2D Design alumni and collaborators, Chris Baker (MFA 2D Design 2023)
@riskerbach and Ed Ryan (MFA 2D Design 2022)
@e_a_ryan , have also been named winners in the Society of Typographic Arts 2025 STA 100!
Baker and Ryan's winning entry as IRIS, their collaborative practice, is the identity, brand, and website for
@mouse.gallery and the second edition of Fountainswimming, Cranbrook Academy of Art's student journal.
Mouse Gallery's branding features a 'mouse-hole' inspired pattern, typography-forward announcements, and a monthly rotating color system to match the gallery's exhibition schedule.
Baker and Ryan recently designed
@cranbrookartmuseum 's latest publication, Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-Century Modern Design in the US (
@phaidonpress ), the official companion to their exhibition of the same title opening June 14, 2025. 🪑
The STA 100 is an international competition that recognizes typographic excellence across disciplines. Celebrating its 45th year, the STA 100 honors the top 100 works of typographic design produced worldwide between May 2024 and May 2025.
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1-5: Mouse Gallery system example
6-7: Fountainswimming 2
8-10: Cranbrook Art Museum's Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-Century Modern Design in the US, published by Phaidon Press.