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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.

For Clients

Are you a business or non-profit that needs creative solutions? Hire MIAD students for paid professional projects!

For Students

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
A finished mural with Veolia and MMSD logos depicting flowers and fish.

Veolia North America mural highlights native plants and fish

A blank poster for Summerfest. The background is an aquatic scene with an otter, fixes, and other creatures with instruments.

Summerfest collaborates with MIAD Lubar Innovation Center

Delaney Regan talks to Harley-Davidson Museum representatives.

Lubar Innovation Center concepts for Harley-Davidson Museum

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

You now have access to over 900 creatives.

Past Client Work

News

Art direction and alumni connection: Design student interns at Nike

This past summer, Olivia Nava ’26 (Communication Design) landed a fiercely competitive internship at athletic footwear and apparel brand Nike. Now that she’s back, the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) senior reflects on the experience, and the MIAD classes and connections that prepared her for this opportunity.

Transformational reflection: Studying abroad in The Burren, Ireland

Each year, a group of Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) students spends four weeks in May investigating the Burren in County Clare, Ireland through text and image. Based at the Burren College of Art and led by Professor Leslie Fedorchuk and printmaker Matthew Presutti, the two-decade-long partnership between the colleges has produced meaningful reflection and transformational experiences for students.