Biography
Rob Giampietro is a principal at Project Projects, a design studio in
New York. He studied graphic design and literature at Yale University
and worked as a designer at Winterhouse, The New York Times Magazine
and Pentagram. From 2003 to 2008, he was co-founder and principal of the
award-winning design studio Giampietro+Smith. In 2008, he served as vice
president for AIGA/NY, leading a design chapter of more than 3,000
members. As a writer, Rob’s essays and design commentary have appeared
in Dot Dot Dot, Design Observer and BusinessWeek as well as in The New
York Times, New York Magazine and on NPR. As a designer, Rob has worked
with cultural clients including the Guggenheim Museum, Gagosian
Gallery, David Zwirner and Knoll, along with non-profit organizations
such as the United Nations, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis
& Malaria and the NYC2012 Olympic Bid. He has taught at RISD since
2006.