Mark SandersPartner and Creative Director

Mark Sanders is a designer, teacher, author, typographer, photographer, DJ and basket maker. He explores many of these pursuits as a Founder and Creative Director at the transdisciplinary design studio Q Collective, a former professor of graphic/ interactive/ experimental design methods and theory, and co-author of the 6th and 7th editions of Typographic Design: Form and Communication and co-author of the 7th edition of Meggs’ History of Graphic Design.

Mark designs and produces interactive projects, identities, literature systems, promotional items, books, and exhibitions for a diverse group of clients. He is particularly interested in exploring interaction design as a folk art pursuit, expressing cultural identity by conveying shared community values and aesthetics through digital interface, architecture, and experience. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Clemson University and a Master of Fine Arts in Communication Design from Virginia Commonwealth University.