This
book was produced by students and faculty in the Master of
Fine Arts program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
We hope to broaden design awareness by spreading knowledge
of what we do. |
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Kimberly Bost is an artist since
conception, and received her BFA from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. |
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| Michelle
Brooks studied photography and installation arts at Bard
College before studying design at MICA. When not plugged into
a computer, she likes to knit, read books about dragons, and
dig around in the garden. |
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| Katherine
Cornelius works her muscles by running marathons, playing
soccer, and hiking, and her mind by doing graphic design. She
was a senior Web designer in Washington, DC, before coming to
MICA. |
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| Alissa
Faden is a designer, art historian, trendspotter, and
writer in one creatively-wrapped package. Her goal is to earn
her fifteen minutes by coming up with the next big thing. |
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| Nancy
Froehlich studied history and photography at University
of Washington in Seattle. By day she can be found behind a camera
lens, in front of a computer, or teaching design. By night she
lets loose on the dance floor. |
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| Davina
Grunstein received her BA from UCLA in English Literature
and her MFA from UC Davis in Fine Art. She is interested in
the overlap between art and design, graphic, environmental,
product, and fashion. |
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| Allen
Harrison is creative director of Static Spark Interactive
and art director of Friction Magazine, an online/print publication
started in 2001. Friction has been recognized by Print, The
Addy Awards, Mother Jones, Yahoo, and The Nation. He teaches
design courses at MICA. |
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| J.
Spence Holman is from Baltimore and likes to make stuff.
He graduated from Vassar College, where he made different stuff. |
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| Christopher
Jackson was born in Dalton, GA, the carpet capital of
the world, and earned a BFA in Painting and Drawing from The
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He was recently appointed
to the design faculty at Emmanuel College in Boston. |
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| Ellen
Lupton has written numerous books on design. She has
taught at MICA since 1997, where she is the founding director
of the graphic design MFA program. She also serves as curator
of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. |
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| Josh
Malinow has a background in fiction and nonfiction writing.
His written work has appeared in various publications, including
MAD Magazine. He holds a BA in journalism from the University
of Maryland-College Park. |
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| George
Moore is a roaming buffalo, going wherever motion graphics
will take him. He is currently teaching motion graphics and
interactive design at St. Mary's College in southern Maryland. |
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| Adam
Palmer grew up in Seaford, Delaware and studied graphic
design at Salisbury University in Maryland. Since arriving at
MICA, Adam has had numerous illustrations featured in the New
York Times “Week in Review.” Music consumes the
rest of his life. |
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| Jennifer
Cole Phillips has an MFA from Rhode Island School of
Design and has taught at MICA and the University of Baltimore.
Her work has been included in the annuals of Graphis Design,
Graphis Poster, Print, the Art Director's Clubs of Metropolitan
Washington and New York, AIGA 50, and the ACD 100 Show, among
others. |
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| Jessica
P. Rodríguez was born and raised in San Juan,
Puerto Rico. She worked as a senior designer at a Washington,
D.C., studio for five years and is currently developing a line
of original pattern designs, intended for use by fabric or paper
product companies. |
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| Zvezdana
Rogic runs her own fashion label, Zvezdana, and teaches
graphic design at MICA. She loves to collaborate, write fiction,
and work out. Hailing from Serbia, she speaks with a deep Mittel-European
accent. |
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| Veronica
Semeco was born and raised in Valencia, Venezuela. She
interned at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution. She is currently initiating a business designing
and importing Venezuelan handcrafts. |
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| Kristen
Spilman studied graphic design at Boston University and
worked professionally in the D.C. area before attending MICA.
Her work is inspired by architecture, fashion, and typography.
She recently joined the staff at Pentagram Design. |
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| Mike
Weikert earned his BFA in graphic design from Miami University.
He was creative director at Atlanta-based Iconologic and served
as a design consultant to the International Olympic Committee.
He is currently co-chair of the graphic design department at
MICA and runs Small Roar, a baby clothing line, with his wife
Stephannie. |
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| Ida
Woldemichael grew up in Arlington, Virginia, but stays
close to her native Eritrean culture. She has interned at Wolf
Trap, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Visual Design Studio
4, and she has worked as a designer for Urbanite magazine in
Baltimore. |
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