Assistant Professor, M.F.A.

Design

Department of Art & Art History

dawash@mail.utexas.edu

- Office: ART 1.214

- Phone: +1 512-471-0902

- Mail Code: - D1300

Assistant Professor Shields holds a B.F.A. from Memphis State University and a M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art. After working several years in Chicago and in Holland, he moved to New York where his work for Acela, Amtrak's High-Speed Rail focused on not only the visual quality of the brand but also the strategy of implementing environmental, interactive and experiential design. In 2001 Shields helped found the design studio, Viewers Like You. His work is in publications including Rethinking Design 4, AIGA Fifty Books of the Year, The Graphic Edge, and Behind the Seen: Studio Dumbar, and periodicals including Eye, Emigre, and PLAIN. His work is also in the permanent collections of the Cooper Hewitt Museum and Museum of Modern Art. Before coming to Texas, David taught at Rutgers University and held positions at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pratt Institute and NYC Technical College in Brooklyn.