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Kit Hinrichs studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and worked in several New York design offices before forming independent businesses. In 1976 Hinrichs & Associates moved to San Francisco and formed a national partnership called Jonson Pedersen Hinrichs and Shakery. In 1986 the San Francisco office merged with Pentagram.
Kit's accumulated design experience incorporates a wide range of projects. At Pentagram he leads a graphic design team with expertise in corporate communications and promotion, packaging, editorial and exhibition design.
He has been an instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He has been a lecturer at the Stanford Design Conference and numerous other design associations and universities across the country.
Kit's work has been honored and published widely, and several of his pieces can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. He is co-author of four books: Vegetables, Stars & Stripes, Long May She Wave and Typewise. He is an executive board member of both the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the Director Art Center and, a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).
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