Georgianna Stout Explained

Georgianna Stout
Birth Name:Georgianna Stout
Birth Date:1967
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Rhode Island School of Design
Known For:Graphic design
Awards:x4 Communications Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.

Georgianna Stout (born 1967) is an American graphic designer.

Biography

Stout graduated with a B.F.A. in graphic design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1989. From 1990 to 1993, Stout worked at Bethany Johns Design, a firm that specializes in print and publication for museums, art institutions, publishers and individual artists. 1994 she founded 2x4 with partners Michael Rock and Susan Sellers. There she designed brand identity, retail and environmental programs for such institutions as the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Centre, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and . Stout also headed packaging and retail projects for the Vitra New York and Vitra Los Angeles headquarters, and worked on network branding for MTV. For Knoll Textiles, she was partner-in-charge for a product launch.[1] She has been a visiting design critic at RISD and at the Yale University School of Art.[2]

Stout also collaborates with her husband, designer David Weeks, in his design studio, David Weeks Studio.[3]

2x4

Stout is a founding partner and creative director of 2x4 where she leads a wide range of projects including extensive retail and packaging design initiatives, large-scale identity, exhibition and environmental graphics as well as way finding programs. 2x4 is a New York City-based design studio founded in 1994 with satellite studios in Beijing. The studio works as a cultural sector, where they develop brand strategy and design systems for clients worldwide.[4] [5]

As lead creative director of 2x4 she has had the opportunity to work with Knoll, Maharam, Blick and Flavor Paper to developing textiles and wall coverings.

Accomplishments

2x4 has been widely recognized by many professional organizations and publications, including the American Institute of Graphic Artists, Graphis, Print, Communication Arts, and the American Center for Design.

2x4 Communications Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award. (2006) [6]

Exhibitions

Installation from the MoMA’s collection showing how different architects have responded to the conditions of the polis.

The installation shows the latest innovations by those in the Department of Architecture and Design made in the past two years.

This exhibition described the history of the Nike brand through 100 quintessential artifacts that embody the unrelenting pursuit of lightness and speed.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Textiles by 2x4 Knoll. www.knoll.com. en. 2019-03-16.
  2. Web site: Georgianna Stout - Corning Museum of Glass. www.cmog.org. 10 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Georgianna Stout - Design Indaba. Design Indaba. 10 March 2018.
  4. Web site: 2x4.
  5. Web site: 2x4.
  6. Web site: National Design Awards History of Honorees Jurors. Cooper Hewitt. 17 May 2014 .
  7. Web site: 9 + 1 Ways of Being Political. MoMA.
  8. Web site: Just In: Recent Acquisitions from the Collection. MoMA.
  9. Web site: Nike 100. Cooper Hewit. September 2012 .