I am a multidisciplinary artist, designer and educator with over a decade of experience in design leadership, brand strategy, publishing, and arts education. I have a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage complex production lifecycles, and build innovative cultural platforms. I am experienced in all aspects of publication creation, visual identity systems, public programming, and creative community engagement.

I love to think about the ways design moves through the world and the ways people communicate, gather and make meaningful connections. I’m also the co-host of the design podcast 40 Trillion DPI.

Currently, I am founding/developing Bathers Library, a radical art school in downtown Oakland.

COLLABORATORS INCLUDE

McSweeney’s, Transit Books, KADIST, Headlands Center for the Arts, Southern Exposure, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 826 Valencia, Heavy Breathing, Prison University Project, Stranger’s Guide

PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE

Give money to Critical Resistance! Imagine a world without police and prisons!

RÉSUMÉ
Bathers Library • Founder/Director 2024-present

McSweeney’s Books • Publication Manager • 2022-23

University of San Francisco • Design Professor, 2022-23

KADIST • Exhibition Materials Designer, 2018-2022

Stranger’s Guide • Print Designer, 2018-2022

Wolfman Books • Director, 2014-2020

Transit Books • Book Designer, 2016-present

VOLUNTEERING
Critical Resistance • 2021-present

Artist As First Responder • 2020-present

Southern Exposure • 2015-present

FELLOWSHIPS + AWARDS
Designer in Residence • Headlands Center for the Arts

Alternative Exposure Grant from Southern Exposure

YBCA 100 Honoree from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

carder.justin (at) gmail.com