doug barrett

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OF GRAPHIC DESIGN:
Doug Barrett is an Assistant Professor of graphic design at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received an MFA from the University of Florida in 2006.

With over 20 years of professional graphic design experience, his international clients included, Mars, Inc., VISA International and Banco Popular. His award winning work has been featured in many design publications, including the LogoLounge Master Library, Volume 3 to be published in the spring of 2011.

His research interests include, commuting, space and place, and typography. Fascinated with the practice of commuting, the allure of the roadside and local visual culture–he is interested in exploring and representing found text and imagery in a way that talks about the constructed place. Signage, billboards, graffiti, and ephemera point to the visual culture embedded in our surroundings. By examining the details of roadside culture he explores how meaning is constructed and conveyed through visual and cultural relationships.

Barrett was recognized as one of the University of Florida's, Graduate Teachers of the year in 2006, and co-directed UF's Tokyo Study Abroad program from 2008 - 2010. His work was recognized with two local Addy awards in 2011.