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What is a Graphic Designer?
Understanding the principles and elements of design will help users better grasp the scope of graphic design. In this field, professionals create visually striking and impactful compositions by using design elements in conjunction or opposition with each other.
What is a Service Designer?
Service designers create optimal experiences and sustainable solutions for customers in unique contexts. The focal point of service design is customer service experiences—both in person and online.
The background of a service designer can vary. Some service designers attend a traditional service design master’s program. Other service designers begin in a separate career and transition into the world of design.
Guest Lecture Video: Helen Armstrong
On January 20, 2022, MFA Products of Design was pleased to host a guest lecture by writer & educator Helen Armstrong. Helen is a professor of graphic design at North Carolina State University. She authored Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009) and co-authored Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) with Zvezdana Stojmirovic.
Announcing the Spring 2022 Lecture Series
We are delighted to announce our Visiting Lecture Series lineup for the Spring 2022 season. (See all of our department guest lecturers here.) Read more below about Sara Hendren, Helen Armstrong, Mansi Gupta, and Pune Dracker below!
How to Be a Standout Applicant to SVA's Products of Design MFA Program
Reprinted from a past interview with Core77, Chair of PoD Allan Chochinov answers what it takes to get into the Products of Design program.
Guest Lecture Video: Lina Srivastava
On November 30, 2021, MFA Products of Design was pleased to host a guest lecture by writer & strategist Lina Srivastava. Her new talk, Building a Just Future: Stories of Transformational Change, unpacks how leadership unfolds and how it can be nurtured to facilitate transformational change in our own communities.
Why We Teach Every Discipline of Design
If you are checking out grad schools, we put together a brief video and description of why we have chosen a cross-disciplinary design program over a specialized program…and why we think you should too.
Watch Our Open House & Info Session Video!
Couldn’t make it to this year’s Open House & Info Session events? We’ve got you covered! You can watch the whole thing below, or focus in on the sections you are most interested in with the timecodes below. Enjoy!
REVEAL: Gallery Show and an Interview With the Curator
Products of Design is thrilled to mount its first show in the gallery, entitled REVEAL: How Does Design Reveal Truths About the World. On the occasion of its opening, we sat down with first-year student and curator Monica Albornoz to learn more about the exhibition.