Jan Lorenc
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Poland
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-American
United States
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designer and author. Born in Jaśliska
Jasliska
Jaśliska is a village in Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-east of Dukla, south of Krosno, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....
, Poland
Poland
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in 1954, he immigrated to the United States at the age of 8. He formed Lorenc Design in 1978 in Chicago
Chicago
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, and later moved it to Atlanta in 1981. He renamed the firm Lorenc+Yoo Design with partner Chung Youl Yoo in 1998.
Biography
Mr. Lorenc is a graduate of the Illinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of Technology
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(IIT; 1977, 1979) with a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Design and Visual Communication respectively, as well as a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
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(GA Tech; 1994) with a M.S. in Architecture. .
Lorenc has been the recipient of many awards and honorary positions in his field including one of the "Monuments to the Profession of Environmental Graphic Design" by the SEGD (1998), First Place in the ICSC awards, a seat on the GA Tech ID Advisory Board in the School of Architecture, and many featured speaking positions for such groups as the AIA and Auburn University. He has also sat on many design competition juries, both domestically and internationally. Mr. Lorenc has coauthored a book entitled "What is Exhibition Design" used in many universities and translated into Polish, Russian, Chinese, and Korean.
Jan Lorenc has three children with Barbara Lorenc: Richard, Julia and Paul Lorenc. Mr. Lorenc is divorced and resides in Roswell, Georgia with his fiancee, Ilene L. Cooper, LCSW a licensed clinical social worker specializing in counseling adults and marital/relationship counseling.
Work
Lorenc's firm, Lorenc+Yoo Design, boasts an impressive skill set including specialists in industrial design, exhibition design architectural design, furniture design, interior design, environmental graphics. The firm identifies its work as "environmental communication design," a body of work that includes museums and visitors centers, trade show exhibits, theme park design, signage, retail spaces, furniture, for organizations including Mayo ClinicMayo Clinic
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, Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
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, North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
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, Georgia-Pacific
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, Haworth Furniture Company
Haworth (company)
Haworth designs and manufactures adaptable workspaces, including raised floors, movable walls, systems furniture, seating, storage and wood casegoods. Family-owned and privately held, Haworth is headquartered in Holland, Michigan in the United States. Haworth serves markets in more than 120...
, General Motors, Bank of America
Bank of America
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, General Mills
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and Sony-Ericsson
Sony Ericsson
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. This array of work is almost typically coordinated with a project team including project managers, writers, architects, interior designers, landscape architects, graphic design firms, marketing professionals and others that are searching for a "holistic, integrated message."
Lorenc+Yoo Design is located in historic Mill Village in Roswell, Georgia
Roswell, Georgia
Roswell is a city located in northern Fulton County; it is a suburb of northern Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The 2010 Census population was 88,346. It is the eighth largest city in Georgia...
and has collaborative associations with Journey Communications Inc of Philadelphia where they handle their trade show exhibits, and with Box&Cox of Seoul
Seoul
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, Korea
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with whom they handle their Asian opportunities and are currently working in Korea and Japan. The company is also collaborating with the firm HQ Creative in Dubai
Dubai
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, the United Arab Emirates
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. The firm is intent to keep its team small and to grow through associations across the cournty and around the globe. Lorenc+Yoo Design has work in many markets across the US and in Asia. China is the new frontier for this eclectic and innovative firm working on several exciting projects including designing signage, building jewelry and sculptures.
In 2007, Jan Lorenc coauthored a textbook on the practice of exhibition design
Exhibit design
Exhibit design is the process of developing an exhibit—from a concept through to a physical, three-dimensional exhibition...
entitled, "What Is Exhibition Design?" Coauthored with designers Lee Skolnick and Craig Berger, the book was published by Rotovision, UK. It is currently in its third English printing and has been printed in Chinese, Korean, Polish and Russian.
Teaching
Lorenc is a lecturer at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta. He has also taught as an adjunct lecturer at Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Architecture.Lorenc lectures throughout the world on the topics of environmental graphic design, exhibition design, and wayfinding/signage. Within the United States, he has lectured at the llinois Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Auburn University, University of Georgia, North Carolina State University, Savannah College of Art and Design, and the Portfolio Center and Art Institute of Atlanta.
Internationally, Lorenc has lectured mostly in Eastern Asia. He has lectured at Tongji University (Shanghai, China), Hong Ik University (Seoul, Korea), Sunmoon University (Asan, Korea) Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong), SADI – Samsung Art and Design Institute (Seoul, Korea), EWHA Women’s University (Seoul, Korea), and KODFA – Korean Design Firms Association (Seoul, Korea).