University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MFA Exhibition Catalog

Faust was asked to design an exhibition catalog for the Art+Design department's MFA candidates with restricted donor funds earmarked for such a purpose. The school also wanted to get extra mileage from the piece since, surprisingly, no marketing collateral for their MFA program existed. Faust conceived a way to integrate marketing content in the context that it was the "soil" from which the MFA candidates' work product was cultivated. The cover art was inspired by the question: Can credible artists come out of a school positioned in so unapologetically in the Midwest? Faust handled project management, concept and design development, art direction, and print management.

Printing: Unique Printers. Paper: Monadnock Silk. Awards: University of College Designers Association, 2002 Gold Award of Excellence. Graphic Design:USA, American Graphic Design Award for excellence in communication & graphic design. Creativity 32, 32nd Creativity Annual 2003, Gold Medal Award. Step Inside Design Magazine 2003 Design Annual. Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual 44. Published in “Design Secrets: Layout,” copyright 2004, Rockport Publishers.

Hello. Welcome to Faust.

We are Bob, Sally, and Dave. We're located in beautiful Riverside, Illinois. We love tacos, smoothies, swimming, pedaling, paddling, paddling, and Stella. Most importantly (and probably why you're here), we're graphic designers. We design stuff for people. We're very good. Everybody says so.

Contact us; choose your poison. Or just give us your email address, and we'll let you know what we're up to.

  • Trade Shows/Environments
  • Holy Trinity High School
  • Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
  • Navy Pier Chicago
  • Paslode Cordless
  • Professional Inbound Call Centers
  • Skidmore, Owings and Merrill