The Department of Graphic Design champions agency through the competencies of collaboration, research, making and cultural literacy. The department believes in responding to the reality of our time and that design is activated by content, condition and impact. Further, that design exists in a continuum: The study of the historical past as it informs the now strengthens design’s ability to strategically speculate on future forms, languages and systems.

The department provides an education that values the inclusion of diverse backgrounds, skill sets and experiences. Students develop acuities to communicate effectively through visual and verbal representation, and are prepared — as individuals and collaborators — to be practitioners not limited by the confines of current professional practices.

Our Faculty

are Teachers and Doers

Our faculty are awarded artists and experienced teachers. They moonlight as authors and studio managers, traveling exhibitors, and successful businesspeople. Meet the professors and mentors that you’ll work alongside.

Creative Print Bureau

The Creative Print Bureau (CPB) is a staff and student-operated lab that provides print production services and educational opportunities to all faculty, staff, and students of VCU. Located in the Pollak Building on VCU’s campus, we provide exemplary, accessible services with specializations in large-format printing and book finishing. In the effort to encourage participation and learning, we also provide instruction on production techniques through demos, self-service machines, and workshops.
fabric printer at the creative print bureau

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325 N. Harrison St. Suite 332 Box 843085 Richmond, VA 23284-3085