Come one, come all to the 2013 Miami Graphic Design Senior Thesis Show. The exhibition, held in the Hiestand Hall North Gallery, runs from April 3- May 10. All projects speak to the theme of Design for Social Good. This year’s thesis critics included Andrew Shea, author of Designing for Social Change, Liz Rose Chmela [...]
Dawn Hancock from Firebelly Design
Last week Dawn Hancock from Firebelly Design visited Miami as our final design thesis critic of the semester. Hancock shared her own exemplary work in the area of Design for Social Change through a public lecture and then spent two days critiquing senior projects. Thanks for all the great feedback, Dawn! (photo: Hancock with some of [...]
Read full story • Comments are closed
Mouth Watering Interdisciplinary
These days it’s not a good idea to go to the Interdisciplinary design studio with an empty stomach. Conversations about pumpkin and squash lasagna with cream sauce and sage oil, flank steak topped salads, and gooey chocolate cast iron skillet cake can be overheard as students plan their organic, locally sourced menus. Composed of architecture, interior design, [...]
Read full story • Comments are closed
Experiencing Arts & Culture in Paris
In a few short weeks I’ll be in Paris, France with three other faculty and 25 students. This group of education, business, science, and fine arts students are participating in a study abroad program from the School of Creative Arts entitled “Experiencing Arts and Culture.” John Weigand (Architecture/Interior Design), Julia Guichard (Theatre), Harvey Thurmer (Music), [...]
Read full story • Comments are closed
Responsive Web Design: Inspiring Interaction
by Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Dennis Cheatham When you visit websites, is it always done on the same computer while sitting in the same seat looking through the same content? I’d venture to guess probably not (but if you do, 1996 just called on the land line and it wants you to come back [...]
Read full story • Comments are closed
Graphic Designers: Join the Mad Scramble—Oxford Kinetics Festival 2013
Dust off your monster bike, kit out your catapult, and suit up in your best mechanical sculpture. The 4th annual Oxford Kinetics Festival is coming to town Sunday, April 7, 12-4 p.m. at Millett Hall on Miami University’s campus. At 1:00 pm the day of the festival, join in the main event The Scramble –a mad [...]
Read full story • Comments are closed
Best in Class 2013
Congratulations to the 2013 Best in Class graphic design exhibition participants! This juried show took place at Miami University’s Cage Gallery. Works from second, third, and fourth year students were on display, highlighting a wide range of project types and unique solutions from the students. This Year We Recognize the Outstanding Work of These Students: [...]
Read full story • Comments are closed
Making History in Wood Printing Type
by Scott Moore, Industrial Technology BS ‘77, MA ’80 One of the goals of Moore Wood Type has always been to cut wood type based on historical sources such as type specimen books from manufacturers William H. Page, Morgans & Wilcox, Tubbs, and, of course, Hamilton. I have also been cutting type as special orders for [...]
Read full story • Comments are closed
Liz Rose Chmela Works with Seniors as Midterm Senior Critic
This week Miami Design alum Liz Rose Chmela of Made By We came to town as our midterm senior critic. A few words from Liz: “I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Miami University and get to know the current Graphic Design majors at my alma mater this past week. The Senior thesis projects are [...]
Read full story • Comments are closed
Design Students Collaborate with Georgetown University Creative Writing Class
This semester Miami graphic design students collaborated with graduate creative writing students from Professor Dave Ebenbach’s course at the Georgetown University. Together they created the first issue of a hypothetical new literary journal. Georgetown students first wrote an original body of work and then Miami students developed a journal around the content. The central theme [...]
Read full story • Comments are closed
HERE AT MIAMI, WE TRANSFORM KIDS WITH A CREATIVE BENT INTO DESIGN THINKERS.
In our close knit classrooms, students learn to channel creative passion into problem-solving visual solutions. Branding, editorial design, environmental design, collateral development, interactive sites and installations—through classroom exercises and real world projects our students develop the skills needed to thrive as professional creatives.On this site, we share a little bit of ourselves through the projects that we undertake. Take a look to discover the benefits of a focused graphic design curriculum supported by a well-rounded liberal arts education.
For more info about Miami University visit: www.miami.muohio.edu/ or contact the art department: 513.529.2900 or art@muohio.edu
