John Luttropp

John Luttropp is a Professor and Director of the Graphic Design program in the Department
of Art & Design at Montclair State University. Previous to Montclair State, he taught at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Mount Mary College and the University of Wisconsin,
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Professor Luttropp received his M.F.A. degree in Advertising Design from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, and his B.F.A. degree in Sculpture from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design.

In graphic design, he has created work for Coca-Cola, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Thaumaturge Books, the American Finger-Style Guitar Festivals, Great Lakes Film and
Video, the American Association of University Administrators, and ILFORD Photo Instructor, Astronomy, Builder, MINUTIA, Wisconsin Architect, and Healthy Man magazines, along with identity systems for many businesses and organizations.

As a sculptor and fine artist, along with exhibitions of his work, he designed and executed
two permanent public sculptures for the City of Milwaukee. Professor Luttropp has been involved in performance art and music with the group Pioneers of Modern Typography (PMT), an interdisciplinary design collective, of which he was a founding member in 1985. The work of PMT has been recognized internationally, and has been featured on PBS, in Print magazine and Korea's Design Journal.

Professor Luttropp has co-authored three textbooks on graphic design, the most recent being "Designing for Print Production: Essential Concepts" co-authored with Professor Martin Greenwald, published in 2008 by Cengage Publishing.