About — Carter Teranes

Carter Teranes is a freelance graphic designer living and working in Chicago, Illinois. He creates process-driven and typographically led work with an emphasis on concept and craft. His approach considers how language, form, and poetics shape and create meaning across print and digital media. He works solo and closely with teams in creating visual communication solutions across identity, website, print and type design.
Currently he runs To Ti Esti, an independent publishing practice interested in exploring sequence, process, and the essence of what makes a book, a book. Under this name he produces limited edition publications on his Risograph that approach form as content.

Contact:
carterteranes@gmail.com
(313) 510 7328

Elsewhere:
Instagram
Are.na
Blog

Experience:

2025
Freelance Designer, Chicago, IL

2023–2025
Senior Designer, Fifty Thousand Feet, Chicago, IL

2022–2023
Designer, Fifty Thousand Feet, Chicago, IL

2021
Design Intern, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA), Grand Rapids, M.I.

Education:

2021
BFA, Graphic Design, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI

Courses:

2025
Porto Design Summer School, Porto, Portugal

2024
Typography Summer School, New York, NY

Residency:

UPCOMING 2025
Directangle Press, Bethlehem, NH

2025

carterteranes@gmail.com

@carterteranes