Andrew Shea

Principal, the Office of Andrew Shea

I am now accepting new clients. My specialty is in motion and print graphics but I am also an experienced writer and photographer. I am always interested in design thinking that generates social change and artists/galleries who want to collaborate on projects. Please contact me for more information.

Resume

Work History:
+Graphic Design, the Office of Andrew Shea, 2005-present
+3-D Model Maker, Development Design Group, 2008-present
+Librarian, Designer, Curator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2003-2008

Education
+MFA, Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, Spring 2010
+BA, Politics and Philosophy & Literary Nonfiction, University of Pittsburgh, 2002

Instruction
+Part-Time Faculty, Type in Motion, MICA, Fall 2009
+Teaching Assistant (Motion Graphics, Graphic Design I, Design Coalition), 2008-2009
+Instructor, Studies in Fluid Mechanics, MIT, July-October 2007
+Training MIT Libraries’ staff and students, 2004-2007

Publications
+Designing Like Lenny Bruce
ICOGRADA World Design Congress Proceedings (October 2009)
+I Am my Family
Designer’s review of books (September 2009)
+Lab Rats, Guinea Pigs and Three-Legged Chairs: Design for Social Change in Baltimore, UCSD Conference: Design for Social Change, 2009
+Tauba Auerbach: 50/50, book review, Designers Review of Books, February 2009
+Collections of the Library, by Ryan Gray, MIT Libraries, October 2007
+Live Stage: Anoxia, by Helen Thorington, turbulence.org, January 2007
+Bringing Still Life to Life, by Nikki Chase, New England Film, June 2006

Grants + Honors
+Finalist, One Flag Competition, Adbusters, 2009
+Nominated, Art Chicago, 2009
+Best Student Exhibit (MICA), International Contemporary Furniture Fair, 2009
+Regional Publication Winner, Print Magazine, 2009
+Maryland Institute College of Art Graduate Scholarship, 2008
+MIT Council of the Arts grant for "Studies in Fluid Mechanics", Summer 2007
+Infinite Mile Award, MIT Libraries, Spring 2005

Location

Baltimore, MD

Specialties

  • Art Direction
  • Print
  • Motion Graphics

Experience

5 years

Awards

+Finalist, One Flag Competition, Adbusters, 2009 +Best Student Exhibit (MICA), International Contemporary Furniture Fair, 2009 +Regional Publication Winner (MICA), Print Magazine, 2009

Affiliations

University of Pittsburgh, MIT