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Dave Nelson ’02: On Making Design Front and Center at Microsoft

Dave Nelson ’02: On Making Design Front and Center at Microsoft

99U Contributing Editor Dave Benton recently sat down with Nelson to find out why curiosity is the number one prerequisite for his staff, how the small-team model works within a big company with such a global reach, and why the team’s ultimate goal is bona fide, possibly-quantifiable user …

MIAD to participate in Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP)

MIAD to participate in Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP)

MIAD is participating in the 2017 Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) – a one-of-a-kind survey exploring the lives of arts alumni nationwide. Alumni completing the survey this fall will have access to a site to see how their educational and career experiences compare with alumni from across …

Debut novel by alumnus Michael Mazza on sale now

Debut novel by alumnus Michael Mazza on sale now

Michael Mazza Michael Mazza ’80 is riding the wave. Since graduating from MIAD, Mazza has worked as an art and creative director all over the world, in places like Milwaukee, Phoenix, Dallas, Hong Kong and Los Angeles. Now living in San Francisco, he is a published author. His debut novel …

Boris Pelcer ’07 featured in WOW x WOW

Boris Pelcer ’07 featured in WOW x WOW

Boris Pelcer Somewhere Fantastic and Glorious Artist Interview by Tim MacLean, WOW x WOW | posted in: Artist Interviews Original article published by WOW x WOW, an online art resource, specializing in the promotion and celebration of the very best New Contemporary Art from around the world. (article link) The existential …

MIAD students and alumni honored at 2016 United Adworkers Milwaukee 99 Awards

MIAD students and alumni honored at 2016 United Adworkers Milwaukee 99 Awards

MIAD students and alumni racked up the accolades at the 2016 United Adworkers Milwaukee 99 awards show. Aaron Czarnecki ’17 Madyson Brady ’17, Aaron Czarnecki ’17 and Daniela Valle Chavelas ’17, all Communication Design majors, received student merit awards for their work. Czarnecki, who completed a rebrand for Nana Asian …

Kyle James ’15 awarded Brico Forward Fund grant

Kyle James ’15 awarded Brico Forward Fund grant

Bourne, Taylor ’15 James ’15 For the second consecutive year, Kyle James is a Brico Forward Fund grant recipient. At the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival Awards Brunch, James was awarded the grant which includes $5,000 in post-production services, legal consultation and $2,500 in cash for his feature film, Lunar …

Saige Rowe ’15 one of “15 Artists in NY Who Deserve Solo Shows”

Saige Rowe ’15 one of “15 Artists in NY Who Deserve Solo Shows”

MIAD Photography alumna Saige Rowe is highlighted in an artsy.net article as one of 15 artists who deserve a solo show: The July group show has become an art-world standby, but it remains a nimble platform for galleries eager to introduce new artists during the summer slowdown. This season …

Manuja Waldia ’14 creates cover designs for Shakespeare classics

Manuja Waldia ’14 creates cover designs for Shakespeare classics

In honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Penguin Classics launches a redesigned Pelican Shakespeare Series, with alumna Manuja Waldia (Communication Design) creating the vibrant cover designs. Manuja Waldia book cover designs Waldia, a newcomer to the publishing scene, was chosen for the project after a cold-call submission …

Gabriela Riveros ’16 designs Milwaukee Film Festival campaign art

Gabriela Riveros ’16 designs Milwaukee Film Festival campaign art

Milwaukee Film Festival Recent Illustration graduate Gabriela Riveros ’16 put her creative talents to work designing the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival campaign art. Milwaukee Film Festival andlocal female owned design shop Lone Shoe Graphics hired Riveros to design this year’s campaign art. Cathy Brautigam, Lone Shoe lead designer, worked with …

Craftsmanship and culture celebrated during Summer Gallery Weekend

Craftsmanship and culture celebrated during Summer Gallery Weekend

Nirmal Raja Three women explore their respective cultures through art,and students and local artisans showcase innovative furniture design during Gallery Weekend, July 22 – 23 at MIAD. Artists Sabin Aell, Nina Ghanbarzadeh and Nirmal Raja ’08 (Painting) illustrate their pasts through art, drawing from a tapestry of experiences stemming from …

Manuja Waldia ’14 creates cover designs for Shakespeare classics

MIAD named top graphic design school by Graphic Design USA

Following their yearly roundup of graphic design students to watch, Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) published a list of top design schools, with MIAD making the final cut. “We are extremely grateful for this recognition from GDUSA. Our program’s reputation is built from the great work our graduates are doing and …

Craftsmanship and culture celebrated during Summer Gallery Weekend

Material Girls opens Summer Gallery Night at MIAD

For international artists Sabin Aell, Nina Ghanbarzadeh and Nirmal Raja ’08 (Painting) living between cultures is a way of life, influencing their lives, and their art. These three female artists illustrate their sense of adventure and exploration in Material Girls, on view in the Brooks Stevens Gallery at the Milwaukee …