Andrew Skwish

Andrew Skwish serves as a Lecturer at the Segal Design Institute, leveraging his extensive career as a self-employed freelance illustrator and designer. His professional work has been featured in major publications including Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Die Zeit, Fortean Times, and The Washington Post, alongside a longstanding collaboration with Chicago's Silk Road Rising theatre company for marketing materials.

His educational background includes:

• BS in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Skwish's creative practice spans interdisciplinary design fields with emphasis on visual storytelling. His portfolio demonstrates expertise in:

• Human-centered design solutions for societal innovation
• Editorial illustration for print and digital media
• Brand identity and logo design systems
• Hybrid photography techniques across film, digital, and Polaroid formats
• Typography and alphabet-based visual systems
• Publication layout for newspapers and magazines

Prior to freelancing, he built foundational experience at major newspapers including the San Francisco Examiner, Chicago Tribune, St. Petersburg Times, and Crain's Chicago Business, where he executed page design, infographics, and photographic assignments across diverse editorial contexts.