Brad Bartlett

Adjunct Professor
Graphic Design
bradbartlettdesign.com

Biography

Brad Bartlett is a designer, educator and author. He has taught at ArtCenter College of Design since 1999 and was awarded Great Teacher in 2003 and again in 2014. Brad is Director of Transmedia in the Graphic Design department and on-screen author at LinkedIn Learning, where he recently published a course on Transmedia Typography.

Brad works with global brands, international publishers, leading cultural institutions and visionary artists. His LA-based studio has been recognized by Art Directors Club, Type Directors Club, Communication Arts, Dezeen, AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers, Graphis, ID, How and Print, among numerous others. He is also a four-time winner of the Frances Smyth-Ravenel Grand Prize for Excellence in Design by the American Alliance of Museums. 

Brad earned his Masters Degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, presenting research at MIT and Fabrica of Benetton in Italy. He also holds a Bachelors Degree in Design from North Carolina State University, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

Classes

  • GTRA-303-01: Type 5: Transmedia
  • GMGX-605-06: Graduate Seminar 3
  • GMGX-611B-01: Graduate Thesis 1B
  • GMGX-611C-01: Graduate Thesis 1C
  • GRFX-495-02: IS: Artificial Intimacies
  • GRFX-495-03: IS:Human Identity In The Age
  • GMGX-693-01: Grad Type 5: Transmedia
  • GTRA-303A-01: Type 5: Transmedia
  • GMGX-661B-01: Graduate Thesis 2B
  • GMGX-661C-01: Graduate Thesis 2C

Clients


  • Nevada Museum of Art
  • UCLAlive/UCLA Performing Arts
  • MOCA/The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  • LAIAD/Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design
  • FIDM/The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
  • TFO Architecture
  • Rizzoli New York
  • Chronicle Books
  • Art Center College of Design
  • Mak Center for Art and Architecture
  • Nike
  • Raygun Publishing
  • SEGA/Gameworks
  • American Film Institute with [H] Design
  • Ford Motor Company
  • LA Freewaves
  • LA Inside Magazine
  • X-tra/Art Journal
  • LA Mart Design Center
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art
  • North Carolina Museum of Art

Awards

  • American Association of Museums Grand Prize Winner
  • Communications Arts Design Annual
  • Graphis Platinum Award
  • Print Magazine Design Annual
  • American Center for Design 100 Show
  • I.D. Magazine Design Annual
  • How Magazine International Design Award
  • University &, amp, College Designers Award of Excellence
  • Sappi Ideas That Matter
  • ADDY Award
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