I recently had an opportunity to speak with my friend and former classmate, Amy Dritz who graduated with a Master of Arts in Sustainable Design in 2014. She is currently living in Minneapolis, MN. What are you currently doing or working on? Co-founded Ecocrumb (an ESG-focused software startup) with fellow MASD alum Gautam Muralidharan What →
We love keeping up with our alumni and hearing about what they are doing. Last month, Consumer Reports interviewed MASD graduate Ajda Mesic for a story on sustainable down jackets. She is currently a lead designer at Target. Article: Consumer Reports online, February 10, 2022 Choosing Between Synthetic Down and Natural Down for a Winter →
I recently had an opportunity to speak with my friend and former classmate, Noble Cumming who graduated with a Master of Arts in Sustainable Design in 2013. He is currently living in Brooklyn, New York and teaching design and sustainability at Pratt Institute. Q: What are you currently doing or working on? Creative Director at →
I recently had an opportunity to speak with Shanna Ruyle who graduated with a Master of Arts in Sustainable Design in 2015. Shanna teaches sustainability principles and design at Oregon State University and elaborates on how exciting it is when students have an “ah-ha” moment. Q: What are you currently doing or working on? Teaching, →
Back in June we shared a post about Environmental Voices Rising – Women at the Mic, a new podcast and blog series by MASD alumni Michal Crawford-Zimring about the work that women environmentalists are doing in their community [see Amplifying their Voices]. Michal’s latest interview was with MASD alumni Ellie Cotlar. Ellie is a fashion →
Anabel Sinn earned a BFA in Communication Design from Parsons School Of Design in New York. She is the co-founder of Addtothenoise, a design studio in Los Angeles which specializes in branding, art direction and design. Over the course of her career, Anabel has worked as an Art Director at major record labels including Warner →
Michal Crawford-Zimring (MASD 2014) has a background in photography and education. She has been passionately pursuing ecological and sustainable design through her work as principal planner at Room to Grow (California). She also works with the California Watershed Project on oyster restoration and monitoring, bioswale planting for stormwater diversion, and native plant and creek restoration. →
Each month, the MA in Sustainable Design program invites a special guest for our Town Hall series where students, faculty, and alumni get to meet and chat with a leader in the field of sustainability or sustainable design. This month’s guest was Olivia Pedersen (MASD 2019), Founder and CEO of Sustaio. Below are excerpts from our →
Two of the unique course offerings in MCAD’s MA in Sustainable Design program are Creative Leadership and Biomimetic Design. In this interview, Jazmyne Geis [MASD 2019] and her partner Julius Geis explore the intersection of what she learned in these courses with Identity Built Branding (IBB), a project recently launched by Julius. Jazmyne, tell us →
We are proud to announce our newest MA in Sustainable Design graduates:Anabel Sinn and Stephanie Hebert! Both have successfully completed eight courses ranging from Systems Thinking to Collaborative Product Design to Creative Leadership. In addition, each has completed an independent thesis project. You can see one project from each course, as well as their thesis projects, in their web-based portfolios. Links →