Assistant Professor
Henry Brimmer
Contact
Room: 313 Communication Arts & Sciences BuildingPhone: 517-432-7078
Fax:517-432-2589
Email: hbrimmer@msu.edu
Bio
Henry Brimmer, a graphic designer who often doubles as photographer and educator, joins the Department of Advertising, Public Relation, and Retailing as part of the college’s Design Initiative via the MSU Quality Fund. With almost 30 years of industry and teaching experience, Henry was most recently Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he also designed and co-curated “Designing Experiences,” an exhibit of work by graphic and industrial design alumni presented at the Krannert Museum of Art in Urbana from April through July 2006.From 2000 through 2005, Brimmer was associate professor at Southern Utah University, where he was hired to establish a graphic design program through the Department of Art. Before that he had his own design studio in San Francisco and was the publisher/editor/designer of Photo Metro magazine, a San Francisco-based award-winning magazine on photography.
Brimmer received his Master of Fine Arts degree in graphic design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Sonoma State University in California, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California-Berkeley. He resides in East Lansing with wife Therese, the rambunctious duo of Matias (13) and Andreas (10), and Cocoa the cat.
Current Courseload
Fall 2009:ADV 326 - Advanced Creative: Media IOffice Hours for Fall 2009:
Monday & Wednesday 12-1 in room 251
