Roy R. Behrens Professor of Art graphic design Roy R. Behrens is a designer, writer, editor and artist who teaches graphic design and design history at the University of Northern Iowa. As a writer, he has published several hundred articles, and six books, among them Design in the Visual Arts (1984), Illustration as an Art (1986), False Colors: Art, Design and Modern Camouflage (2002), and Cook Book: Gertrude Stein, William Cook and Le Corbusier (2005). As a graphic designer, he has illustrated books, short stories, and poetry by dozens of well-known writers, among them Jerzy Kosinski, Margaret Atwood, and Guy Davenport. He has been featured in interviews on NOVA, BBC Radio, IPTV's Living in Iowa, and in several documentary films. His awards include the Donald McKay Outstanding Faculty Award, the CHFA Award for Faculty Excellence, the Iowa Board of Regents Faculty Excellence Award, and others. He has been described by Communication Arts magazine as "one of the most original thinkers in design," and was recently a nominee for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Design Awards. contact <ballast@netins.net> Please note The copyright for any and all artwork on this website belongs to its originators. • • • mailto:ballast@netins.netshapeimage_1_link_0
 
 
 
 
 
Above Cover design by Roy R. Behrens for Cook Book: Gertrude Stein, William Cook and Le Corbusier (2005). Right Mister Death. Digital montage, print on paper (2006). Below Stone Pinwheel. Digital montage, print on paper (2004).
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