Greetings. I’m Robert McConnell, an communication designer based in New York with a long-standing affinity for visual systems, information mapping, and typographic-centric design.
I am currently a senior graphic designer in the Communications and Marketing/Creative Services division of Pratt Institute, where I oversee the rollout of the university’s new visual identity system and its applications. I am also a visiting instructor in the Communication Design department at Parsons School of Design.
Previously, I have worked both in-house and freelance for a number of clients in the art, technology, hospitality, real estate, medical, and political fields.
You can contact me by email at robertjmcconnell@me.com, view my profiles on LinkedIn and Working Not Working, or view my resumé.
Work
- Pratt Institute
- Senior Graphic Designer
- 2022–
- Pratt Institute
- Graphic Designer
- 2020–2022
- Artnet
- Graphic Designer
- 2014–2017
- Prophet
- Design Intern
- 2013
- Stark Design
- Design Intern
- 2013
- CatAList: Occidental College Television
- Graphic and Web Designer
- 2010–2011
Education
- Rhode Island School of Design
- MFA in Graphic Design
- 2019
- Parsons School of Design
- AAS in Graphic Design with honors
- 2014
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Summer Institute of Graphic Design Studies
- 2011
- Occidental College
- BA in East Asian Studies
- 2011
Teaching
- Communication Design Studio: Dynamic Content
- Parsons School of Design
- Spring 2023
- Core 1: Interaction
- Parsons School of Design
- Fall 2021
- Core Lab Typography
- Parsons School of Design
- Fall 2019
- Mapping Information
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Spring 2019 (assistant to Douglass Scott)
- Web Design
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Wintersession 2019
- History of Graphic Design
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Fall 2018 (assistant to Douglass Scott)
- Graphic Design
- Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College
- Summer 2018 (assistant to Suzi Cozzens)
- Design Studio II
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Spring 2018 (assistant to Hammett Nurosi)
- Adobe Illustrator
- Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education
- Fall 2017 (assistant to Anne-Marie Byrd)
Speaking and presenting
- Standards, Rules, Setting: Thesis Review
- Rhode Island School of Design
- 19 May 2019
- This is a Presidential Alert: Thesis Position Presentation
- Rhode Island School of Design
- 20 October 2018
- Parsons Graphic Design AAS Orientation Remarks
- Parsons School of Design
- 18 September 2014
- Parsons Graphic Design AAS Graduation Student Speaker
- Parsons School of Design
- 16 December 2013
Published in
- Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual, 2nd edition
- by Timothy Samara
- Rockport Publishers, 2014
- Making and Breaking the Grid, 2nd edition
- by Timothy Samara
- Rockport Publishers, 2017
- The New York Times, “Your Commute, Your Life, Your Personal Subway Map”
- by Cornelius Schmid and Jodi Rudoren
- 22 October 2010
- Skillbox.ru, “Stops, transfers, dog’s head: 10 beautiful and convenient transport schemes” (in Russian)
- by Daria Styopkina
- 12 October 2021
Colophon
This site was designed and coded by Robert McConnell using BBEdit. The text of this site is typeset in Urania, a sans-serif typeface designed by Dieter Hofrichter and published by Hoftype in 2017. The background color of this site subtly changes depending on your local time; visit the site at different hours of the day to see this effect in action.