Megan Irwin

Megan Irwin’s research explores communication design as a material and embodied practice that signals human authorship. Through installations and experimental publishing, her work investigates society’s growing disconnection from the physical world and its desensitization to environmental urgency. The use of analog methods in her practice resists the efficiency and polish of digital production, and emphasizes the process, materiality, and participation behind designed artifacts.

Irwin earned her MFA in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her design work has been recognized by Communication Arts and Society of Typographic Arts. She has been commissioned by the The New Yorker and The New York Times, and her zine “The Don’t Give a Dames” lives in the permanent collection at the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg.

In collaboration with Chris Dingwall, Irwin recently established the Analog Design Lab, an alt-tech maker space housed in the Kranzberg Studio for the Illustrated Book.