Peter Cocking is a designer and design educator specializing in typographic and editorial work. He is creative director at Page Two. Previously, he was art director of D&M Publishers, the publishers of Douglas & McIntyre and Greystone Books. His practice has been wide, from books to annual reports, snack-food boxes to CD packages, corporate identity programs, newspapers, magazines, and web sites. Peter has received over 50 awards for his work, and has lectured throughout Canada and in the U.S., including at the national conferences of the AIGA and the AAUP, and to the Type Directors Club in New York. In 2009 he was the first Canadian juror at the international 'Best Books in the World' competition. In 2013 he received the Ian Wallace Award for Teaching Excellence at Emily Carr, and in 2017 he received the Chick Rice Award for Teaching Excellence.
