Graphic Designer—Educator

About: Graphic designer, educator, and researcher. I combine verbal and non-verbal elements to create meaning, inspire change, and reflect the human condition. My work focuses on social design, emphasizing advocacy, activism, education, storytelling, and visual narrative or rhetoric.

Graphic Designer

As a graphic designer, I am a trained generalist who prioritizes a humanities-centered design process, which leads to multidisciplinary visual communication. I collaborate with clients, organizations, colleagues, and students to create context-driven, human-centered work. My practice balances external partnerships, critical making, and self-initiated projects that explore meaning in social contexts and address complex cultural issues. By prioritizing people over artifacts, I aim to create functional, impactful experiences that shape cultural dialogue and benefit society.

Services

Brand Design
Editorial Design
Print Design
UI/UX Design
Web Design

Capabilities

Art Direction
Communication Strategy
Creative Direction
Design Systems
Project Management

Design Educator

As an educator, I empower students to develop their creative agency and produce work that reflects their identity, intellect, and values. They achieve personal and professional growth by developing a rigorous design process that prioritizes civic culture, social awareness, historical context, and ecological imperatives. They pair this mindset with critical thinking and meticulous craft, creating analog, digital, and experiential forms that influence society and change.

Interests

Design Education
Design Pedagogy
Interactive Design
Social Design
Typography

Expertise

Designer Agency
Design Process
Humanity Centered
Social Design
UI/UX Design

Design Researcher

As a researcher, I explore two key questions: How can a graphic designer’s agency and process shape visual communication that reflects the human condition?; How can graphic design education foster socially engaged citizens? These questions guide my practice and teaching, translating a philosophical ethos into theoretical insights, formal investigation, and meaningful outcomes.

Inquiry

Designer Agency
Design Education
Design Process
Ecology
Social Impact

Output

Articles
Artifacts
Panels
Presentations
Publications

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Updated: Dec 05 2025
IL NE TN
© Johnathon Strube, 1982–2025.
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