Often considered one of the most important graphic designers and illustrators in history, Steff Geissbuhler created branding and design programs for corporations such as Time Warner Cable, NBC, Voice of America, Merck, Telemundo, Crane & Co, Toledo Museum of Art, National Parks of New York Harbor, Darien Library, and te May Department Stores Companies. 

Geissbuhler was born in 1942 in Zofingen, Switzerland. He moved to Basel at age eight. He knew he wanted to be a designer from a young age and spent his formative years training under Emil Ruder, Donald Brun and Armin Hofmann. He worked for J.R. Geigy, a well-known pharmaceutical... ... (Read more)

This exhibition is the culmination of design work by fourteen Masters of Fine Arts candidates in the College of Art and Design.

Through collaborative projects with industry sponsors, students work on actual product designs and develop skills in specialized areas including electronic product design, toy and game design, furniture design, exhibit and display design, and package design. 

Aesthetic sensitivity, technical competence, social and environmental awareness, and analytical thought are developed and applied to meet the challenge of designing products, packaging and systems for human needs. Through hands-on experience in graphic visualization, technical drawing, model making and prototype development, graduates emerge with the... ... (Read more)