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Visual Communication Design MFA

Students developed Spotlight Creators, a startup meant to filter out ubiquitous, trend-chasing social media content in favor of original artwork. The goal of the site's co-founders is to create a welcoming online community for creatives to share more authentic work.

Chad Cooper '19 MFA (visual communication design) is a senior product designer - design systems for Spotify, where he helps deliver the audio streaming platform’s visual look and feel for more than 600 million users.

Five RIT visual communication design MFA students and recent alumni had design projects — from typographic works to event branding and advertising — recognized in the global Design Masterprize showcase.

Eshaan Sojatia ’24 MFA (visual communication design) captured second place in the Student Packaging category of PRINT Magazine’s annual PRINT Awards for a series of five black-and-white vinyl record covers.

Students leveraged the variety of makerspaces in RIT's brand-new SHED facility to create arts-integrative work responding to a theme of "Play."

RIT’s presence is widespread in the second edition of Mastering Type, hailed as a crucial guide to typography for print and web design. It is due out in 2025.

Ipek Koprululu ’24 MFA headlines a host of visual communication design MFA students to be honored in competitions recognizing design excellence around the world.

Digital and interactive experiences produced by RIT new media design students were recognized in MODE Fest, an international motion design competition, for a third consecutive time. 

The College of Art and Design welcomes new hires to its faculty roster while longtime faculty Alex Lobos assumes a role as director of the School of Design.

Shehzil Malik '14 MFA (visual communication design) is an award-winning illustrator and designer focused on themes related to human rights, feminism and her South Asian identity.

Jake Mathew '04, '06 MFA has completed high-profile motion design projects throughout his career — the latest was animating the main on end titles for Ms. Marvel.

Non-profit partners from RIT's annual interdisciplinary workshop have recently implemented ideas developed by teams of students working to use their skills for social good.