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mitch shostak - creative director
Mitch Shostak began his career in publication design in 1973, after graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He has been the executive art director of PC Magazine, senior art director of Business Week and art director for the Business sections of The New York Times.
In 1987, he founded Shostak Design, Inc. and designed publications for Money, The New York Times, People, Playboy, Scholastic, and Sports Illustrated. Mitch moved to San Francisco in 1991 as Art Director of PC World. He returned to New York City in July 1993 and established Shostak Studios, Inc.
In addition to running the studio, Mitch sits on the Board of Directors for the Society of Publication Designers and was Chairman of SPD's 40th Annual Publication Design Competition for Non-Newsstand Magazines. He was a speaker at SPD's conference in New York City and the ICON 3 Illustration Conference in Philadelphia. Mitch has served as a judge for the annual competitions of the Society of Illustrators in New York City and the Illustrators Guild of Ireland in Dublin.
Mitch has taught graduate-level courses at Fordham University and Radcliffe College and conducted editorial design workshops for IBM. Mitch is currently teaching a third year Communications / Graphic Design class at the School of Visual Arts.
Fly-fishing and riding his bike are Mitch's favorite things to do outside the studio.
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