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  • Ken Meier

    Part-time Assistant Professor

    Email
    meierk@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    Ken Meier

    Profile

    KEN MEIER is a graphic designer and partner at Common Name. He teaches Core Lab Typography and Advanced Typography at Parsons, and has taught similar classes at Columbia GSAPP and Rutgers. Prior to co-founding the studio, Ken worked with international design consultancy IDEO and New York’s Project Projects. His work has been published by Unit Editions, Graphic, Creative Review, Computer Arts, idN, Print, and the Type Directors Club, among others. He received his BA in humanities from the University of Chicago and an MFA in graphic design from Yale University.

    Degrees Held

    MFA, Yale University, 2008
    BA, University of Chicago, 2003

    Portfolio

    Common Name

    Current Courses

    Core 2: Typography
    PUCD 2130, Spring 2024

    Future Courses

    Core 1: Typography Lecture
    PUCD 2026, Fall 2024

    Past Courses

    Core 1: Typography Lecture
    PUCD 2026, Fall 2023

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