Dan Michaelson received a B.A. in history from Columbia University in 1997 and an M.F.A. in graphic design from Yale in 2002. He has worked as a designer at Pentagram and at 2×4 in New York City. He is a partner in the design practice Linked By Air. In 2004 he was awarded a Charles Nypels grant for research on embedded digital sign systems. Mr. Michaelson was appointed lecturer in graphic design in 2005.