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 and a BFA from the University of Central Florida in 1986.

He has over 20 years of professional graphic design experience, working for several agencies in the central Florida area, and as a principal in his own design firm, Rodon & Barrett, Inc. His list of international clients includes, Mars, Inc., VISA International and Banco Popular.

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 to explore 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 is a co-director of UF's Tokyo Study Abroad program.