Richard Dahn is Professor Emeritus of Graphic Design at the University of Washington, where he taught for over 32 years beginning in 1965. Throughout his career, Richard has found inspiration in many things — everything from the space race in the 1960s, to the Pacific Northwest forests and mountains, to the color and culture in Mexico, where he lived and worked for many years. As a graduate student, he worked on special projects with Josef Albers, the renowned artist from the Bauhaus School in pre-war Germany who would have a lasting impact on Dahn's own practice. In later years, he developed a series of geometric paintings associated with the "MId-Century Modern" movement, which were exhibited throughout the West, and were often reviewed by the writer Tom Robbins during his tenure as art critic for The Seattle Times. In addition to painting and teaching at the UW, he had many freelance design projects: designing a series of book covers for the University of Washington Press; designing posters and catalogs for the Henry Gallery; and designing the project report for the West Seattle Freeway project, led by Canadian architect Arthur Erickson.