Democracy Will Win
Goethe Institut

Dieter Rams at 90
Goethe Institut

HIGHLIGHTS Calendar
Center for Architecture New York

HIGHLIGHTS Calendar
Center for Architecture New York

Constructs
Yale School of Architecture

Constructs
Yale School of Architecture

Reimagining the Civic
Yale School of Architecture

The Innovative Urban Workplace
Yale School of Architecture

Hunters Point Shoreline, San Francisco
Architect: Envelope AD


Hunters Point Shoreline

Intentional Shift
Hunters Point Shoreline

Intentional Shift
Hunters Point Shoreline

The Writing On The Wall
Hank Willis Thomas & Incarceration Nations Network

pingchong.org
Ping Chong and Company


ArtPlace Annual Summit


ArtPlace America 10 Years


ArtPlace America 10 Years


Princeton Builds Campaign


Princeton Builds Campaign

Together for Kingsbridge
NYC Development Corporation

Various Posters
Spitzer School of Architecture, CCNY

City Works 10
Spitzer School of Architecture, CCNY

Craftways Conference Identity
Center for Craft

The Question of Intelligence
Sheila Johnson Design Center, The New School

A Working Model Of The World
Sheila Johnson Design Center

A Working Model Of The World
Sheila Johnson Design Center

Art, Environment, Action!
Sheila Johnson Design Center

Big Ideas Small Lots
Center for Architecture New York

Building Connections
‍Center for Architecture New York


Center for Architecture LAB

Guess-A-Sketch
Center for Architecture New York

The Ocean After Nature
Sheila Johnson Design Center

Workwear
Sheila Johnson Design Center

ABOUNADDARA:The Right to the Image
Vera List Center


ABOUNADDARA:The Right to the Image

Design Anthropology: Critical Speculations
Viktor Papanek Foundation

Brooklyn Army Terminal
New York City Economic Development Corporation

Brooklyn Army Terminal
New York City Economic Development Corporation

Madison Square Boys and Girls Club
Architect: Rogers Partners


Madison Square Boys and Girls Club

Graham Windham
Architect: WxY Architecture

Incarcerated Parents and ACS
Center for Urban Pedagogy & Bronx Defenders

Great Falls Great Food Great Stories
National Park Service

Manuel Miranda Practice (MMP) is a graphic design studio focused on creating visual communication systems for people, cities, spaces, culture, and content.

We design graphic identities, publications, books, posters, websites, exhibitions, social media graphics, conference graphics, apps, exhibitions, signage, wayfinding, and environmental graphics for individuals, institutions, governments, and corporations. We work in a listening-oriented, research-driven, and collaborative manner with a strong strategic, logical, and aesthetic perspective.

Manuel Miranda Practice, LLC is a certified Minority Business Enterprise in New York City, with pending MBE certification for the state of New York. We are based in the Lower East Side of New York City. Please get in touch for more information.

Recent Clients and Collaborators:
ArtPlace America, the Center for Architecture New York, the Center for Craft, the Center for Urban Pedagogy, Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail, Incarceration Nations Network, NYC Economic Development Corporation, Hank Willis Thomas, Parsons School of Design, Ping Chong and Company, Princeton University, SCAPE Landscape Architecture, Caroline Woolard, WxY Architecture, the Viktor Papanek Foundation, and the Yale School of Architecture.

Team:
Manuel Miranda (Principal)
Ruth Chan
Fred Pirlot

In addition to our core team, MMP collaborates with firms, studios, and individuals from other disciplines such as architecture, community engagement, urban planning, and web development to meet the needs of large, multidisciplinary projects.

Principal:
Manuel Miranda is the owner and lead designer of MMP. He has over 15 years of experience working across a wide range of project, client, and media types. He serves as a mayor-appointed commissioner on New York City’s Public Design Commission, the City’s design review agency, and is a senior critic in the MFA program at the Yale School of Art.

Previously, Manuel was Vice President of AIGA New York, where he created design programming for the Museum of Art and Design and developed community-based projects funded by ArtPlace America and NYC Small Business Services. In 2015, he led a team that created the winning proposal for Van Alen Institute’s “National Parks Now”, a competition to imagine new audience engagement strategies at urban parks for the National Park Service. Prior to starting his own studio, he was a design director at 2x4, and a designer at Brand Integration Group at Ogilvy. He earned his MFA in Graphic Design at Yale School of Art, and his BA in literature and linguistics from the Evergreen State College. He was a 2020–21 Coro Leadership New York participant.

Talks and Lectures:
AIGA New York, Center for Urban Pedagogy, the Maryland Institute College of Art, the National Park Service, New York University Steinhardt, the Society for Experiential Graphic Design, Texas State University, University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Design, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, and Yale School of Art.

Teaching, Juries, and Guest Critic:
Center for Urban Pedagogy, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Princeton University, Spitzer School of Architecture at City College New York, and Yale University School of Art.

Professional Recognition:
Architect’s Newspaper, American Institute of Architects San Francisco, NYCxDesign, Society for Experiential Graphic Design, Type Directors Club New York, and Van Alen Institute.