Michael Rock is a graphic designer and principal of 2x4.

Rock is a winner of the National Design Award.

As winner of the National Design Award, Rock was invited with other winners to the White House. Rock is notable as one of the signers of a letter to the White House

White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

 declining the invitation. Also signing the letter were Susan Sellers, Georgie Stout, Paula Scher

Paula Scher

Paula Scher, born October 6, 1948, in Washington, DC., is an American graphic designer, illustrator, painter and art educator in design, and the first female principal at Pentagram, which she joined in 1991...

, and Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister is a New York-based graphic designer and typographer. He has his own design firm—Sagmeister Inc.—in New York City. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Aerosmith and Pat Metheny.-Biography:Sagmeister studied graphic design at the...

. Graphic designer Chip Kidd

Chip Kidd

Chip Kidd is an American author, editor, and graphic designer, best known for his book covers.- Early life :Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Kidd grew up in the Reading suburb of Shillington, strongly influenced by American popular culture...

was also asked to sign the letter, but deemed the gesture "inappropriate."

External links

• 2x4 website