On Wednesday, October 24,Assumption College will host a lecture by graphic designer and educator Malcolm Grear at 4:30 pm in Alden Trust Auditorium (Kennedy Memorial Hall, Room 112). The lecture is free and open to the public.
Grear has played a vital role as designer and educator in the field of visual communication design for over fifty years. As a graphic designer, his work encompasses visual identity programs, print publications, environmental designs, packaging, and website design. He is best known for his visual identity work which has included logos for the Metropolitan Opera, US Department of Health and Human Services, the Veterans Administration, the Presbyterian Church USA, Vanderbilt University, Scientific American, the Guggenheim Museum, the RISD Museum, and a host of other clients. He is the CEO of Malcolm Grear Designers, a design studio in
Providence, Rhode Island.
Grear also taught in the Rhode Island School of Design’s graphic design department from 1960 to 1998, serving as its chairman from 1965 through 1969. From his teaching career, he has earned an international reputation as a leader in the field of design education and has received five honorary doctorates.
For more information, email: jchlapowski@assumption.edu or call 508 767-7304.