Fall 2026 priority deadline for transfer and graduate studies is January 5.

Fall 2026 priority deadline for transfer and graduate studies is January 5.

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Fall 2026 priority deadline for transfer and graduate studies is January 5.

Program

Our vision

Curriculum →

Mission →

Community

Who we celebrate

Faculty →

Chair →

Staff →

Students →

Work

We strive for

Recent Work →

Ventures →

News →

FAQs →

Apply Now →

Search

Kevin Brainard

Kevin Brainard

Founding Partner, Area of Practice

Founding Partner, Area of Practice

Education

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Professional Experience

Principal, Pleasure; senior design director, Collins; Deputy design director, Martha Stewart Living; art director, HarperCollins Publishers; senior designer, Spotco

Clients

Arnold Worldwide, AIGA, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, The New York Times, Scribner, Vintage Books, Simon & Schuster, MTV Networks, Alfred A. Knopf, Vintage Books, W.W. Norton & Company, Arnell Group, Faber & Faber, New York Press, Pantheon, Picador, Westport Country Playhouse

Honors and Awards

Art Directors Club Young Guns
AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers
Telly

Courses

Design and Branding

photo portrait of Kevin Brainard

Newsletter

Newsletter

Newsletter

310 East 22nd St - 5th Floor

New York, NY 10010

310 East 22nd St - 5th Floor

New York, NY 10010

310 East 22nd St - 5th Floor

New York, NY 10010

(212) 592-2600

mfadesign@sva.edu

(212) 592-2600

mfadesign@sva.edu

(212) 592-2600

mfadesign@sva.edu