Niko is a creative director and partner of Portland-based graphic design firm PLAZM, and Chief Perforating Officer of The Portland Stamp Company. He is a former professor of design at his alma mater, Pratt Institute, the Pacific Northwest Collage of Art and Portland State University. Niko is the recipient of the One Show Pencil, Art Director’s Club Cube and Young Guns Award. His book, Iconic: The postage stamps of Lance Wyman, was published by Kat Ran Press in 2019.