Louise Sandhaus is a graphic designer and educator, and the founder of The People’s Graphic Design Archive, a pioneering crowd-sourced platform dedicated to diversifying and preserving graphic design history. Until recently, she served on the faculty at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and is the author of the widely acclaimed Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires, and Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936–1986 (2014). She also co-authored A Colorful Life: Gere Kavanaugh, Designer (2019) with Kat Catmur, published by Princeton Architectural Press.

Her contributions to the field include serving as a board member of Letterform Archive and as a former board member of AIGA. In 2022, she received the prestigious AIGA Medal in recognition of her exceptional impact on the design community.