Jörg Becker is a »visual communicator« with a special interest in creativity, typography, sociology, rhetoric and communication theory. Holder of a degree in Visual Communication from a German university and an MFA in Graphic Design from the Netherlands, he teaches book design, creative practice, typography, visual rhetoric and the basic psychological principals of design at the University of Illinois in Chicago, USA, among others. For four years Becker worked on the visual communication of the German Government, as well as for several ministries, trade unions and other commercial clients.