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| Position | Professor |
|---|---|
| Phone | 805.756.2610 |
| Fax | 805.756.2270 |
| ofaruque@calpoly.edu | |
| Office | 34-217 |
| Web Site |
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Faculty Biography
Registered both as an architect and landscape architect, Omar Faruque is well known for his teaching, research and publications in the area of relationships among graphic communication, design theory and creativity. Other areas of his research include cultural landscape literature, typography and three-dimensional modeling for design exploration. He received his undergraduate and graduate education from Texas A&M University. He has offered numerous design workshops at various universities and organizations including the American Society of Landscape Architects and American Institute of Architects. He taught at Texas A&M and Ball State University before joining Cal Poly in 1989. He authored the book, Graphic Communication as a Design Tool, and is currently writing two other books. He also designed several typefaces including the one called Omar Faruque.