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  • Brendan Griffiths

    Assistant Professor of Interaction Design

    Email
    brendan@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Brendan Griffiths

    Profile

    Brendan Griffiths is a graphic designer, programmer, and educator living and working in New York City. He is a partner in the design practice ZUT ALORS! where he's worked with a range of clients including Bloomberg, Creative Time, Deitch Projects, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Condé Nast, Performa, The City of New York, Print Magazine, Socrates Sculpture Park, and Johnson & Johnson. He has been teaching design in New York since 2012 and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Interaction Design at Parsons School of Design where he was also the founding director of the MPS Communication Design program. He has also led workshops and served as a visiting critic at Yale University, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach, Pratt Institute, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He currently serves on the board of directors of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York.

    Degrees Held

    MFA, Graphic Design
    Yale School of Art

    BFA, Multimedia Design
    University of Oregon


    Portfolio

    ZUT ALORS!


    Current Courses

    Core 2: Interaction Lab
    PUCD 2126, Spring 2024

    Currents
    PSAM 5600, Spring 2024

    Currents
    PSAM 3060, Spring 2024

    Future Courses

    Visual Culture Seminar
    PMCD 5200, Fall 2024

    Past Courses

    Visual Culture Seminar
    PMCD 5200, Fall 2023

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