Michael Beirut Presentation

Michael Beruit of Pentagram, Thursday, November 12, 7pm AOK Library Gallery, UMBC campus, FREE Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Prior to joining Pentagram in 1990 as a partner in the firm's New York office, he worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates, ultimately as vice president of graphic design. His clients at Pentagram have included The New York Times, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Harley-Davidson, The Museum of Arts and Design, United Airlines, The William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, Mohawk Paper Mills, Princeton University, the New York Jets, & the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Morgan Library and Museum. His designs and those of his team have won hundreds of prestigious design awards. In 2006 he was awarded the profession's highest honor, the AIGA Medal. His design work is represented in the permanent collections of art and design museums world wide. Michael is a Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art, and a Senior Faculty Fellow at the Yale School of Management. He writes frequently about design in journals, the weblog: Design Observer.com which he co-founded, and books and can be heard on Public Radio International program "Studio 360". His appearance in Helvetica: A Documentary Film is considered by many that movie's funniest moment. Funded by UMBC Interarts, the Department of Visual Arts, AIGA Baltimore, and the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture. Guerrillero Heroico, courtesy of the Alberto Korda & the Korda Estate poster design: Joseph Coates, cr design