Biography
Noah Jeppson is an experiential graphic designer with over eighteen years of experience. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area (Sonoma County) he focuses on wayfinding, exhibition design, and placemaking projects that shape the way people interact with their surroundings. Noah has worked as a brand designer and strategist for major corporations building and maintaining visual identity systems for digital and print applications. He currently focuses on integrated branded environments, bringing to life core messaging to visitors and employees within architectural moments. As a community activator, Noah leads workshops and events that transform spaces with design installations. Accomplishments include successful installments of PARK(ing) Day and programming for SEGD and the Seattle Design Festival, crowd-funded design projects, and solutions that bring awareness to historic preservation and sustainability issues.
Recognition
Design Engagements
- Speaker at Design Dialogue 6: The New Traditions (topic: Healdsburg Museum) 11/14/23
- Presenter at opening reception for “An Idea Becomes a Place” exhibition at Thanks-Giving Square 01/14/18
- Featured Presenter at SEGD Conference: Design Improv(e), the Workshop that Gives Back 06/10/16
- Organizer/moderator for Seattle Design Festival “Mind the Gap” Panel Discussion 09/21/15
- Speaker at Confab: A Dallas Parks Foundation Conversation 06/11/13
- Featured presenter at the Nasher Sculpture Center (Dallas) Gallery Lab series 05/09/13
- Special presentation to ULI North Texas (topic: Dallas Pedestrian Network map) 04/16/13
- Featured presenter at D Academy (topic: urban density and design) 02/07/13
- Juror for 2012 HKS Design Fellowship 11/12/12
- Speaker at Pecha Kucha Night Dallas Vol. 9: Urban Renewal 2.0 05/12/12
Memberships and Committees
Current
- Appointed to City of Healdsburg Active Transportation Planning Advisory Committee
- Member of Board of Directors at The Thanks-Giving Foundation
- Member of Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD)
Past
- Member of Executive Committee at The Thanks-Giving Foundation
- Appointed to City of Dallas Landmark Commission CBD/West End Task Force
- Contributor to AIA Dallas Columns Magazine Publication Committee
- Member of Downtown Dallas Residents Council Committee
Publications
- Wayfinding design in the public environment. Andrew Hodson. 2015
- “In Context” AIA Dallas ‘Columns’ magazine. Winter 2013
- “In Context” AIA Dallas ‘Columns’ magazine. Fall 2013
- “Planning for High Performance” AIA Dallas ‘Columns’ magazine. Summer 2013
- “In Context” AIA Dallas ‘Columns’ magazine. Summer 2013
Media
- “Healdsburg Museum Gets Lights, Banners” The Healdsburg Tribune. 05/22/24. By Christian Kallen
- “Black History Matters in New Museum Exhibit” The Healdsburg Tribune. 07/27/23.
- “Museum Dark, but Not Silent” The Healdsburg Tribune. 06/15/23. By Christian Kallen
- “Healdsburg’s Agrarian Roots Still Growing” The Healdsburg Tribune. 11/24/22. By Christian Kallen
- “Is there really an underground mall in downtown Dallas? Curious Texas goes exploring” Dallas Morning News. 05/16/18. By Brendan Meyer
- “A Kickstarter to resurrect Thanks-Giving Square, which could really use new signs (of life)” Dallas Morning News. 06/12/15. By Robert Wilonsky
- “As part of the Joule’s expansion, a 129-year-old building along Main Street will be demolished” Dallas Morning News. 05/16/14. By Robert Wilonsky
- “Downtown Dallas tunnel system forgotten but not dead” Dallas Morning News. 02/16/13. By Leslie Minora
- “Noah Jeppson’s Crazy Ideas for Downtown Dallas” D Magazine. November 2012. By David Hopkins
- “Ralph Hawkins: Thinking Big in Dallas” D Magazine Blog. November 2, 2012. By Ralph Hawkins
- “Global Pop-Up Park Event Highlights the Value of Urban Green Space” National Recreation and Park Association. 09/26/12. By Danielle Taylor
- “How You Can Participate in PARK(ing) Day Dallas” Good Morning Texas. 09/10/12. By Laura Mazol
- “Bright ideas: In September, attempts to transform downtown Dallas with pop-up parks and shade for City Hall Plaza” Dallas Morning News. 09/01/12. By Robert Wilonsky
- “Peek Inside the Old Statler Hotel” D Magazine Blog. 06/20/12. By Krista Nightengale
- “It’s More Than Books! What You Didn’t Know About the Dallas Public Library” Good Morning Texas. 01/20/12. By Laura Mazol
- “Those Brand-New, Up-to-Date Maps of the Downtown Tunnels Are Ready For Unfolding” Dallas Observer. 01/03/12. By Robert Wilonsky
- “Dallas Turning Parking Spaces Into Parks” NewsRadio 1080 KRLD. 09/16/11. By Steven Pickering
- “PARKing Day Dallas” You + Dallas Media (2011 Video)
- “Graphic artist digs deep to draw map of tunnels” Dallas Morning News. 08/27/11. By Lindsay Ruebens
Awards
- SEGD Award of Merit, Interactive Experience
YouTube Lobby (2019) - Dallas IABC Quill Awards, Award of Merit
Communication Creative (2010) - Communicator Awards, Award of Distinction
Print Competition, Public Service Map (2012)
Interactive Competition, Self Promotional Website (2010)
Interactive Competition, Educational Website (2010)
Print Competition, Benefits Brochure (2010)
Print Competition, Brochure Cover Design (2010)
Print Competition, Brochure Design (2007)