Jacek Mrowczyk
Jacek Mrowczyk, born in Krakow in 1972. Graphic designer, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in 1998 (Poland). Lecturer in the Department of Visual Communication at the AFA in Krakow (1999/2007). Awarded several prizes and special mentions (inter alia at the 18th International Biennial of Graphic Design in Brno, Czech Republic in 1998 and at the 16th Biennial of the Polish Poster in Katowice, Poland in 1999). A Fulbright scholar at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, USA (2001/2002). Co-founder and editor of a Polish design quarterly 2+3D. He received his Doctor of Art from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in 2005. Jury member of national and international graphic design competitions. Author of several articles about design and a Polish Dictionary of Typographic Terms. Member of the Polish Graphic Design Association (STGU) and Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI). A Fulbright scholar at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, USA (2001/2002) and a Kosciuszko Foundation scholar at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, USA (2006/2007). Assistant professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (Poland).
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
GRAPH 3223-03
TYPOGRAPHY III
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Typography III is the culmination of RISD's typography sequence, with an emphasis on typography and contemporary display platforms. Advances in software and hardware have created new opportunities for how language is written, sequenced and accessed. Projects in this semester depend on altered states, where the content, composition, and context all are potentially at play. Students will continue to develop proficiency in designing for static compositions while extending the meaning and voice of that work across multiple platforms. Students will have ample opportunity to further shape their perspective and individual voice in relation to contemporary typography. This is a studio course, so some class time will be used for discussions, most of the time we will be working in class, often on a computer. There is an expectation that students work both individually and in groups and be prepared to speak about their own work and the work of their peers in supportive and respectful ways. A laptop and relevant software are required.
Please contact the department for permission to register; registration is not available in Workday.
Major Requirement | BFA Graphic Design
GRAPH 3226-02
DESIGN STUDIO 3
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Students are expected to develop personal working methods and interests through more general questions posed by the faculty. Longer-term projects will be intermixed with shorter projects posed by visiting critics. Students should complete the Design Studio track with a developed sense of self, and able to start framing questions and lines of inquiries of their own. End forms will be more emphasized than in Design Studio 1 and 2, in part as evidence that craft and working methods are sufficiently evolved. The twice-a-week format is intended for juniors or advanced designers who have completed the first two semesters of Design Studio or an equivalent design principles track.
Please contact the department for permission to register; registration is not available in Workday.
Major Requirement | BFA Graphic Design