PIECE Studio was invited to speak at the University of East London in 2011. The presentation focused on how design education could reinvent itself and become relevant by embracing community-driven projects that support entrepreneurship and social justice. The poster was designed by Stephen Barrett
PIECE Studio produces political and ideological posters either by invitation by national and international designers or to react to or support political and/or cultural events that PIECE Studio opposes or supports. PIECE Studio uses design as a catalyst for positive change to make the wold a better place for everyone
PIECE Studio produced a series of interactive posters that celebrated the Midwest. The posters also asked people to select what they thought defined the Midwest. Each poster had a different black and white half-toned photographic juxtaposed image-set. The type underneath the image-set on every poster is “INNOVATION” “INSPIRATION” and “IDEATION” with accompanying boxes alongside every word. […]
In 2009 PIECE Studio was interviewed in Design between Art and Business Magazine
PIECE Studio and Renourish were invited to AIGA Chicago to run design innovation workshops. The event was coordinated by Firebelly Design
PIECE Studio collaborated with Globe Posters and the Maryland Institute College of Art to design the promotional poster for the Johnny Eck Exhibition in 2013/14. Johnny Eck was a Baltimore native and was born with a truncated torso and he became an entertainer for most of his life.
PIECE Studio uses mind.ed maps as a facilitation tool in all projects and workshops. The mind.ed maps function in three important ways. Record events, discussions and conversations as the project and workshops evolve. The PIECE Studio facilitator listens and records. They are used to prompt conversations, create discussion topics and to ask participants to consider […]
PIECE Studio developed a brand for COVID-19 that included the creation of a primary, secondary and tertuary identifiers. A tagline was also created as well as a series of product and service lines that was put together in a COVID-19 Brand Style Guide that was distributed to designers, city offices and local governments. The idea […]
PIECE Studio decided to create a project to help make students and faculty at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa to understand the power of love, acceptance, tolerance and equality. The Loved and Welcomed initiative took inspiration from Valentine Day cards an from Secret Santa’s. Both cards and gift are anonymous and the not knowing […]
PIECE Studio created a series the “Seeds of Brexit” posters as a response to the results of the Brexit vote to remove the UK out of Europe. Images of Formula One race car drivers are combined with quotes from either UK Politicians or UK Musicians from roughly the same time period. The juxtaposition of the […]