036 → LYNDA DECKER ↗ expanding on a life of design
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Lynda Decker is a multidisciplinary designer whose work encompasses brand strategy and identity, interactive communication, publications, information graphics and design criticism. A native New Yorker, Lynda studied at Syracuse University and School of Visual Arts and holds multiple graduate degrees in design. She was fortunate to land her dream job after college working on U&lc for the typographic design legend Herb Lubalin and was mentored by Herb’s partner, Tony DiSpigna. Her love of typography has never waned.
Before founding Decker Design in 1996, she spent years in advertising at McCaffrey and McCall, Backer Spielvogel Bates and Wells, Rich Greene where she won every major advertising award including the Clio, the Art Director’s Club, the One Show, Graphis, AIGA, and the Print Regional Annual. Decker Design continues to receive recognition from its peers.
Decker Design’s clients are varied and have included Blackstone, the Clinton Foundation, Hueston Hennigan, Goldman Sachs, and International Paper.
She has served as vice president of the AIGA New York Chapter and most recently as national co-chair of AIGA Women Lead where she helped form a coalition of design agencies supporting gender equity in the workplace.
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