VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS (VCFA)
Ryan Slone is a graphic design instructor at the University of Arkansas’ School of Art and an MFA candidate in design. His current research centers around the emancipating power of self-imposed constraints and their ability to disrupt predictable outcomes. When Ryan is not teaching, making, or writing, you can probably find him on his bike or daydreaming about his thesis.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN, AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Missouri, live in Arkansas, but have called Atlanta and NYC home in the past
STUDYING ON CAMPUS OR ONLINE?
Online
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Night owl, but I want to be a better morning person
FAVORITE MOVIE?
Goodfellas
FAVORITE BINGE WATCH?
The Office
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
FAVORITE PODCAST?
WTF with Marc Maron
FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Jean-Michel Basquiat
FAVORITE BOOK?
Chasing the Perfect: Thoughts on Modernist Design In Our Time by Natalia Ilyin
FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY DURING THE PANDEMIC?
Hiking with our family’s new quarantine puppy
HAVE THE CHALLENGES OF 2020 CHANGED HOW YOU THINK ABOUT GRAPHIC DESIGN AND DESIGNERS?
Design has a long-standing history of recording our struggles for peace, social justice, environmental defense, and liberation from oppression. The current events we face today further amplify the need for designers to continue working in that space.
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