Dowland

Matthew Chrislip founded his independent design practice, Dowland, 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.

Matthew's 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.

Matthew is a PhD candidate in the School of Design at RMIT University (2023–). He also has 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). He is currently Course Leader in MA Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins. He has also 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.

Selected clients:

Annie Leibovitz
Architectural Association Visiting School Paris
The Bartlett (UCL)
Bernard Tschumi Architects
Carolina Herrera
Condé Nast
The Gentlewoman
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Hearst
HENI Publishing
Housing Works
Institute of Contemporary Arts (London)
Issuu (with Visual Editions and Ongoing Projects)
The International New York Times
Kent School of Architecture
Participatory Budgeting in NYC
Studio Veronica Ditting
UCL Urban Lab
Various Projects / Project No. 8
Yale University Art Gallery