This website was designed by Adam Swift Lucas and built with Cargo, an excellent site-building tool that provides generous support for students and educators. Thanks, Cargo. The content on this site is in (perpetual) progress, as is the GD program at CIA, although both small announcements and major updates should make their way here regularly. This writing is typeset in Axo, designed by Charles Mazé and published by Abyme. Axo is a typeface that is based on standardized lettering models from mid-century Europe — ubiquitous letterforms often found in school manuals, technical drawings, and architectural plans. To learn more about CIA GD, feel free to reach out to Adam at aslucas@cia.edu. If you’re interesed in applying to the program, you can do so here.
See also:
- CIA GD’s Instagram
- The Graphic Design major page on the official CIA website
- The Spring Design Show website
Image information:
Overview (images 01–03)
- The first annual pop-up exhibition of our student-run literary arts magazine designed and produced in Publication Design, a GD studio elective, and Editing + Publishing, a Liberal Arts elective
- Student work from Typography I by Jade Popovitz ‘26
- Student work from Production Studio by Megan Manns ‘26 — a kinetic typography animation promoting a current exhibition at CIA
Facilities (images 04–06)
- Emersyn Black ‘25 (left) and Violet Randle ‘25 doing some heads-down work in their studio spaces
- Visiting designer Shadi Ayoub (The 961 Collective) teaches Sid Rogers ‘26 how to letterpress print on one of our Vandercooks
- Students trimming, printing, and documenting in our studio makerspace
Etc (images 07–09)
- Jade Popovitz ‘26 and Sid Rogers ‘26 participate in a hands-on workshop led by visiting designer Jacinda Walker (design exlporr), photo courtesy of Michael Butz
- (left to right) Matison Griffie ‘25, Gabby Garnett ‘24 (IL), and Autumn Owens ‘24 (IL) collaborate on creating materials for our student-run literary arts magazine
- Stacey Bruce ‘27 installs her work from the Typography I course