Alumni Amy Brusselback ’94 (Visual Communication Design BFA) and Tony Lugo ’20 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA) demonstrate how MICA’s culture of critique and collaboration shapes creative lives across fields.

Brusselback, now a design leader and MICA trustee, credits her education with teaching her that design thinking is connective thinking, linking intuition with strategy and creativity with real-world impact. Lugo, working at the intersection of art, technology, and research, found at MICA a “culture of collision,” where disciplines and ideas meet, pushing him to continually question, unlearn, and rebuild.

Their paths differ, but the throughline is the same: creativity grows through dialogue, experimentation, and human connection.

That spirit continues with MICA’s new online Bachelor of Design in UX Design, expanding access to user-centered design education and preparing students to shape meaningful digital experiences in a rapidly evolving world.

Learn more about the BDes in UX Design here.