Maryland Institute College of Art

In our core GD MFA Studio course, taught by program directors Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips, first- and second-year students work on individual projects as collaborative enterprises with a public impact. The studio has produced a series of globally distributed books, including D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself, Graphic Design: The New Basics, and Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book, as well as zines, exhibitions, conferences, and other endeavors. Students also create individual projects in response to topics and problems related to the visual language and cultural impact of design. The GD MFA program encourages our students to present papers and workshops at national design conferences by providing modest travel grants.

• 2009 Installation at Maryland Art Place
• 2009 Textuality Project: Experimental Typography
• 2009 MICA’s Greener Groceries: Exhibition in New York City
• 2009 GD MFA Students present at UCDA Conference, Mobile, AL
• 2009 Globe Poster for Thesis Show
• 2009 Future of Journalism
• 2008 Social Studies Conference: Educating Designers for a Connected World
• 2008 Science Zine with Mike Perry
• 2008 Adbusters One-Flag Competition
• 2008 New Views Posters
• 2008 Making Mistakes with Laurie Rosenwald
• 2008 Indie Publishing
• 2008 Social Studies Zine with Mike Perry
• 2007 Option Shift Control Symposium at NCSU
• 2007 Graphic Design: The New Basics
• 2006 D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself
• 2006 D.I.Y. Exhibition
• 2004 BUY*PRODUCT