Matthew Chrislip

Biography

My design practice revolves around an independent studio, Dowland, founded in 2008. The practice is scalable, multidisciplinary, and multiform, operating alongside various other professional activities, expanding and contracting to either consume or create space as needed. In medium, the range of output spans graphic design, products, clothing, environments, research, writing, and education.

My current research explores how the practice of simultaneous interpretation offers a framework and vocabulary for exploring specific linguistic, temporal, spatial, and technological conditions of graphic design and publishing.

I'm a PhD candidate in the School of Design at RMIT University (2023–). I also have a BFA in Graphic Design and French Studies from Brigham Young University (2007) and an MFA in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art (2013). In addition to teaching at Central Saint Martins, I've taught, lectured, or advised at Parsons School of Design, Architectural Association Visiting School Paris, Winchester School of Art, Bath Spa University, and Northumbria University School of Design.