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Department of English

Courses Taught

 

GD 41 Typography

GD 170 Typographic Design

GD 171 Advanced Typographic Design

GD 176 Packaging Design

GD 179 Professional Practices in Graphic Design

 

 

Charles Shields

Professor

  • Phone: 559-278-2312
  • Office: CA 225
  • email

Charles ShieldsCharles Shields received his BFA and MFA from the Art Center College of Design. His professional work in the field of graphic design has focused on corporate identity, poster design, and packaging design. In addition he has done many diverse projects including illustrating a cover for Rolling Stone magazine, illustrating a book that received the New York Times "Children's Book of the Year" award, designing props for a Steven Spielberg motion picture, and designing a series of Web sites for directories of European capitals.

Charles has won numerous awards from many sources, including: the Society of Illustrators of New York, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, the Art Directors Club of New York, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the American Graphic Design Awards, the American Advertising Awards, the Summit Awards, the Clio Awards, and a Silver Medal, Lifetime Achievement award from the American Advertising Federation. His work has been recognized in Print and Communication Arts magazines and exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. He has been published in more than 60 books in the US, Japan, China and Germany.