Ron Zisman

Educated at Carnegie Mellon University and Pratt Institute (BFA '72) with post graduate work at the School of Visual Arts (graphic design) and the International Center of Photography (photojournalism), he has been practicing in the field since 1972. Before starting his own firm in 1980(Zisman/Design), Ron was corporate art director for the National Audubon Society where he was responsible for advertising, publications (including Audubon Magazine), books and corporate collaterals. Prior to this position, Ron was senior designer for an annual report firm, launched and art directed Backpacker magazine, and reformatted a number of publications for Ziff-Davis and the United Nations. In 1998, the firm changed its name to Ricochet:Identity+Information Design. In 1999, Mr. Zisman co-founded Sundial MultiMedia Ware, an internet development company specializing in ASP and database driven websites, intranets and extranets.

The studio handles a diverse spectrum of accounts encompassing disciplines in advertising, publishing, packaging, corporate identity, signage, collaterals and electronic publishing. Having evolved from an editorial background, Ron emphasizes communication over eye-candy. In the twenty years the firm has been in business, Mr. Zisman has had the good fortune to work for some outstanding clients: IBM, Lotus Development, Milliken Research, National Park Service, American Medical Assoc., North Carolina Museum of Art, The City of New York, 13/30 Publications and Straight Arrow Publications (Rolling Stone).

Awards and Honors
Ron's work has been published in Print magazine, Graphis magazine, Communication Arts, Print Casebooks, and his work has been included in the Library of Congress and Mead Library of Ideas. He has received major awards from the Printing Industry of America, New York Art Directors Club, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Society of Publication Designers (including the Jerome Snyder Award) and the Columbia School of Journalism.