Paul Nini

Associate Professor, Department of Design

Areas of Expertise
• Visual communication design
• Corporate and institutional identification design
• Environmental graphic design
• Design process and research methodology

Professor Nini actively consults with organizations on and off campus on design issues. He worked with the OSU Department of Transportation and Parking to develop and implement new parking design standards and parking garage signage. He is also part of a university committee working to develop a directional way-finding signage program for the university. Professor Nini's writings have appeared in EYE, THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF GRAPHIC DESIGN (UK); INFORMATION DESIGN JOURNAL (UK); DESIGN ISSUES(US); STATEMENTS, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR DESIGN; and VOICE, the journal of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. He has presented papers at many industry conferences. Professor Nini has served as editor and designer of the Industrial Designers Society of America's Annual Education Conference Proceedings, and is a past member of the board of the Graphic Design Education Association.

Education
• MS, Visual Communication Design, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
• BFA, Graphic Design, Miami University