The Storyteller’s Art, a forty-year retrospective of Kit Hinrichs’s design work, presents more than 200 pieces of his work. In this exhibition poster, the designer’s portrait is illustrated with type, and his familiar white beard emerges from biographical copy. The show considers Hinrichs’s designs—his choice of imagery, color, typeface and printing technique—as vehicles for storytelling. “What characterizes his work—whether it’s a corporate identity, museum exhibition, magazine or book—is a compelling storyline that communicates what the entity is all about in a manner that is evocative and memorable,” says Library Gallery Director Phillip Hitchcock. “Kit relies on storytelling devices—pacing, narrative voice, irony, surprise, humor, pathos—to engage audiences emotionally and draw them into the story in thought-provoking and memorable ways.”