Nancy Stock-Allen| 215.297.0397{nstockallen@comcast.net } P.O. Box 51, Carversville, PA 18913 USA
About this Site
This site was first launched in 1999 to accompany my lectures on the history of graphic design.
I devised this unique approach of presenting the information by studio disciplines because students were
overwhelmed by the scope of the topic and most texts. It seems to work well for visual artists who are
approaching the topic for the first time.
My Background
Education
I have a BS in Art Education from Kutztown University, and a MFA in Graphic Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art.
I've taken classes on the history of typography from Stan Nelson and James Mosley at The Rare Book School at
the University of Virginia and audited design history classes at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Professional
My studio experience is in print design, package design and advertising agencies in New York City from 1978–1985. I then designed
exhibition and publication design at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where I worked under George Marcus and Katherine
Hiesinger on Design Since 1945. My work has appeared in Graphis, Design History International, ID Magazine.
This web site was
featured on
ICOGRADA, September 2009 (link) and in the Communication Arts Interactive Annual 2010.
Teaching
For 20 years I taught Graphic Design History and design studio classes at Moore College of Art and Design
in Philadelphia and was a Master Lecturer in Design History at The University of the Arts. In
May, 2010 I took a break from teaching to
return to my studio. Currently I am working on design history research projects plus editing and redesign of this site
for 2012.
Bits of the new site are linked until the new site is finished.
Copyrights and Permissions
This site has been registered under the Creative Common License Program.
You may not claim the work as your own or chop it up and remix it. Although this site is non-profit and allows free viewing access it
is intellectual property and has income value.
Other sites appropriating the format or similar name to create
confusion with this site will be subject to name and copyright infringement.
Other than reviews of content or address citations on blogs, please ask for written permission to quote or reference the site on the internet.
Request will be reviewed and guidelines made available. Unpublished student research papers are fine.
Many entries on this site are quoted from sites granting permission for this use only. Do not confuse that permission as
extending to you if you quote this site.
Lectures and Presentations
I am available for presentations and lectures on a number of design history topics. I travel fairly regularly so it might be that I will be in your vicinity,
otherwise I am found in southeastern Pennsylvania, halfway between Philadelphia and New York City.
2012
January/February......Antiqua, Guatemala
April ......................Ankara, Turkey
July........................Austria and Germany
September ............Chicago, St. Louis, Santa Fe
December...............Addis Abba, Ethiopia
My affiliations
AIGA
American Printing History Association
The Fine Press Book Association