Yearbook takes the MICA Graphic Design MFA cohort of thirty-three individuals with unique backgrounds and visually tells the story of a resulting community.
Students’ interests and identities are revealed through superlatives, artifacts, and classifications.
These signifiers and the resulting tapestry depict a social fabric of connection, belonging and shared values.
The traditional portrait of a likeness fades to the background as graphic modes of representation take on a more meaningful role.
Yearbook—Squads & Artifacts
Jeff Glendenning
Two instagram posts for @mica_gdmfa, as I managed the design and community content for the account.
The cohort came from across the globe to arrive in Baltimore.
Yearbook’s picture day photoshoot and a selfie with our student photographers.
The GD MFA cohort by generation, instead of the traditional first and second year labels.
Squads and artifacts of the cohort come to represent the students as much as the traditional head shot.
I designed a GD MFA t-shirt with the classes of 2022 and 2023. Modeled here by Ellen during our exhibition presentations.
A team photo of the GD MFA ‘squad’ sporting the Yearbook T.
Spot illustration by Stella Wei (ILP ‘22) in a collaboration across grad programs.
Yearbook 22: The cover was a blank canvas or template, foreshadowing the format of the profiles within.
Each student has their own profile page (with color of their choosing) and their vital info and questionnaire.
The website landing page showcased banner portraits of the class of ‘22 and is an interactive navigation.
Exhibit as title wall: Positioned in Decker Gallery as one enters, the Yearbook exhibit acted as an introduction to the eleven designers in the show.
Categories of cohort favorites were laid out on a horizontal axis across all eleven profiles. A detail of the ‘threads of connection’ and pixels of one portrait.
Presenting the thesis and exhibition to critic Silas Munro.