Dana Arnett is a founding principal of VSA Partners Inc. of Chicago. He and his firm have been recognized globally by over thirty of the top-ranked competitions and professional magazines for their work in the areas of design, film, and new media. In 1994 Arnett was named to I.D. magazine's ID40, an international list of the forty most important people shaping design. He is a frequent guest lecturer and competition juror. Most recently, he has participated as a presenter at the Smithsonian Institution/Graphis Series, received a Gold Medal from the Art Directors Club, and been awarded “Best of Show” in the AR100 annual report competition for three consecutive years. Among the clients that VSA serves are Arthur Andersen, Kodak, Time Warner, Harley-Davidson, and Potlatch Papers.