baseline shift
Untold Stories of Women in Graphic Design History
"Baseline Shift centers diverse women across backgrounds whose work has shaped, shifted, and formed graphic design as we know it today.... [and] is essential reading for students and practitioners of graphic design, as well as anyone with an interest in women's history." Meredith's essay discusses suffragist graphic design, work created by women, for women, centered on their own political power.
ethics in design
Ethics in Design and Communication: Critical Perspectives
"There could not be a more apt time for the publication of Ethics in Design and Communication: Critical Perspectives...." Prompted by a thought-provoking panel discussion at the College Art Association, the authors of this book span countries across the globe. Meredith's essay highlights the widespread and systemic issues of ethics in interaction design and social media.
āloka vihāra
Leaving It All Behind
Meredith's design practice includes pro-bono work for various organizations, including for the women at Āloka Vihāra. Āloka Vihāra and the Āloka Earth Room represent Buddhist women who are re-establishing the women's tradition, a tradition that was originally founded over two and a half millennia ago. Shown here is Leaving It All Behind, writings of contemporary women monastics. Meredith designed both the English and Spanish editions.
short guide
A Short Guide to Research (for Designers)
This short guide developed from a series of lectures presented at Portland State University on how to conduct research as a creative. The guide explains concepts of information literacy and how to conduct quality research online, while also serving as an introduction to key primary techniques like ethnography. Finally, unlike existing research books, this pocket guide also includes research tactics specific to design.
lettering and type
teaching
Associate Professor
Meredith currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Graphic Design Program at Portland State University (PSUGD). Prior, she taught at Drake University and the College for Creative Studies. At PSU her focus is on research and theory. She most frequently teaches DES 407: Design, Politics & Society, the Thesis Sequence (DES 470 and 471), Motion Graphics (DES 345), and workshops on Semiotics (DES 408).