Jess Kuronen is a designer and owner of NYC rare bookstore Left Bank Books. The bookstore buys and sells rare, out-of-print, or unusual books in art, literature, design and typography, photography, NYC history, among many other topics, and seeks to make material history and culture accessible to a wider audience. She’s an adjunct professor at The Cooper Union, where she earned her BFA, and has been a guest critic at Pratt, Rutgers University, and Tyler School of Art. Previously she worked as a digital designer for The Wall Street Journal, and continues to maintain an independent design practice. Clients include Todd Oldham, Google, Penguin Random House, and Coqual.