Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler founded Number Seventeen – a multidisciplinary design studio working in television, film, print, and the Web – in the summer of 1993.

Some of their recent work includes all collateral for the World Trade Center Memorial foundation; the new titles for Saturday Night Live (which they have been doing for 12 years); the titles for Shut Up and Sing, the documentary about the Dixie Chicks; the conceptualization and design of the culture Web site veryshortlist.com; the Daily Candy book; creative direction and design of Colors magazine; the identity and advertising for Air America Radio; advertising and design for New York’s River to River Festival (for five years); the creation and design of Lucky magazine; and the identity/packaging for Homemade Baby, a new line of organic baby food.

Other clients include NBC, IAC, Nickelodeon, Hyperion, MTV, HBO, Will & Grace, The Mercer Hotel, the Chateau Marmont, and Starwood Hotels.

Before starting Number Seventeen, Emily was a senior designer at Tibor Kalman’s M&Co. And before that she went to Cooper Union. Emily is a past president of the New York Chapter of the AIGA. Before that she served on its national board.

Before starting Number Seventeen, Bonnie was the design director at VH1. And before that she went to Carnegie Mellon University. Bonnie is a past treasurer of the New York Chapter of the AIGA and is currently serving on its national board.

In their spare time, they teach Design for Television at Cooper Union and in the MFA program at the School of Visual Arts, and are visiting critics for the Yale University graduate design program.