Michael Vanderbyl

Michael Vanderbyl is a multidisciplinary designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Vanderbyl received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design in 1968 from California College of Arts and Crafts. He has taught graphic design at CCA for more than 30 years and currently serves as that college’s Dean of Design. He began his studio, Vanderbyl Design, in 1973, and was awarded the AIGA medal in 2000.

Michael was inducted into the IIDA Hall of Fame in 2012 and has been a member of AGI since 1987, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from IIDA in 2006. His work has been featured in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and the Library of Congress.