Oscar Fernandez
MFA in Graphic Design/Yale University/1976
Courses for Autumn Quarter 2009:
- 23DGTL241 Visible Language Design I
- 23DGTL388 Independent Studies
- 23DGTL411 Design Ideation III
- 23DGTL488 Independent Studies
- 23DGTL511 Digital Design Methodology
- 23FDST731 Design Graduate Studies
- 23FDST831 Design Graduate Studies
Topics of research and/or creative and professional work:
- Visual communication design history
- Information graphics
- Wayfinding, as it applies to both the environmental and digital realms
An associate professor in the School of Design, Professor Fernández specializes in visual identity systems, information design, document programs, book design and comprehensive wayfinding systems. He previously held adjunct and associate professorships of design at Carnegie Mellon University, the Maine College of Art, the University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University and Montana State University. His more than 20 years of professional experience have included graphic design work for architecture firms as well as design director roles at Wexner Center for the Arts, VIA, Fitch Worldwide and Eyethink, which he helped launch. Professor Fernández's award-winning work has been included in GRAPHIS Posters 2002, Typography 20, GRAPHIS Design Annual 2000 and the AIGA Graphic Design Annual 19. In 1997, a retrospective of his work was exhibited at Ohio University's Trissolini Gallery in Athens, Ohio.