For almost 20 years he was a partner
in the New York office of Pentagram and worked
on the firm’s most prestigious projects.
In 2005 he left Pentagram to re-establish
his first firm, Pirtle Design.
Mr Pirtle’s recent projects include identity
and website redevelopment for the international
law firm, Wachtel Lipton Rosen & Katz; identity
and/or signage programs for the American Folk
Art Museum; the Addison Gallery of Art
at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts;
the Virginia Museum of Fine Art;
Brooklyn Ballet Company; Amnesty International;
the Hudson Valley Preservation Commission;
Graphis; and design development for The William
Stafford Center in Portland, Oregon.
Mr Pirtle’s work has been exhibited worldwide
and is in the permanent collections
of the Museum of Modern Art and Cooper-Hewitt
Museum in New York, the Victoria & Albert
Museum in London, the Neue Sammlung Museum
in Munich, and the Zurich Poster Museum.
He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, lectured
extensively, is a member of the Alliance Graphique
Internationale, and has served on the board
of HOW magazine and the American Institute
of Graphic Arts.
In 2003 he was awarded the prestigious
AIGA Medal for his career contribution
to the design profession.
