Trish
Witkowski: Planning and Finishing Consultant, Design
Trish is the president of Finishing Experts Group, Inc., a publishing and media company focused on education and standardization in the area of print finishing. She is the creator of the FOLDRite™ System. A GATF InterTech Award winner in 2004, FOLDRite™ is poised to become the industry standard for brochure folding. She is the author of FOLD: The Professional’s Guide to Folding, the most comprehensive industry guide to brochure folding ever compiled. Other folding-related publications and media include A Field Guide to Folding, and Folding for the Graphic Arts: a Teacher's Handbook, FOLDfactory.com, and the new plug-in for Adobe® InDesign®, FOLDRite™ Template Master.
An award-winning designer, Trish held
the position of Creative Director for a marketing and communications
firm in Baltimore, Maryland. She holds a bachelor of fine arts
degree in Graphic Design, and a master of science degree in Graphic
Arts Publishing from Rochester Institute of Technology’s
world-renowned School of Printing Management and Sciences.
Trish has held teaching positions at University
of Maryland Baltimore County, RIT and Maryland Institute College
of Art. She is frequently invited to lecture both nationally and internationally
on topics related to design and finishing. She also writes for Print 21
Magazine (Australia), American
Printer, The Binding Edge, and various other graphic
arts industry publications.
