Senior vice president, creative director, Knopf Doubleday Group

BFA Advertising

Education

BA, Rutgers University


Professional experience includes 

Creative director, Abrams Books; art director, Vintage Books; art director, Grove Press; principal and owner, John Gall Design


Current and former clients include

The New York Times, New Directions, New York Magazine, Alfred A. Knopf, Simon and Schuster, Nonesuch Records, Theater Communications Group


Books include

Please Make This Look Nice: The Graphic Design Process; Next: The New Generation in Graphic Design; The Education of an Art Director; By Its Cover: Modern American Book Cover Design; The Essential Principles of Graphic Design; John Gall Collages 2008-2018; Sayonara Home Run!: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card


Awards and honors include

50 Books | 50 Cover, AIGA; American Illustration; Art Directors Club; D&AD; Graphis; Best Book Covers, The New York Times