PASADENA, CA.- “The Storyteller’s Art” collects more than 200 examples of leading graphic designer Kit Hinrichs’ work for a 40-year retrospective. An alumnus of Art Center College of Design (Advertising, 1963), Hinrichs is the San Francisco partner of Pentagram, the celebrated international design firm. His vast influence on America’s graphic landscape is visible across a broad spectrum of media, from annual reports and magazines to signage, exhibitions, and environmental programs. His design direction can be seen in such publications as catalogs for “Design Within Reach” and “Restoration Hardware,” recruitment brochures for McGeorge School of Law and the University of Southern California, and identity programs for Muzak, The California Academy of Sciences, and Art Center College of Design. A member of the College’s Board of Trustees since 1996, Hinrichs was recognized for his contributions to the College and his career achievements with an honorary Doctorate of Letters in 2004.

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