Tom Nemitz was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa in 1978, the son of a traveling hardware salesman and a dedicated stay-at-home mom. Early in his childhood, he seemed destined to be a writer, penning newsletters about things that happened in the house. He won several creative writing awards throughout middle school, and by high school, was a blossoming force. He became one of the youngest staff members in the history of his high school’s newspaper when he joined as a reporter covering the Intramurals beat during his Sophomore year. By his Senior year, he was Co-Editor and wrote a popular feature. He was awarded a full scholarship to attend his hometown Iowa Central Community College as the Executive Editor of that institution’s newspaper, The Collegian. After one year, he was anxious to escape the town he’d been born and raised in, and he transferred to Creighton University in Omaha, which had one of the best Journalism Departments in the midwest.

Shortly after arriving on campus, Tom rediscovered his artistic gifts and ultimately abandoned writing for a new passion: graphic design. Majoring in Visual Communications, he received numerous awards for student design and web development. He graduated in 2000 after being one of the rising stars of Creighton’s design department, and took a job working in-house for one of the country’s largest distributors of construction and packaging supplies.

Over the past three years, Tom has reconnected with his writing past, and has published one book and contributed to two others. No slouch in the design department either, his design work has been featured in several magazines. He maintains a personal blog (www.polyfro.com), in addition to being an author on Be A Design Group and a contributor to The Bluejay Cafe, a Creighton fan blog. He is also a co-host of the Be A Design Cast, a popular podcast about design available through iTunes.

Unmarried and residing in his adopted hometown of Omaha, Tom spends his freetime following his beloved Creighton Bluejays’ basketball team, who he has season tickets for. He also enjoys playing in a sand volleyball league, reading about design and watching movies.