Designer and Educator Malcolm Grear.
Art - Lecture/Discussion
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Kennedy Memorial Hall/Public Safety
Room 112
Graphic Designer Malcolm Grear will discuss his craft and career. Grear has played a vital role as designer and educator in the field of visual communication design for over fifty years. As a graphic designer, his work encompasses visual identity programs, print publications, environmental designs, packaging, and website design. He is best known for his visual identity work which has included logos for the Metropolitan Opera, US Department of Health and Human Services, the Veterans Administration, the Presbyterian Church USA, Vanderbilt University, Scientific American, the Guggenheim Museum, the RISD Museum, and a host of other clients. He is the CEO of Malcolm Grear Designers, a design studio in
Providence, Rhode Island.
Grear also taught in the Rhode Island School of Designs graphic design department from 1960 to 1998, serving as its chairman from 1965 through 1969. From his teaching career, he has earned an international reputation as a leader in the field of design education and has received five honorary doctorates.
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Suggested Audiences:
Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School
E-mail:
jchlapowski@assumption.edu
Phone: 508-767-7304
Last Modified: October 2, 2012 at 10:19 AM
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Designer and Educator Malcolm Grear.
Art - Lecture/Discussion
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Kennedy Memorial Hall/Public Safety
Room 112
Graphic Designer Malcolm Grear will discuss his craft and career. Grear has played a vital role as designer and educator in the field of visual communication design for over fifty years. As a graphic designer, his work encompasses visual identity programs, print publications, environmental designs, packaging, and website design. He is best known for his visual identity work which has included logos for the Metropolitan Opera, US Department of Health and Human Services, the Veterans Administration, the Presbyterian Church USA, Vanderbilt University, Scientific American, the Guggenheim Museum, the RISD Museum, and a host of other clients. He is the CEO of Malcolm Grear Designers, a design studio in
Providence, Rhode Island.
Grear also taught in the Rhode Island School of Designs graphic design department from 1960 to 1998, serving as its chairman from 1965 through 1969. From his teaching career, he has earned an international reputation as a leader in the field of design education and has received five honorary doctorates.
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Suggested Audiences: Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School
E-mail: jchlapowski@assumption.edu
Phone: 508-767-7304
Last Modified: October 2, 2012 at 10:19 AM
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