Alumni Career Chats with Amira Hegazy '15

Curious about design and want to learn more? Upload your resume to this posting and select a time slot on January 28 to speak with Amira Hegazy '15 who started her letterpress company in Lexington, has worked with rare books and curated her own show at the Design Museum of Chicago. Amira makes images, experiences, objects, books, and texts. Based in Chicago, she teaches design practice and theory at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her research investigates Diverse design legacies and Love as an organizing principle in community Driven design. Combining play and scholarly methods —Amira's work is multimodal — shifting output to express the most honest form the idea can hold. Beyond her individual expression, her practice includes collaborative projects with other artists and scholars to create unique prints, books, and exhibitions. Amira earned an MFA - Printmedia at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA from W&L in Sociology and Anthropology and Studio Art.