The MVA Studio
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
The MVA is a graphic design studio based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We design, books, posters, print collateral, exhibitions, music packaging, and identity systems as well as producing images and lettering for editorial and products.
Recent projects include exhibition collateral for The Soap Factory, a graphic campaign for Unhinged—an 18+ haunted house project, book covers for Minnesota Historical Society Press, and a redesign of the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization’s monthly newspaper.
Our design philosophy is simple: we want to tell a unique story about a subject through typography, images and other visual elements. For a better understanding of what this means read Joshua’s essay “What I’m Doing When I Design.” Our process incorporates elements from Lean Development to allow us to work fast and iteratively. We overhauled our ideation process a few years ago; Joshua discussed it on his podcast (with Mitch Goldstein) Through Process.