Mike Essl

Mike Essl is a partner in the award-winning graphic design firm ME/AT which he cofounded in 2007 with Alexander Tochilovsky, a fellow graduate of the Cooper Union and Cranbrook Academy of Art. With Robb Irrgang, Essl is also a partner in Nerduo, a collaborative that explores the creation of internet memes and the subversion of marketing fluff.

Essl’s clients include Columbia University, Cranbrook Academy of Art, DC Comics, Intel, Microsoft, MTV, National Geographic, Nickelodeon, The Smoking Gun, the band They Might Be Giants, and the rapper Warren G.

Essl has taught at Parsons, School of the Visual Arts, and is now an Associate Professor with tenure at the Cooper Union. Essl's work has been recognized in numerous publications and by the AIGA and Art Directors Club. In 2003 his work with the Chopping Block was featured in the National Design Triennial. From 2006-2008 Essl was the Vice President of the AIGA’s New York Chapter.