Mike Weikert is director of the Social Design (MA) and Center for Design Practice at MICA. He also runs Weikert Design, a Baltimore design studio, and serves as an advisor to Project M, an international social design initiative committed to helping young designers use their skills to create positive change in the world. Previously, he served as co-chair of the undergraduate graphic design department at MICA, partner/creative director at Atlanta-based Iconologic, and as a design consultant to the International Olympic Committee. He also worked as a designer with Pentagram, taught graphic design and branding at the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, and was nominated for the 2011 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.
Education
MFA, Graphic Design, 2005, Maryland Institute College of Art
BFA, Graphic Design, 1993, Miami University
Summer Studies Program, 1993, Maine College of Art
- 2011 Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant Recipient
MICA's Center for Design Practice / Real Food Farm project
- 2011 National Science Foundation Grant Recipient
MICA's Center for Design Practice / Office of Research
- 2011 National Endowment for the Arts, Access to Artistic Excellence Grant Recipient
MICA's Center for Design Practice / Baltimore City Health Department / Center for Livable Future at Johns Hopkins University
- 2010 3Form Installation Contest, Design Build Award
MICA's Center for Design Practice / EmPower Maryland Exhibit
- 2008 Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant Recipient
MICA's Center for Design Practice / Piece Studio / HERO
- 2007 MICA Lucas Grant Recipient
Maryland Institute College of Art
- 2006 MICA Trustees Award for Teaching Excellence
- 2012 Judge-2012 Sappi Ideas That Matter Program, Boston, Massachusetts
- 2012 Lecturer-IMPACT! DESIGN FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
- 2012 Presenter + Facilitator-Design Ethos: Vision Reconsidered Conference, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
- 2012 Workshop Facilitator-DESIGNING FOR THE DIVIDE Conference, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
- 2012 Lecturer + Critic-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- 2011 Participant-Winterhouse Design Education & Social Change Symposium, Lakeville, Connecticut
- 2011 Presenter + Panelist-AIGA: Social Design, Practice and Perspectives Baltimore, Maryland
- 2010 Presenter-D:center Design Conversation: Engaging Students in Social Design, Baltimore, Maryland
- 2009 Presenter-The Art of Public Health, The Science of Design Seminar, Baltimore, Maryland
- 2008 Keynote-Production Club of Baltimore: Hey Baby!, Baltimore, Maryland
- 2008 Presenter + Moderator-AIGA: Social Studies: Educating Designers in a Connected World, Baltimore, Maryland
- 2007 Presenter-ICUH 2007: 6th annual International Conference on Urban Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Press and Published Recognition
Design Alliance, Designing for Social Change: Strategies for Community-Based Graphic Design, D.I.Y. Design It Yourself, Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design, Graphic Design: The New Basics, Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming, Just Design: Socially Conscious Design for Critical Causes, Print's Best Invitation Design, Print's Best Logos & Symbols 6, The Nature of Design, The Olympic Image, and White Graphics.
Baltimore Magazine, Communication Arts, GOOD Magazine, Graphic Design USA, Graphis, How International Design Annual, How Interactive Design Annual, Identity, Metropolis, Print's Regional Design Annual, Show South, Typography 24, and Urbanite Magazine
Maps & Directions