Douglass Scott

Douglass G.A. Scott came to RISD in 1980 and is a part-time faculty member in Graphic Design. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Nebraska and an MFA from Yale University. Having studied the history of graphic design at Harvard University under the guidance of Lou Danzinger, he now teaches this subject as a required course in our program.

He is also responsible for courses in typography and advanced graphic design courses. Scott is Design Director at WGBH, public radio and television in Boston. He is consulting Art Director of Davis Publications, an art education company in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is also a freelance designer of books and exhibitions, and an artist who makes collages and sculptures.

Scott has taught at Harvard University, the Boston Architectural Center, Maine College of Art, and is a Senior Critic at the Yale University School of Art where he taught since 1984. Scott has presented over 120 lectures on the history of design and typography at various schools, museums, and symposia. His works have been exhibited at the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the American Center for Design 100 Show, the Boston Art Directors Club, the New York Art Directors Club, the Type Directors Club, the Broadcast Designers Association, and the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. From 1989-1992, he was a director of the AIGA.