Faculty Profiles

Housing Design

STEVEN MCCARTHY
Professor, Graphic Design program
Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel
246c McNeal Hall

1985 Buford Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55108-6136
(612) 624-1729
smccarthy@umn.edu
http://faculty.design.umn.edu/mccarthy/

Specialties & Expertise:

  • Graphic Design
  • MFA
  • Design Authorship
  • Experimentation and Design Practice
  • Artists Books
  • Interactive Design
  • Design History
  • Graphic Design in The Netherlands and Great Britain
      Course Titles (resident and outreach teach:ing):
  • DHA 2351 Graphic Design 1
  • DHA 2345 Typographic Design
  • DHA 3196 Design in Europe (study abroad)
  • DHA 4365W Senior Seminar
  • DHA 5399 Theory of Electronic Design
  • DHA 8114 Design Studio
      Selected Scholarship:
  • McCarthy, S. J. (2009). Stamp pears (book). Oppositions exhibit. Arts + Literature Laboratory at River Strett Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
  • McCarthy, S. J. (2008). What’s for des-art? (book) San Diego Book Arts Second National Juried Show. Geisel Library, University of California-San Diego.
  • McCarthy, S. J. (2008). Beauty contest v.2 & v.3 (books). Dog-Eared: Revealing the content of artist‘s books. National juried exhibition at Purdue University. West Lafayette, Indiana.
  • McCarthy, S. J. (July 2008). From graphics to products: Critical design as design authorship. Presentation at New Views 2: Conversations and Dialogs in Graphic Design. London College of Communication, London.
  • McCarthy, S. J. (May 2008). Gettin’ R-E-S-P-E-C-T in the academy: What constitutes graphic design research? Panel discussion (chair) with D. Jasper, K. FitzGerald. University and College Design Association conference. Dekalb, Illinois.
  • McCarthy, S. J. (April 2008). Documenting the graphic design learning abroad experience: From journals and photos to YouTube and blogs. Presentation at Massaging Media 2: Graphic Design Education in the Age of Dynamic Media conference. AIGA Boston.
  • McCarthy, S. J. (January 2008). Design for design’s sake: Design-authorship in experimental publications. AIGA-Minnesota lecture.
  • McCarthy, S. J. (2007). Jones, keeping up with them (poster). Art form A to Z exhibition. UMC Art Gallery. University of Colorado, Boulder.
  • McCarthy, S. J. (January 2007). Curating as meta design-authorship. visual:design: scholarship, the research journal of the Australian Graphic Design Association. Vol. 2(2). (refereed paper)
  • McCarthy, S. J. (2007). Defending the domestic environment from advertising: the commercial rhetoric art project. In Friedman, K., Love, T. and Corte-Real, E. (Eds.) Design Research Society Wonderground Conference Proceedings, 2006. (refereed paper)      

Professional, Institutional, and Community Leadership and Service:

  • Performed external promotion and tenure reviews for faculty at: University of Wisconsin, Southern Illinois University, Bowling Green State University, University of Florida, Northern Illinois University, University of South Florida, Oklahoma State University, University of Minnesota-Duluth, University of Texas, and Illinois Wesleyan University
      Awards:
  • MIKE Award (people's choice). Hip art tha's square. (print and interactive materials for Goldstein Museum exhibit). Communicator's Forum annual competition, University of Minnesota. (2005).
  • Best of 1- or 2-color award. Con verse hay shun (print component) in FitzGerald, K. (Ed.) News of the Whirled 4. American Institute of Graphic Arts-Richmond, VA annual exhibition and competition. (2005).
  • Juror's choice award. Know chain link interactive work. Second prize, professional category. Episodic Design web site. National design educators exhibition. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. (2001).
  • Juror's choice award. Seminal ideas web site. Second prize, professional category. Design Institute poster. National design educators exhibition. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. (1999)