Scott Santoro

Scott W. Santoro is the author of Guide to Graphic Design, a 342-page textbook from Pearson Education with Chinese and Arabic translations. Scott has served as a Fulbright judge for the program’s review of student design applications and for Sappi Paper’s “Ideas that Matter” design grant. He was an international speaker for the seven-city chapters of the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA), symposium presenter and design judge for the Brno International poster biennial (Czech Republic), and was a design lecturer and workshop instructor for university students traveling to three major cities in mainland China.

Scott holds a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, is an alumnus of Yale’s Brissago/Switzerland Program, and earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He is a tenured professor of graphic design at Pratt’s Undergraduate Communications Design Program, where he has classes that include process and production, visual communications, typography, professional practice, and visual branding. Scott has also taught courses at Parsons School of Design, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and New York University, and was The Frank Stanton Chair in Graphic Design at the Cooper Union. He has served as treasurer and vice president of the NY Chapter of the American Institute of Design. He is an active speaker, committee member, and workshop leader for numerous design organizations in the US and abroad.

Scott named his design studio Worksight as an homage to his early apprenticeship in the blue-collar trade of plumbing. The reference continues to influence him, translating as a clear and direct approach to solving graphic design problems.

Scott lives in the East Village of Manhattan.

B.F.A. Communications Design, Pratt Institute

Yale-Brissago Summer Design Program

M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art

Worksight is a noticeable entity within the NYC graphic design community. Since 1988 the studio has become known for its “Design for the Everyday” approach to graphic communication including logo design, brochure and report design, as well as book and magazine design. 

Worksight has developed brand and identity strategies for a variety of clients, from corporate giants such as Automatic Data Processing (ADP) and Steelcase Furniture to non-profits including Purchase College and the Rainforest Foundation US. The goal of every project is to communicate with specific audiences; to draw them in through form, and to connect through smart ideas. Works produced include a report for the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center, a book design for the commemorative edition of Rachel Carson’s environmental classic The Sea Around Us, and a visual identity for the NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault.

Articles about Worksight have been included in design publications including 2+3 D (Poland), DesignNET (Korea), Etapes Graphiques (France), Eye (England), ID and Print (USA), Plus Eighty One (Japan), and Art and Design (Beijing). Worksight has also been included in design books including PBC International, Rockport, Rizzoli, and Watson Guptill, and has won awards from AIGA, ACD, NY Bookbinders Guild, and Print magazine.