Student News
Carmex partners with MIAD Illustration students to design social media campaign
MILWAUKEE (February 12, 2020) … During a course project, Wisconsin-based Carmex worked with MIAD Illustration students to create digital artwork for a new social media campaign. The artwork featured students’ personal versions of comfort and living as their authentic...
MIAD’s annual sale of student and alumni art & design work, December 5 – 7
MILWAUKEE (November 15, 2019) … The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) hosts the 9th annual MIAD Holiday Sale – a sale of student and alumni art and design work – December 5 – 7, 2019 at MIAD’s 4th Floor Raw Space. For the second year, the sale has...
MIAD Industrial Design senior designs orthopedic shoes for people with diabetes
MILWAUKEE (April 25, 2019) … Fueled by his lifelong passion for footwear design and inspired by two classmates with diabetes, Samuel Joseph ’19 (Industrial Design) has designed a new orthopedic shoe for diabetics. “As I researched diabetic and hybrid dress shoes, and...
How a medical condition is inspiring a MIAD Fine Arts senior thesis project
MILWAUKEE (April 22, 2019) … For MIAD senior Malia Spellman, the process of making art is not just about creativity. It’s also about learning to accept how forces beyond her control affect her physical ability to create work. “I have a muscular disease and have...
MIAD seniors design solutions to improve life of cancer patients and caregivers
MILWAUKEE (April 11, 2019) … Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) seniors are applying technology and creativity to design solutions to improve at-home care for cancer patients and help caregivers manage responsibilities and medical information for patients....
MIAD Communication Design student creates animated videos for transgender and nonconforming youth suicide prevention campaign
MILWAUKEE… April 8, 2019 – Tony Holz ’19 (Communication Design) knows what it is to feel like an outsider. He lived in both Japan and Iola, Wis., as a child and teenager and identifies as nonbinary/gender ambiguous. Last year, a family member committed suicide. All of...
Through empathy and design, MIAD students change daily lives of MPS students with special needs
MILWAUKEE (March 28, 2019) … In an emotional moment this week, Industrial Design juniors from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design presented assistive devices they designed to individual Manitoba Elementary & Middle School students with special needs. The...
Technology meets creativity in MIAD’s 2019 Senior Exhibition, April 19 – May 11
MILWAUKEE… March 25, 2019 – From animated video campaigns and smart interfaces to improved design of healthcare equipment and multimedia art installations, technology meets creativity in the 2019 Senior Exhibition. Projects of more than 100 of Milwaukee’s emerging...
MIAD Innovation Center students combine technology and creativity to design solutions for Milwaukee startups and entrepreneurs
MIAD students are working on projects for Milwaukee business and nonprofit organizations, including an entrepreneurial venture ink360 and startup Ginger Guard, as part of the college’s new MIAD Innovation Center.
Collaborations with 88Nine, Petfest offer real-world experiences to students
What do 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and Fromm Family Foods have in common? Both organizations collaborated with MIAD Communication Design and Illustration classes on design projects this year. “We look for ways to have students interact with the professional world,...
MIAD senior designs portable Kevlar shelter to protect kids from gun violence
A Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) Industrial Design student Dana Deggs has designed a portable, Kevlar shelter to protect individuals from gun violence. Dana’s project is on display now through May 12, 2018 at the MIAD 2018 Senior Exhibition in MIAD’s...
MIAD Industrial Design senior first in the world inventing new machine for Batik fabric printing
Geoffrey Clark, an Industrial Design senior at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), is inventing a new machine to reproduce the ancient Batik technique on larger-scale fabric bolts. Geoffrey’s process is believed to be the first of its kind in the...