Cornish Programs
Design
The Design Department guides students through the process of becoming a designer for tomorrow by introducing them to the skills and knowledge all designers need today. Students explore the different career paths of Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Experience Design (UX, AR, and VR), Illustration, Typography, Packaging Design, Design for Social Activism, Transition Design, and 2D/3D Animation.
What To Expect
BFA
in Design
By the end of their second year students can choose one of three BFA degrees: BFA in Design, BFA in Illustration, BFA in Animation, and two minors, Game Arts, and Interaction Design. Cornish designers use the most current digital tools to create 2D and 3D art for gaming, user interfaces for app development, web development, and VR/AR applications. The hand skills used in printmaking, drawing, posters, and designed objects are fundamental to our programs. We want our students to be as comfortable designing in the analog world as they are in the digital.
Learn more about our BFA degree requirements and review our model programs/advising worksheets below in Explore Your Major.
Explore Your Major
Program Information
Lyall Bush
Department Chair, Professor of Film
Natalia Ilyin
Director of Design, Professor of Design History and Criticism
Gala Bent
Professor of Illustration
Susan Boye
Professor of Illustration
Tiffany Laine De Mott
Associate Professor of Design, Animation Lead
Jake Fleisher
Associate Professor of Design, UX Lead
Lorena Howard-Sheridan
Associate Professor of Design, Type Lead
Robynne Raye
Associate Professor of Design, Graphic Design Lead
Junichi Tsuneoka
Director of Foundations, Assistant Professor of Design, Illustration Lead
Robert Baxter
Instructor, Design History and Criticism
David DeTogni
Instructor, Animation
Ed Fotheringham
Instructor, Illustration
Julie Grant
Instructor, UX
David Lasky
Instructor, Illustration
Dan Shafer
Instructor, Graphic Design
Betzalel Massarano
3D Fabrication Resource Lab Technician
