Faculty

Meghan Ferrill

 

Meghan Ferrill
Instructor, Design Writing
mferrill@uic.edu

BA Journalism, University of Iowa

Meghan Ferrill has a passion for literature, especially poetry, and an enduring interest in graphic design. Before returning to her native Chicago, she lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for twenty years, where she soloed as a creative writer and conceptual text designer. She initiated and curated an unprecedented series of nine poetry and typography exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, which led to her engagement as a guest lecturer in the Master of Design program at St. Joost School of Art & Design in Breda, and the development of specialized workshops entitled Poetry in Public Space, which she also took to China and Spain. Meghan has been instrumental in bringing creative writing and poetry to the School of Design curriculum; to its MDes graduate program, offering two specialized classes aptly titled Learning to Write and Writing to Learn, as well as to its Senior BDes Thesis class.