Don Adleta is a professor of design and the chair of the Graphic Design Program at Ohio University. Since his arrival in 1994, he has conducted four color study abroad workshops in Bali, Indonesia. In 1993, he traveled around the world to teach and lecture on design at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India, and the Wellington Polytechnic in New Zealand. Don was a professor of design and letterform at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1982 to 1987. He taught several classes at Western Michigan University from 1989 to 1992.

In 1995, he created the Adleta Perpetual Calendar for which he received awards from the Calendar Marketing Association for the Most Original Calendar Design nationally and internationally. He continues to practice design, after 25 years experience designing for corporations such as Herman Miller, Inc., and American Express. Don was a Senior Art Director for The Upjohn Company from 1987 through 1993. During his time at Upjohn he received several Special Recognition Awards for his design and work process.

Throughout his professional career, Don has lectured on design process. In 2001, Don was in Amsterdam to write several articles on Visual Translation, a design process, as part of his Ohio University research fellowship.

In 1982, Don completed his post-graduate studies in Graphic Design at the Basel School of Design in Switzerland. His undergraduate studies were at the University of Cincinnati and Ohio University where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1975.

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