Maryland Institute College of Art

Rob Giampietro is a principal at Project Projects, a design studio in New York. He studied graphic design and literature at Yale University and worked as a designer at Winterhouse, The New York Times Magazine, and Pentagram. From 2003 to 2008, he was cofounder and principal of the award-winning design studio Giampietro+Smith. As a writer, Rob’s essays and design commentary have appeared in Dot Dot Dot, Design Observer, and BusinessWeek as well as in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and on NPR. As a designer, Rob has worked with cultural clients including the Guggenheim Museum, Gagosian Gallery, David Zwirner, and Knoll, along with nonprofit organizations such as the United Nations, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis & Malaria, and the NYC2012 Olympic Bid.