Nancy Skolos
Nancy Skolos (born 1955) is an American graphic designer, author, educator and co-founder of Skolos-Wedell Studio. Skolos is best known for her work as professor at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) where she had previously served as the graphic design department head.
Nancy Skolos
- Born
- 1955
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- graphic designer · photographer · opinion journalist
- Education
- Yale University · Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Languages
- English
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Nancy Skolos (born 1955) is an American graphic designer, author, educator and co-founder of Skolos-Wedell Studio. Skolos is best known for her work as professor at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) where she had previously served as the graphic design department head.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Nancy Skolos. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q22096849 · wikipedia · Nancy Skolos
In this article
Work
Work
Skolos attended University of Cincinnati for two years in the industrial design department, later transferring to Cranbrook Academy of Art and completing her BFA degree in design in 1977. She then attended Yale University, graduating with an MFA in design in 1979. Skolos met photographer Thomas Wedell while attending Cranbrook in 1975 and the pair married in 1979. In 1980, they opened the Skolos, Wedell + Raynor in Boston with partner Kenneth Raynor. In 1990, Raynor left the Boston area, and the studio carried on as Skolos–Wedell. The studio's primary format is the poster after experimentation in a variety of formats early on. The studio has received numerous awards and has been widely published and exhibited, Skolos–Wedell posters are included in the graphic design collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Israel Museum, and the Museum of Design, Zürich. In 2017, in conjunction with Tom Wedell, the pair was awarded the AIGA Medal for their work "pushing the boundaries of art, design, and technology with a distinctive vision to find connection among disparate forms." Skolos has been teaching at RISD since 1989 and full-time faculty since 1999.
Identity
Identity
Nancy Skolos is recorded with the occupation opinion journalist. Recorded with the occupation graphic designer. Recorded as graphic designer, photographer and opinion journalist.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1955
Nancy Skolos was born on 1 January 1955.
Publications
This is a list of books published by Skolos. The book Graphic Design Process was published in multiple languages including Chinese, French, and Portuguese. • 1979 – Translating Musical Events Into Visual Imagery by Nancy Skolos (thesis publication) • 1992 – Ferrington Guitars/Book and CD by Danny Ferrington, Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell • 2006 – Type, Image, Message: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell • 2012 – Graphic Design Process: From Problem to Solution, 20 Case Studies by Nancy Skolos
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Nancy Skolos”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q22096849: Nancy Skolos
General reference · Wikidata
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Studied at
1- Yale UniversityOrganisation
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Photography
11,392 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Nancy Reddin KienholzPhotographer
- Nancy RexrothPhotographer
- Nancy ShaverPhotographer
- Nancy SheungPhotographer
- Nancy Wilson-PajicPhotographer
- Nándor MikolaPhotographer
- Nanguang DengPhotographer
- Nanna BrochPhotographer
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Nancy Skolos?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.