Ambica Prakash, born in New Delhi, India, is an accomplished design professional with a wide variety of experience around the world. Ambica holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees from both the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana and the College of Arts in New Delhi, India.

 

Throughout her three years as a tenure-track faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and her one-year appointment at American University in Washington D.C., Ambica taught a variety of graphic design courses, including Introduction to Graphic Design, Branding, Typography, Publication Design, Senior Capstone, as well as Art & Design Perspectives to Northern India, an international study abroad course.

 

Ambica’s design work has won many coveted awards. Her project with the Center of Sustainable Living in Bloomington, Indiana won the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Design Show Award in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She also received the Indiana Campus Compact Award and a Faculty Research Initiative Grant, which funded her research into the intersection of civic responsibility and graphic design.

 

She has presented her ideas about socially-responsible graphic design in speeches and on panels at various conferences. Her innovative professional and student work has also been covered by the media, such as CNN’s “Be The Change,” and published in books and magazines. Ambica is currently the Creative Director at Eighty2degrees in Washington, D.C.

 

You can contact Ambica by emailing her at design@ambicaprakash.com.