Mark Kaufman

206 623 9294

206 623 9380 fax

4745 40th Ave. SW

Suite 101

Seattle, WA

98116

Mark Kaufman is a partner at Vivitiv, an issue oriented design firm providing creative services for organizations involved in housing, technology issues, education, the environment, the arts, and more. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Progressive, National Lampoon, Seattle Metropolitan Monthly, The Stranger, Sasquatch Books and The Oxford American. Week in, week out Mr. Kaufman writes and draws the comic strip American Affairs Desk. Mark blogs on illustration, design and culture at drawmark.squarespace.com

He served on the executive board of AIGA Seattle, and was co-chair of AIGA Seattle Design Camp. He is also a member of the Graphic Artists Guild, and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce.

He has been awarded certificates of merit from Print Magazine, Graphic Design USA, American Corporate Identity, Creativity, and the Art Directors Club of New Jersey. Mr. Kaufman’s design work has appeared in Critique Magazine and he was featured in the book Thinking Creatively by Robin Landa. Mr. Kaufman’s illustration work has recently been included in the book The Best of LCD: The Art and Writing of WFMU, from Princeton Architectural Press, Graphic Artist Guild News and Creativity Magazine. Mr. Kaufman and his wife and business partner Jacqueline McCarthy are profiled in the May 2008 issue of Step Inside Design Magazine.