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Alumni Profile: Lauren Cook ’16

Wahl Beard Battle – Wahl Canada. Social media design. 2016. Digital. Lauren Cook BFA Communication Design | 2016 Illustration Minor Social Media Designer, Hoffman York Milwaukee, Wisconsin “The biggest thing that MIAD gave me was the confid …

Alumni Profile: Monika Meler ’03

Originally from Brodnica, Poland, Monika Meler earned her B.F.A. from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.  She continued her studies at Purdue University, where she earned an M.A., followed with an M.F.A from the Tyler school of art, Temple University.  While at Tyler, Monika spent a year …

Alumni Profile: Adam Osgood ’06

Assistant Professor of Illustration Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio Freelance Illustrator & Animator Adam Osgood is an Assistant Professor at the Columbus College of Art & Design and teaches a variety of Illustration courses with a focus on bridging motion, 3D, and interactive with illustration concepts and ideals. Osgood has …

Alumni Profile: Justin Thomas Kay ’04

MKE to NYC. attended New Berlin West High School, New Berlin, WI | graduated 2004, BFA Communication Design currently managing creative director at Doubleday & Cartwright in New York part of the team that redesigned new Milwaukee Buck’s logo Milwaukee Bucks new logo design | design ideations Justin Thomas Kay “MIAD kept me focused …

Alumni Profile: Dave Olsen ’04

Dave Olsen, 2004 Designer, Rafeal Vinoly Architects PC San Francisco, California I am a designer at Rafeal Vinoly Architects PC. Our main office is located in New York, but I have been working out of the San Francisco office, which is specific to the development of the New Stanford Hospital …

Aeron Knutson

Aeron Knutson Assoc. AIA, Interior Designer Aeron has spent a lifetime designing spaces. Born in Boulder, Colorado, Aeron moved with his family over 15 times in 15 years, living in Washington, Utah, California, Florida, Illinois and Wisconsin. Every time he arrived in a new place, he focused on his art …

Alumni Profile: Serafima Kovalevskaya ’13

Serafima Kovalevskaya BFA Interior Architecture and Design | 2013 Communication Design Minor Associate Designer Starbucks Coffee Company Seattle, Washington Serafima Kovalevskaya currently holds an associate designer position on the Licensed Store Development team at the Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle, Washington. Her relationship with Starbucks started in her teens, working as …

Alumni Profile: Michael Vollrath ’14

Michael Vollrath BFA Interior Architecture and Design | 2014 Intern Architect Hospitality Interiors Group of HKS, Inc. Dallas, Texas Shortly after graduating from MIAD, Michael Vollrath landed an Intern Architect position within the Hospitality Interiors group of HKS, Inc. headquartered in Dallas, Texas. At HKS, he has had the privilege to …

Alumni Profiles: Ben Husnick ’10 & Arthur Talayko ’11

Ben Husnick BFA Interior Architecture and Design | 2010 Arthur Talayko BFA Industrial Design | 2011 Founders, Designers and Fabricators The Good Land Studio Milwaukee, Wisconsin A few years after graduating from MIAD with an interest in furniture and building, Ben Husnick sought his own design-build commissions, capitalizing on his experience …

Alumni Profile: Matt Murphy ’02

MIAD’s emphasis on writing and art history has been a huge influence on me…” Matt Murphy BFA Interior Architecture and Design, 2002 LEED AP BD+C | Assoc. AIA From an early age Matt Murphy loved to draw: monsters, people, fish, everything was a subject.  But, he always …

Alumni Profile: Amanda Jozaitis ’09

For me, MIAD was an endurance test…”  Amanda Jozaitis BFA Printmaking, Communication Design (minor), 2009 Amanda Jozaitis (Heise) lives in La Porte, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago, located right under Lake Michigan. Jozaitis is a Graphic Designer at The Grossbauer Group, a Chicago integrated marketing agency, and previously worked …