Director, School of Art + Art History + Design
Wyckoff Milliman Endowed Chair in Art
Professor, Visual Communication Design
Fields of Interest
Education
Biography
Professor Annabelle Gould joined the Division of Design in 2003. Her focus is on teaching typography as a primary means of communication and creative expression. Her creative scholarship is centered on designing publications for arts and cultural clients including Chronicle Books, the Traver Gallery, Lead Pencil Studios, Marquand Books and the University of Washington. She has been an adjunct instructor at the Art Center College of Design and Otis College of Art and Design, both in Los Angeles.
Annabelle is an active member of the AIGA and served as co-chair of the AIGA's national Design Educators Community Steering Committee (DEC) from 2015–2017. Her design work has been recognized in the AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers competition, the Type Director’s Club, the Society of Publication Designers, and Print Magazine. In 2012, she collaborated with her colleague Karen Cheng to produce an issue of ARCADE Magazine on the topic of design education.
Annabelle is the creator and designer of the AIGA Design Teaching Resource, a peer-populated platform where educators can share classroom assignments, results, learning goals and project reflections.
Annabelle recently spoke about her views on design education in the podcast ThisIsDesign.School.
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Creative Work
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Annabelle Gould. AIGA Design Teaching Resource, a peer-populated platform where educators can post assignments, results, reflections, and other teaching materials. -
Annabelle Gould. Spread from Blue: Cobalt to Cerulean in Art and Culture, a 192-page book featuring work from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s collection, designed for Chronicle Books. -
Annabelle Gould. Magazine design for ARCADE (Issue 35.3, Winter 2017), a publication dedicated to architecture and design in the Northwest.
Research Advised
- Ann Mathew. "Person First — Designing for a Dementia Inclusive Society. How might we augment our physical environments to create a dementia-inclusive society while improving the sense of personhood.”MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2024.
- Eason Yang. "NOT ENTIRELY DEAD." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2022.
- Taylor Miles Hopkins. "Tomorrow’s Book: Artifacts in the Anthropocene." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2021.
- Piper Loyd. "22 Ways to Explore 203 Books." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2020.
- Franklin Vandiver. "Deficiency, inventory." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019.
- Clare Ortblad. "Indisposable Tales: Visual Storytelling to Reduce Plastic Waste." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019.
- Coreen Callister. "Listening by Design." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019.
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Professional AffiliationsAmerican Institute of Graphic Arts
