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MIAD Lubar Innovation Center

The MIAD Lubar Innovation Center connects real-world clients with our best and brightest students.

Through our creative development program, we foster innovative and entrepreneurial thinking to challenge our students’ individual interests, support academic programming and collaborate with corporate and nonprofit partners.

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The Innovation Center is here for you year-round. Stop by anytime to see how we can help! 

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News from the Innovation Center
An illustration of a ballerina in a teal costume dancing.

Milwaukee Ballet sponsor features work by Illustration senior

Whimsical, colorful, pastel-like illustration for Daybreak, a video game.

Wizards of the Coast hires MIAD senior

The word "Kohler" colorfully incorporating elements of sustainability.

Lubar Innovation Center students design for Kohler

An interactive digitally designed mural of a hot dog bun with a speech bubble that says "On my wurst behavior."

Illustration major designs poster for Milwaukee Art Museum

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Past Client Work

News

MIAD alum named designated artist for ABCD gala event

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) alum and employee Cheryl Klein ’98 (Drawing) was selected as the designated artist for the After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD) 25th anniversary gala on June 15, 2024.

Illustration and Animation faculty publishes book

Associate Professor Adam Osgood, who teaches Illustration and Animation courses at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), will publish Motion Illustration: How to Use Animation Techniques to Make Illustrations Move through Bloomsbury in August 2024.

MKE airport unveils inaugural MIAD student exhibition

Positivity abounded at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on June 27 as the airport and the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) unveiled the inaugural installation of MIAD student artwork in the busy D concourse.