graphic design

Paris Fashion Week, where the kumquats are plentiful and the wheat is hand-trimmed

The traditional fashion shows where models strut down a simple white catwalk are becoming outdated, as a Northeastern student discovered while working at a production company that puts together runway shows for Paris Fashion Week, which begins Monday.

by Debora Almeida September 21, 2018

Recent graduate’s data visualizations transform the magic of Harry Potter into something Muggles can understand

Olivia Rouse created a data-driven guide to the Harry Potter franchise, whose books she’s read more than 10 times.

by Greg St. Martin June 21, 2018

Campus is her canvas

Northeastern senior Kathryn Kerr discovered her passion—and herself—in design. Now, she’s finishing up her biggest mural yet in the campus tunnel system, and identifying ways to spend her life “creating art with and for people.”

by Molly Callahan September 15, 2017

For one Northeastern family, Commencement brings together three generations

Nestled within the crowd at Northeastern’s Commencement ceremony were three men with a tie that binds even more tightly than their shared surname: On that day, Jared Pike, AMD’16, joined his father, Glenn Pike, AS’86, and his grandfather, Richard Pike E’61, MBA’66, as a proud Northeastern graduate.

by Thea Singer May 10, 2016

A showcase of student art

The annual Department of Art + Design senior exhibit is now on display in Gallery 360. Curated by the department’s faculty, this show includes work by undergraduate seniors, as well as graduate students in the Information Design and Visualization program.

by Joe O'Connell May 6, 2015

Senior showcase

Photographs, oil paintings, videos, mini furniture, and a sculpture made out of colorful cough drops are among the artwork on display at Gallery 360 in a new exhibit featuring the work of talented Northeastern University seniors.

by Joe O'Connell April 29, 2014

‘Greatest Hits’ on display

As the culmination of their Northeastern experience, the work of more than 50 seniors in the Department of Art + Design will be on…

by Jordana Torres May 1, 2013

Martian graphic design

Photo provided by Madeleine San Martin. Art, Media and Design student Madeleine San Martin practically grew up inside NASA’s Jet…

by Angela Herring August 7, 2012

Designing a ‘star-making’ foreign-language learning program

Associate professors of graphic design and speech language pathology and audiology have teamed up to develop a computer program that helps teenage foreign-language speakers learn English.

by Angela Herring May 16, 2012

Designing social change

Northeastern graphic-design students share in an award for an international multimedia exhibition on culture, immigration and stereotyping.

by Jason Kornwitz August 18, 2011