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Stephanie Aaron : Class of 2011

Stephanie Aaron

Stephanie is an award-winning graphic designer with more than 25 years experience. For the past 10 years she has run Aaron Design, Inc., a full-service design firm that provides high-end communications to corporations and large non-profits. Clients include: American Heart Association, American Museum of Natural History, Bank of America, Citi, Columbia University, JPMorgan Chase, Little Red School House, Queens Theatre in the Park, and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Stephanie has held leadership positions in New York Women in Communications and the National Association of Women Business Owners. She is also a member of AIGA and the Healthcare Public Relations & Marketing Society of Greater NY.

She teaches graphic design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and also teaches courses on design software to fellow professionals at Noble Desktop. A native New Yorker, Stephanie is a graduate of the High School of Art & Design and received a Bachelors of Fine Arts from The Cooper Union.

Past Life

10 years experience running Aaron Design, Inc.
BFA from The Cooper Union

Selected Projects

  • Designing Local Currency

    Students were assigned the task of designing their own local currency.

  • Entrepreneurial Design Final

    Students present product and service design solutions that aim to connect personal passions with socially conscious endeavors. Or, outline a viable product in the form of a pitch deck.

  • Fundamentals Studios Final

    Students began their process by exploring project ideas within the themes of memory, behavior, politeness and sharing.

  • Physical Computing Final

    Students were asked to devise a project that would allow them to use a semester’s knowledge about physical computing.

  • In Transit

    For their final projects, students were asked to identify a problem within New York City’s subway system.

  • Re-imagine The New York Times

    Students were given the opportunity to re-imagine The New York Times as a startup.