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Quackenbush Design was founded in 1997 by Joe Quackenbush.
Joe is the Chairperson of the Communication Design department at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA, where he teaches courses in typography, interaction design, information architecture, design research, and professional practice.
He developed the design curriculum and is lead design faculty for the Creative Continuum: Business and the Creative Process program, a joint venture between MassArt and Bentley University. Founded in 2007, the Creative Continuum is a 3-week professional business/design thinking program for artists and designers. Students explore the core principles of business while working on a design thinking field case study. He has led field case studies for Blue Cross Blue Shield, Constant Contact, Converse, Dunkin’ Donuts, Fidelity Investments, Hill Holliday, N-Star, Reebok, and Staples.
Before joining MassArt in 2005, Joe was an adjunct professor at The Rhode Island School of Design for nine years where he taught both undergraduate and graduate courses. He has also taught at Clark University, Bentley University, and the University of Hartford.
Joe has an MFA in graphic design from the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI) and a BA in English from Oakland University (Rochester, MI).