Vanessa Dina

Giuseppe Castellano talks to Vanessa Dina, Design Director at Chronicle Books, about some of Chronicle’s historical milestones, including how the iconic glasses logo came to be; how she finds and works with illustrators; why emailing art directors is easier than some illustrators think; and more.

Vanessa can be found on LinkedIn.

To learn more about the Chronicle Books Fellowship, visit designfellowship.chroniclebooks.com. To learn more about the consumer trends website that Vanessa mentioned, visit wgsn.com/en.

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