Kristian Bjornard 735 Bay Street, Baltimore MD

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Kristian Bjornard 735 Bay Street, Baltimore MD (507) areas of interest - Investigating new publishing paradigms on all platforms print & digital. - Sustainability in the design disciplines. - How philosophy applies to all aspects of work, life, and school. - Systems Oriented Design Thinking. - Vernacular methodologies and their applications in understanding contemporary design problems (e.g.: sustainability considerations and the open source model of creation). - & innumerable others 2007 education Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD MFA Graphic Design thesis: Sustainabilitist Visualizations. Written, designed and sculptural explorations of what sustainability means and how it can be more easily explained and integrated Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI BA Studio Art degree project: Cellular Distortion. Photographic and illustrative explorations of how technology and life intersect. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Summer Foreign Study: European Travels in Typography 2002 Institut International d etudes Françaises de l Université Marc Bloch de Strasbourg, France Foreign Study: Studied the French Language and the Politics of the EU. 1/5

2 Teaching Experience present sp 2013 sp, 2012 fa,,2012 Maryland Institute College of Art Adjunct Faculty, Graphic Design Spring 2013 : GD5368 Motion Graphics, GD5450 Interactive Media and Publishing 2, GD520 Post Bacc Studio Spring, 2012 : GD5368 Motion Graphics Fall,, 2012 : GD300 Graphic Design III Planned course activities. Held meetings with students. Graded assignments sp fa fa 2007 Teaching Intern Graphic Design Senior Seminar (w/ Brockett Horne) Climate Change & Sustainability for Artists & Designers (w/ Hugh Pocock) Biodiesel University (w/ Mike Weikert) Helped to manage class flow. Helped with grading. Presented some of the course materials. University of Wisconsin, Stout Teaching Assistant European Travels in Typography, Summer abroad course Helped chaperone & manage the study abroad trip co-sponsored by both UMN + UWI. Courses Taught GD300: Graphic Design III: Time and Motion in Graphic Design Students actively engage motion graphics as strategic medium for experimentation, idea generation, problem solving and communication. Motion and interactivity are studied in the context of aesthetic, cultural, historical and critical issues. Students learn essential design processes and techniques in their exploration of time-based media both as a tool and as a medium for evolving designers. ( GD5368: Motion Graphics This course focuses on time-based design elements of space, pacing, motion, and interaction as they relate to graphic communication. Projects will push the boundaries of emerging media environments and could explore designer-controlled narrative, haptic interaction, sound, or user interaction. Students are encouraged to focus projects around their thesis work or other self-determined endeavors. ( GD5450: Interactive Media and Publishing 2 Interactive designs have multiple dimensions, such as culture, interaction, motion, and time all of which can be pushed to create memorable and useful user experience. This graduate-level studio course is a continuation of Interactive Media and Publishing I. The course continues to explore best-practice modern online and on-screen design, 2/5

3 production, and publishing practices including HTML, CSS, CMS, blogging and other social media. Students will have the flexibility to connect the technology and coursework to their graduate theses, core studio, and/or personal work as appropriate. The class will meet in smaller groups to accommodate the different levels of experience among students. ( Exhibitions Billboard Art Project, Duluth, MN Artisan Activist Earth Day poster show at the Aveda Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Sustainabilitist Visualizations. Part of the MFA thesis shows, Decker Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD. GD MFA Fall show. Band Names That Start with The. Exhibited poster in group show. Rosenberg Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD. MFA first year show. Untitled #67. Exhibited poster in group show. Pinkard Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD. Senior Show. Cellular Distortion. Solo show of senior personal project work. Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo MI Conferences and Lectures Graphic Design Ethics. GD Senior Seminar, MICA Baltimore MD Discussed what ethics are and what they have to do with both your dayto-day life and a design practice. Web Processes. Intro to Web Design, University of Chattanooga Chattanooga TN Walked a class through the process I take on a website project. Provided helpful hints, useful tools, and general guidelines to follow to make the process of building a website as simple as possible. Theming with Drupal. Baltimore Drupal Meetup Baltimore, MD. Introduction to the basics of theming the Drupal platform for the local Baltimore drupal group. Professional Practice Presentation. MICA AIGA student group, MICA Baltimore MD Covered running your own studio, contract basics, getting paid, etc. Vernacular Principles. AIGA Response_Ability Conference Toledo oh Presented lecture around the paper I submitted called The Principles of Vernacular Design & Their Applications Today. Sustainability Track. AIGA Social Studies Conference. MICA Baltimore MD introduced speakers for the first round of Sustainability presentations and moderated the following discussion. Guest Lecturer. Towson University Towson MD Gave tutorial lecture & workshop on basics of CSS to an introductory web class. 3/5

4 Publications Graphic Design Thinking The Sustainabilitist Landscape was featured in the How to Create Form chapter. What Color is the Triple Bottom Line? My The Sustainabilitist Manifesto referenced on Joel Makowar s Two Steps Forward blog. Exploring Materials Illustrations and writing theorizing a potential future model for grocery stores included. ID Magazine (vol. 56, issue 3) : Authored Packaging Sustainability book review Indie Publishing Co-authored & co-designed two of the book s chapters: Fiction, w/ Ellen Lupton (pgs ) & Designer as Publisher, w/ Lindsey Muir (pgs ). Created the various designs for the book Sexy Librarian that makes up the majority of the Fiction chapter. Readymade Magazine (Issue 35): Cover design for Sexy Librarian featured in Ellen Lupton s El Word column present Professional Practice The Office of Kristian Bjørnard Mpls MN, Baltimore MD Founder, principal Solo studio practice handling a range of print, letterpress, & web projects. Focus is on publishing in all its forms: books, magazines, apps, websites, whatever Urbanite Magazine Baltimore MD Design Director Design, Art Direction, Illustration, and hiring of photographers and outside illustrators. Time manager at office meetings. Accomplished one small re-styling in, and had just begun a massive redesign in mid 2012 with the magazine sadly closed Sundays Energy Minneapolis MN Art Director / Drupal themer / BioDiesel Mechanic Directed a small design staff on print & web projects. Worked on books, catalogs, identities and annual reports. Responsible for website styling for client websites using the Drupal CMS. Installed Waste Veggie Oil kits on old Mercedes 300ds. 4/5

5 Zindren Design, Inc. St. Paul MN Designer Assisted with layout & design of a diverse array of print projects books, magazines, newsletters, & annual reports Records Minneapolis MN Designer/Illustrator illustrated and designed various shirts, buttons, posters, advertisements, web-banners, etc. for an independent record label. hung around in rock clubs 4 5 nights a week. never slept. Recent Clients Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), The Contemporary (formerly ContemporaryMuseum), The Creative Alliance, D center Baltimore, Design#Code, Five Seeds Farm, Johns Hopkins University, Magliacane Woodworking, MamuMedia LLC, The Metropolitan Opera Guild (NYC), MICA Architectural Design, MICA Graduate Studies, Pentagram, The Richard W. Deutsch Foundation, SundaysEnergy, Urbanite Baltimore. Affiliations AIGA, the Designer s Accord, Designer Studies Forum, the Drupal Association, Greenpeace, Union of Concerned Scientists Awards/Honors College Teaching Of Art Certificate 365: AIGA Year in Design. Social Studies Conference Website included in the AIGA design archives. Print Regional Design Annual. Social Studies Conference Booklet included in mid-atlantic/baltimore section. MICA Graduate Fellowship. Merit based fellowship for half tuition awarded to select MFA students. 5/5