ABOUT OUR Graduate Program Faculty

Joe joined the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine family in 1970. He later attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, focusing on graphic design, photography, and print production. Over his years at Hopkins, Joe has created countless diagrammatic illustrations, statistical visuals, and cartoons for medical research publications, lecture presentations, and exhibit displays. He has also designed and produced numerous publications, book covers, newsletters, brochures, ads, and patient education materials. His design work has received both national and international recognition, from trade journals such as Communication Arts, Art Direction, Print, Graphic Design USA, and from other juried competitions such as The Innovative Design Excellence Awards, The New York Creativity Show, Graphic Elements of the World, The Washington International Logo and Trademark Design Awards, The Best of Letterhead and Logo Design, The Strathmore Paper Company, American Corporate Identity, The Association of Medical Illustrators, The Printing Industries of Maryland, and The Rx Club which exhibited in the New York Art Directors Club. His design work was also highly visible throughout Baltimore, after having the honor of creating the celebratory logo for the city's bicentennial celebration. Obviously passionate about typography and identity design, Joe has created numerous logos and program identifiers for clients both inside and outside the Hopkins community, including the one for the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine. Joe has also designed a line of products featuring the artwork of Max Brödel, founder of the Department.

:: education

Color Separation and Notation for the Graphic Arts
The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Creative Graphic Design: Logos, Symbols and Trademarks
The Smithsonian Institutions, Washington, DC, 1986.

Symposium: Developing Design / Developing Designers
The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Computer Graphics / Computer Art Systems Training
Adcom Inc., Falls Church, VA, 1984.

The Maryland Institute College of Art
Graphic Design Program
Baltimore, MD, 1975.

:: PROFESSIONAL experience

Art Director
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 2000 - Present

Lecturer
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1980 - Present

Art Director/Designer
Baltimore Bicentennial Celebratory Logo
City of Baltimore, Maryland, 1997

Lead Graphic Designer
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1982 - 2000

Design Consultant
Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science Magazine, 1975 - 1980

Art Director, Founder & Principal
Joseph Dieter Visual Communications
Baltimore, Maryland, 1975 - Present

Graphic Designer
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1973 - 1982

Assistant Illustrator
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1972 - 1973

Draftsman
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1970 - 1972

:: SELECTED publications

• The Best of Letterhead and Logo Design, Rockport Publishers, 2004.
• Innovative Low Budget Design, Madison Square Press, 1996.
• Logo & Letterhead Design Library, Rockport Publishers, 1995.
• The Best of Business Card Design, Rockport Publishers, 1994.
• Letterhead & Logo Designs 2: Creating the Corporate Image, Rockport Publishers, 1992.
• The Best in Medical Advertising & Graphics, Rockport Publishers, 1992.
• International Logos & Trademarks, Washington Trademark Design, Madison Square Press, 1991.
• Print's Best Logos & Symbols 2, RC Publications, 1990.
• Print's Regional Design Annual, 1989.
• The Journal of Biocommunication, featured in the Gallery, Vol. 16, No. 4, 1989.
• Marquis Who's Who in Advertising, 1st Edition, 1989.
• Marquis Who's Who in the East, 23rd Edition, 1989.
• Letterheads / 7, Art Direction Book Company, 1988.
• Logotypes of the World, Yasaburokuwayama, 1988.
• Trademarks & Symbols of the World, Yasaburokuwayama, 1987.
• Graphic Elements of the World 2 / Logotypes of the World, Yasaburokuwayama, 1984.
• Graphic Elements of the World 3 / Pictographs of the World, Yasaburokuwayama, 1984.
• Art Direction, Creativity '77, 1977.
• CA-76, Seventeenth Exhibition of the Communication Arts, 1976.

:: PROFESSIONAL activities

• Art Director, Production Manager, The Journal of Biocommunications Compendium, 2004.
• Associate Member, The Association of Medical Illustrators, 1982 - 2000.
• Graphic Designer, Imagenesis Theme Logo, 52nd The Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Meeting, 1997.
• Graphic Designer, Tribute Committee, Ranice W. Crosby: A Tribute to Fifty Years of Teaching, Tribute Logo and Tribute Book, 1993.
• Judge, Professional Salon, 46th The Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1991.
• Graphic Designer, The Future is Now Theme Logo, 45th The Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Meeting, 1990.
• Art Director, AMI News, The Association of Medical Illustrators, 1989 - 1991.

:: recognition

• Award of Excellence, Trademark, American Corporate Identity, 2005
• Award of Excellence, Trademark, American Corporate Identity '99, 1999
• Award of Excellence, Trademark, American Corporate Identity '97, 1997
• Innovative Design Excellence Award, Trademark, Innovative Low Budget Design, 1996.
• 2 Awards of Excellence, Trademark, American Corporate Identity 11, 1996
• 2 Awards of Excellence, Trademark, American Corporate Identity 10, 1995.
• Award of Excellence, Trademark, The Rx Club, 1993.
• Award of Excellence, Graphic Design, Association of Medical Illustrators, 1992.
• Award of Excellence, Announcement, The Rx Club, 1991.
• Certificate of Design Excellence, International Logos & Trademarks of the 1980's, 1990.
• Most Original Bookmark Design, Romantic Times Annual Booklovers Convention, 1990.
• Certificate of Design Excellence, Logo, Print Regional Design Annual, 1989.
• DESI Award, Trademark, Graphic Design: USA, The DESI 12 Annual, 1989.
• First Place, Cartooning, Association of Medical Illustrators, 1988.
• Award of Excellence, Booklet, The Rx Club, 1988.
• Award of Excellence, Trademark, American Corporate Identity 4, 1988.
• Award of Excellence, Letterhead, American Corporate Identity 4, 1988.
• Best of Category, Printing Industries of Maryland, 1988.
• Second Place, Graphic Design, Association of Medical Illustrators, 1987.
• Honorable Mention, Graphic Design, Association of Medical Illustrators, 1987.
• Award of Excellence, Trademark, The Rx Club, The Best in Medical Advertising & Graphics, 1987.
• Award of Excellence, Letterhead, The Rx Club, 1987.
• Best of Category, Printing Industries of Maryland, 1987.
• First Place, Graphic Design, Association of Medical Illustrators, 1986.
• Honorable Mention, New Jersey Council of Diving Clubs Photo Competition, 1986.
• Judged Superior, The 24th International Underwater Photographic Society Competition, 1986.
• Honorable Mention, Graphic Design, BIO '84, 1984.
• Honorable Mention, Beneath the Sea Photo Competition, 1984.
• First Place, Cartooning, Association of Medical Illustrators, 1983.
• Second Place, Cartooning, Association of Medical Illustrators, 1983.
• Award of Merit, Printing Industries of Maryland, 1980.
• Certificate of Excellence, Strathmore Paper Company, 1979.
• Certificate of Distinction, Art Direction Magazine, Creativity '77, 1977.
• Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Magazine '76, CA, 1976.

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