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07/23/2026
A great article on design portfolios by Associate Professor Austin Shaw!
Do portfolio websites still matter? Do you still need a portfolio website in the age of Instagram? Yes. Here's how to curate, structure, and design one that shows employers your best work.
04/23/2026
What a great day when we could honor one of our alumni, with an award in her honor. .tura was a wonderful representative of the great qualities that Andrea had has a student and as a professional.
and Tony Zanni’s Typography II class just finished their final project! Students were tasked to create a typeface for a city then create a keychain of a chosen letter. We were all super impressed with the results!
Tag the students in the comments!
This is just a few of our senior capstone projects taught by and !
Tag anyone we missed in the comments!
Congratulations Olivia Wong on your award!!!
04/10/2026
Congratulations to Olivia Wong for being awarded the Excellence in Student Life Award! an amazing accomplishment! RIT College of Art and Design
04/10/2026
This week, Steve Matteson, RIT’s Cary Professor and the mind behind some of the world’s most recognizable typefaces, visited Lorrie Frear and Tony Zanni’s Typography II classes. Students in Matteson’s Typography III class brought the energy with stunning multi-lingual poster work, proving that type is one of design’s most powerful tools.
Photos 1–3 from Typography II
Photos 4–5 from Typography III
02/20/2026
We are lucky to have Steve teaching with us!
From hot metal to global typefaces, professor has lifelong love for letters Steve Matteson's two-year appointment as as the Melbert B. Cary Professor in RIT’s School of Design marks a return to where his affinity for letterforms all started. Since graduating from RIT, he went on to become a typeface trailblazer, responsible for creating recognizable fonts and gr...
02/16/2026
Photos from the Freshman Portfolio Book Show! Created last semester in Tools and Techniques (GRDE-101), graphic design freshman as well as non-GD majors collected their works from the fall semester and designed, printed and bound a conceptual portfolio book.
02/11/2026
Guest Speaker this Friday!
Come hear multimedia artist and designer Peter Clark talk this Friday! work has varied from tour visuals to dome projections and more, and has worked for musicians including Billy Eilish, Lil Yachty, and Nine Inch Nails!
The talk will be held at 6PM this Friday the 13th on zoom! The link will be shared here around then!