Tim Larsen

President & Founder

Design excellence

Tim Larsen founded Larsen in 1975 with a single-minded desire to stand for graphic design excellence — in the work his firm produced, the people he collaborated with, the results he achieved. Three decades later, Larsen has built an international client list, attracted some of the best creative talent in the industry, and created award-winning branding, interactive, print, and environmental graphics work.

The firm has won countless awards from the profession's most prestigious organizations, including Communication Arts, Graphis, HOW, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).

Tim Larsen has been honored with a distinguished Fellow Award from the Minnesota Chapter of AIGA for his significant contributions to the practice of design. He has served as the founding member and president of Minnesota Graphic Designers Association (predecessor to AIGA Minnesota), and as Director of the AIGA national board. He has also co-edited Core of Understanding, a National Endowment for the Arts grant-funded book on graphic design education.

Tim currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota, and as a member of the Advisory Board at the University of Minnesota's multi-disciplinary College of Design.

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