20 Years of Graphic Design at the Center for Architecture

Join us for an evening panel celebrating graphic designers that have worked with the Center for Architecture. MTWTF, Once-Future Office, and Manuel Miranda Practice will present on past work for exhibitions, web projects, and programs. Diana Budds will join as moderator of a larger discussion on representing architecture and design through graphic media.

Speakers:
Glen Cummings, Principal, MTWTF
Manuel Miranda, Principal, Manuel Miranda Practice
Dungjai Pungauthaikan, Principal Once-Future Office

Moderator:
Diana Budds, design journalist

About the Speakers:
Glen Cummings is a graphic designer, and founding partner at MTWTF, a graphic design studio on New York's Lower East Side. He is an adjunct associate professor in Pratt Institute's School of Design and teaches in the graduate and undergraduate communication design programs. Glen received his B.F.A. from The Art Institute of Chicago and his M.F.A. in Graphic Design from Yale University School of Art. Glen is a former AIGA/NY board member and Vice President, a fellow for the Design Trust for Public Space, and an accomplished heavy metal guitarist.

Manuel Miranda has been a graphic designer in New York City since 2005. His studio Manuel Miranda Practice works on projects for schools, cultural organizations, artists, government, neighborhoods, and parks. He is senior critic in graphic design at the Yale School of Art and has given talks on design and visitor experience for the National Park Service, Columbia University GSAPP, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Miranda has served on the New York City Public Design Commission since 2016. Previously, he was a design director at 2×4, vice president of AIGA New York, and a designer at Brand Integration Group at Ogilvy and Mather. 

Dungjai Pungauthaikan is a founding Principal and Creative Director of Once-Future Office. A big picture systems-thinker who loves connecting design, people, and the built environment, she sees potential in all things and brings unmatched creative vision to the studio. As a first-generation Thai-Chinese American and native Californian, she leads teams and projects with warmth and patience while getting the job done. Pungauthaikan is an award winning designer whose work has been recognized by the Art Directors Club, Type Directors Club, Print Regional Design Annual, the Society of Publication Designers, and the Van Alen Institute. With her hands-on approach, she has led multi-channel campaigns for NYC, branding and wayfinding for world-class buildings and museums, identity systems and websites for leading practices within the architecture and design industry, and exhibitions for renowned cultural institutions. At the AIANY Center for Architecture, Pungauthaikan has led the design of a number of exhibitions including Designing Affordability, Built by Women, Fairy Tale Architecture, and most recently, Built by New York and Why Design?, which are both on view until April 5, 2025. She holds a BA in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design.

Diana Budds is a design journalist based in New York. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, Wallpaper*, The Architects Newspaper, Architectural Digest, Urban Omnibus, and Curbed, among other publications.

This event is offered in-person and virtually. If you have registered for a Zoom ticket you will receive a link in your registration email.