Jared Benson

From College of Fine Arts and Communications

Jared Benson oversees the design practice at Punchcut]. Under Benson’s creative direction, Punchcut helps clients envision and create next-generation interfaces using the latest mobile technologies. With a passion for mobile technology and a talent for creating rich, intuitive interfaces, Benson’s leadership ensures Punchcut is at the forefront of the rapidly evolving landscape of convergent user experiences.

Education

Benson graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design in 2000.

Career

As the head of Punchcut and a founder of Typophile, the highly acclaimed community of type enthusiasts, and representing North America at FontShop’s type selection board, Benson plays an active role in shaping the design community. He has designed interfaces, icons, and typefaces for brands like Qualcomm, AT&T, Sprint, Nokia, ESPN, Adobe, Kodak, Mazda, and Sun.

Typophile

Typophile originally launched as Benson’s Senior BFA project in April 2000 at BYU and thrives as a free and open typographic community of type designers, graphic designers and creative professionals. The aim is to foster aesthetic appreciation, historical understanding and ethical awareness. Now with over 30,000 registered users, Typophile is guided by the principles of open collaboration, integrity and the idea that we’re always learning.

In 2004 Typophile started the Typophile Film Fest, a festival of typographic shorts, with the debut showing held at TypeCon 2004 in San Francisco. Annual festivals have been shown since in New York, Boston and Seattle with additional shows in Typophile's home of San Francisco.

Typophile has been featured in many mainstream graphic design magazines, including Communication Arts, Tupigraphia, Metropolis, Applied Arts Magazine, STEP and How.

Typophile is produced, designed and maintained by Punchcut, a San Francisco based interface design company.