about Pepper

It's all about love, love of the human family.

It's all about emotion, the feelings you have when you see the page,
hold the book, or glimpse the poster.

It's all about action, the actions you are motivated to take
when the feelings touch your heart and raise your awareness.

It's all about joy, the joy I have felt for the past 37 years serving
clients whose work I deeply believe in.

Parsons School of Design, Graphic Design, 1967–69, New York City
Carnegie-Mellon University, BFA Graphic Design, 1969–72, Pittsburgh
University of Massachusetts, M.Ed. Educational Media, 1974–76, Massachusetts

Web and print branding and strategic visual communications development. Web-design and coding of “new web standards” websites with xhtml and CSS. Design for Human Services Organizations, design of books and textbooks, brochures and annual reports, periodical design, photography, web design, and development of children's educational materials, serving as an educational materials consultant and learning styles consultant, visual educational materials for all ages and literacy levels, serving as a professor of design, and offering training programs.

1980–2007 Peppergraphics Design Studio and Pepper Oldziey Design
Virginia, Delaware, New York, North Carolina, 27 years. Graphic design services, conceptual development of communications and educational programs for print and web, design, photography, production of print materials of all types: including logos, corporate identity, books, print collateral and web design: design, coding, and webmaster/marketing.

2000–2002 Rochester Institute of Technology, RIT, Adjunct Faculty, Graphic Design Department, Rochester, New York. Taught upperclass design courses for graphic design majors in studio and computer lab. Courses taught: Imagery in Design, Design for Publication, Typography, Type and Image, Elements of Graphic Design.

1998–2000 Delaware Technical and Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Visual Communications Department, Dover, Delaware. Courses taught: Print Production Processes, Typography, History of Graphic design, Art History, Computer Graphics.

1988–1998 Brilliant Star Magazine, Art Director. Design, Production, Administrative Management of Brilliant Star Magazine, a publication of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, Evanston, Illinois. Brilliant Star is a bi-monthly international magazine for children 6–12. Produced 60 issues and 7 Special Editions for summer schools. Duties included: design and production of magazine and additional publications, supervision of both editorial and production departments, game and activity invention, administrative management, marketing, sales, budget, vendors and bidding, product development, concept development and staff development.

1974–79 Graphic Designer, University of Massachsetts Publications Office, Amherst, Massachusetts. Design and production of catalogs, corporate identity, posters, brochures, magazines, publishing service for all departments and campus student educational programs. Responsible for bidding and vendors.

1973–1974 Associate Designer, George Tscherny, Inc, New York City. Corporate identity, signage, annual reports, exhibits and displays for national and international corporate accounts: Rockwell International, TexasGulf, Colonial Penn, Air Canada, WR Grace and others.