Louise Sandhaus is the former Program Director and current faculty in the Graphic Design Program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Her book on California graphic design, Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires and Riots: California and Graphic Design 1936-1986, co-published in late 2014 by Metropolis Books and Thames & Hudson, received laudatory attention from The New York Times, The Guardian (London), The Los Angeles Review of Books, among many publications. In 2015, the book was recognized with the Palm D’argent for Best Art Book by The International Art Book and Film Festival (FILAF). Her book on the prolific designer and American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) medalist, Gere Kavanaugh, (co-written and designed with Kat Catmur), will be published Spring 2019 by Princeton Architectural Press. She is currently working with AIGA on “Making History,” a national initiative to build and preserve graphic design history through crowd-sourcing and utilizing a digital platform/tool.