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STRIPE MEMBERS
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GAIL SWANLUND
Founder/Designer
Born in Minnesota. Recieved MFA in graphic Design from CalArts in 1992. Founded STRIPE Los Angeles, 2004.
Faculty member at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts).

JON SUEDA
Founder/Designer
Born in Hawaii. Recieved MFA in graphic Design from CalArts in 2002. Founded STRIPE Los Angeles, 2004.
Faculty member at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts), California College of the Arts (CCA),
and SCI-ARC (Southern California Institute of Architecture).

Current and Former Stripe Designers:
Katie Hanburger
Jeremy Landman
Randy Nakamura

Nikelle Orellana
Julie Mattei

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Bios, Publications, Exhibitions & Awards
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GAIL SWANLUND

Swanlund’s work has been exhibited internationally, most recently by the Mois du Graphisme d’Échirolles, “California Dream,” and at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the current exhibition, “Belles Lettres.” She has been recognized by the ACD, AIGA, and TDC; her work is published in numerous design anthologies. Swanlund cut her teeth writing for the experimental and influential typography journal Emigre, and currently writes for various design publications; and is a Fellow at the Design Institute of Minnesota. Swanlund is a design faculty member at CalArts.


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JON SUEDA

A native of Hawaii, Sueda has practiced design everywhere from Honolulu to Holland. After returning to school to recieve his MFA in Graphic Design from CalArts in 2002, He was invited to North Carolina State University as a designer in residence, followed by a stint in Holland where he worked with Studio Dumbar. Sueda’s work has exhibited internationally, most recently by the Mois du Graphisme d’Échirolles, “California Dream,” and at the University of Minnesota’s Goldstein Museum in the “Form/Inform” exhibition. Sueda’s work has been recognized by the Art Director’s Club, AIGA, Adobe, and ACD; and He was included in Step Magazine’s, “Field Guide to Emerging Design Talent” in 2003. Jon currently teaches typography at CalArts.


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ACCOLADES

STRIPE’s work has been recognized by the Adobe, American Center for Design, American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Art Director’s Club, and The Type Directors Club; featured in Emigre, Eye, Print, IdN, Step, ID, and Zoo; published in select design anthologies: All Messed Up: Unpredictable Graphics, Type Design: Radical Innovations and Experimentation, :Output, Graphic Radicals, Radical Graphics, The Graphic Edge, East Coast/West Coast; in the permanent collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and design curator, Merrill C. Berman.