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Designship logo nets award from Milwaukee Adworkers

The Designship logo received a merit award in the logo design category of the 2018 Adworkers Milwaukee 99 Show.

Designship is a MIAD apprenticeship/training program for MIAD design graduates in Southeastern Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee 99 Show is the annual awards show for the SE Wisconsin advertising community, presented by the United Adworkers.

Ariana Vaeth wins $15,000 fellowship

Ariana Vaeth ’17 (Integrated Studio Arts) is one of three recipients of a new $15,000 fellowship (and studio space) from the Fellowship.art program. There were 140 applicants. More information.

MIAD students win Association of Rotational Molders design competition

Three MIAD Industrial Design seniors are the winners of the 2018 Design Competition of the Association of Rotational Molders (ARM).

• Miyu Takisawa, 1st place, $2,000 prize
• Laurel McKernan, 2nd place, $1,000 prize
• Trever Krueger, 3rd place, $500 prize

Miyu, Laurel and Trever entered this competition during their Materials & Manufacturing 3 course.

2018 Milwaukee Film Festival features MIAD alumni film, illustrations

2018 Milwaukee Film Festival features MIAD alumni film, illustrations

MILWAUKEE (October 25, 2018) … Not only is the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design a community partner of this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival, but one of MIAD’s alumni has a short film in the program. In addition, MIAD alumna Melissa Lee Johnson designed the campaign artwork for this year’s festival. “PRESET …

MIAD student works on Chevy truck of the future in GM internship

MIAD student works on Chevy truck of the future in GM internship

As an intern at GM, she returned home covered in clay each day for 10 weeks. Incorporating new technologies to design vehicles of the future Klosinski contributed to three design projects and  participated in one week of independent study. For one project, she created a concept for a Chevy e …

Two exhibitions opening at MIAD will start conversations about changing economic industries in America; reimagining everyday objects through design

Two exhibitions opening at MIAD will start conversations about changing economic industries in America; reimagining everyday objects through design

On view October 19 – December 8 in the Frederick Layton Gallery. Sandra Gould Ford’s photographs, writings and documents examine the industrial working class and the economic and social losses resulting from the steel industry’s decline. Ford created the photographic work during and after her employment at one of the Pittsburgh …