Michael Rock is an American graphic designer and recipient of the

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Biography

Rock received his B.A. in Humanities from Union College in 1981, before going on to receive his M.F.A. in

Graphic Design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...

from the Rhode Island School of Design. In 1994, Rock, alongside designers Susan Sellers and Georgianna Stout, founded 2x4, a design firm based in New York City. He is currently the Director of the Graphic Architecture Project at Columbia University's

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the architecture school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. It is regarded as an important and highly prestigious architecture school.

. He is also a member of the graphic design faculty at the Yale School of Art.

Recognition

Rock is the recipient of the 1999 Rome Prize in Design, and in 2006, was awarded the

. As winner of the National Design Award, Rock was invited with other winners to the White House. Rock gained notoriety as one of the signers of a letter to the White House declining the invitation. Also signing the letter were co-winners Susan Sellers, Georgianna Stout, Paula Scher, and Stefan Sagmeister.National Design Award Winners decline White House Invitation
12 July 2006. Design Observer.

References

External links

2x4 website
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