Michael Worthington

Michael Worthington is the founding partner of Counterspace (Los Angeles), a graphic design studio specializing in editorial and identity work for cultural clients. His many publication designs can be seen at counterspace.net. He curated the design exhibition “Two Lines Align” at REDCAT and edited the accompanying publication. His writing has been published in Eye, Print, Slanted, and Threaded magazines, and various design books, including Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires and Riots: California and Graphic Design 1936–86. Michael runs the Graphic Design Poster Archive at CalArts, he edited and published the book Inside Out & Upside Down: Posters from CalArts 1980–2019, and curated the accompanying exhibition. Recently he curated the exhibition Torn Apart: Punk, New Wave + the Graphic Aftermath, 1976-86. His online graphic design and UI/UX courses on Coursera have over a million learners from around the world. He has taught at the California Institute of the Arts since 1995. www.counterspace.net