Timothy Samara is a New York-based graphic designer, educator, and author whose 25-year career has focused on visual identity and branding, communication design, and typography. Mr. Samara currently serves as a part-time assistant professor in the department of graphic design at Parsons/The New School for Design, and as lecturer in the School of Art+Design at State University of New York at Purchase. He formerly lectured at The School of Visual Arts. Since 2014, he has served as principal and creative director at Timothy Samara, his own professional practice. He previously served as principal at STIM Visual Communication and as senior art director at two New York design firms.

Mr. Samara is the author of eight books on design, including his most recent two books, Letterforms: Typeface Design from Past to Future and Making and Breaking the Grid, Second Edition, Updated and Expanded: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop. His books are used by students and graphic designers around the world and have been translated into 10 languages. Mr. Samara earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design as a Trustee Scholar from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 1990.