Abrams Publishing Chronicle Books Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation David Small Duro Olowu Eleven Madison Park Epitonic Fordham University Lincoln Center MIT Media Lab The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Monacelli Press The Museum of Modern Art Pettit Art Partners Princeton Architectural Press RES Magazine Rizzoli International Publications SEI Water Tomorrow Unlimited Union Square Hospitality Group UCLA Vh1 / MTV / Viacom Yale University School of Architecture MEMBERSHIPS AIGA

5 5 BOOKS AUTHORED Paper Pilot Universe / Rizzoli 2007 Office Mayhem Abrams Publishing 2007 Paper Captain Universe / Rizzoli 2008 Paper Astronaut Universe / Rizzoli 2009 CRITICAL WRITING ONLINE DesignEnvy AIGA (American Institute for Graphic Arts) Invited as a curator for the week of December Glass House Conversations The Glass House and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Invited to take part in the discussion: Are Millennials forging a distinct new design ethos? OTHER WRITINGS Wordplay: The Crossword Blog of the New York Times The New York Times First Time at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, February 28,

6 6 AWARDS / PUBLICATIONS Feature in idpure, N 20 NOV/DEC/JAN 2009, magazine based in Zurich, Switzerland. New York Book Show Merit award, Bookbinder s Guild, for Office Mayhem, 2008 Feature in Materials, Process, Print.: Creative Solutions for Graphic Design,Laurence King Publishing, 2007 D&AD Yellow Pencil Award (shared) for artwork included in Beck s The Information CD, 2007 Profile in IDEA No.316 / May 2006 / Vol. 54, Issue 3 as one of a hundred designers selected to survey the conditions of graphic design at the beginning of the 21st century. Interview and feature, Infiltrate: The Front Lines of the New York Design Scene, RIS Publishers, 2004