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Courtney Garvin

Lecturer, School of Industrial Design

Courtney Garvin

Lecturer, School of Industrial Design

Courtney Garvin holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University. Her MFA thesis focused on color theory, examining the psychological, cultural, and personal meanings of color and its relationship to language. Garvin's career began with freelance exhibit design at the Boston Children's Museum and interactive design at Ziff-Davis Interactive in Cambridge, MA. 

Since 2000, her work has encompassed various aspects of design, including strategy, design, production, and implementation. Her project portfolio includes corporate communications, publications, branding, environmental design, exhibit design, packaging, multimedia, web, and interface design. Garvin has worked with large brands such as Accenture, The Coca-Cola Company, FedEx, Charles Schwab, The Walt Disney Company, Hewlett-Packard, InterfaceFlor, and musician will.i.am, as well as small clients, start-ups, and non-profits like the Turner Foundation, Librii, and former Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall. Her recent experience includes roles as a Lecturer at Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Design since Fall 2016, Senior Designer and Design Strategist at Son&Sons from 2011 to 2017, and Adjunct Professor at Savannah College of Art and Design since 2010. From 1999 to 2011, she worked as a Senior Designer at Unboundary, where she strategized, conceptualized, designed, and illustrated various print and digital projects.