About Chad Reichert

Chad has lectured nationally and abroad on topics including typography, motion design and design education. His recent presentations include Design Incubation Colloquium 7.1, MODE 19, TypeCon, Drake University among many others. He has been recognized by various organizations including AIGA, ACD, CASE. His typographic work has been featured at Typeforce. He was a curator of two international graphic design exhibitions: “Revolution:Evolution” and “Bleed, Lead, Kern”.

Chad is Co-founder of spirit3foundation, a charitable purpose organization that is committed to supporting the production, consumption and distribution of food resources in communities that are financially insecure. He was also Co-founder and Design Director of Kaya Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to preserving tropical rain forests thru innovative relief strategies that benefit the poor.

Chad was President of AIGA Detroit, the Professional Association for Design. In that capacity he created opportunities to celebrate the rich heritage of Michigan graphic design and increase awareness of that tradition regionally and nationally. Prior to that position he served as Programming Chair.

Chad is also Professor of Communication Design at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit where he teaches typography, motion design, graphic design and graphic design history. He is a contributor to “Teaching Motion Design” edited by Steven Heller and Faculty of ReProgram, the international graphic design summer program based in the Netherlands. Prior to CCS he held teaching appointments at University of Wisconsin–Stout and Valparaiso University.

Chad received his BSFA in graphic design & photography from Valparaiso University, attended graduate school at the California Institute of Arts and completed his MFA in graphic design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.