Meredith Barone is a Chicago-based graphic designer and artist. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2018, where she pursued interests in poetry, abstraction, and homes for words and images.
Meredith is a designer at Studio Blue, a graphic design studio that works and collaborates with museums, cultural institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Clients include The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Architecture Center, The Clark, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Driehaus Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Nasher Sculpture Center, National Public Housing Musuem, Peabody Essex Museum, Poetry Foundation, Steppenwolf Theatre, University of Illinois Chicago, Wrightwood 659
To get in touch please write to meredith@studioblue.us
CV available upon request
Are.na @meredithbarone
Lavender concrete
Heart health
Practisees / Poetry / Atelier
Words within themselves
Tumblr @meredithbarone, @lavenderconcrete
Meredith is a designer at Studio Blue, a graphic design studio that works and collaborates with museums, cultural institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Clients include The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Architecture Center, The Clark, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Driehaus Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Nasher Sculpture Center, National Public Housing Musuem, Peabody Essex Museum, Poetry Foundation, Steppenwolf Theatre, University of Illinois Chicago, Wrightwood 659
To get in touch please write to meredith@studioblue.us
CV available upon request
Are.na @meredithbarone
Lavender concrete
Heart health
Practisees / Poetry / Atelier
Words within themselves
Tumblr @meredithbarone, @lavenderconcrete
November 2025. Landmarks Illinois 2025 award winner: the National Public Housing Museum
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for Adaptive Reuse; the Richard H. Driehaus Legacy Award
signage, Studio Blue
November 2025. Design in Context
School of Design, Columbia College Chicago
speaker, Studio Blue
October 2025. Exhibiting Design, Designing Exhibitions
Graduate Studies Seminar, School of Design
College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
University of Illinois Chicago
speaker, Studio Blue
October 2025. AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2024
Ando and Le Corbusier
award, Studio Blue
August 2024. AIGA 365: Year in Design
Reading the Landscape
award, Studio Blue
August 2023. National Museum Publishing Seminar
Design Solutions Roundtable
panelist, Studio Blue
July 2023. AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2022
The Language of Beauty in African Art
award, Studio Blue
December 2022. STA 100
The Language of Beauty in African Art
MCA Chicago ArtEdge Save the Date
awards, Studio Blue
May 2020. AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers
Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle
award, Studio Blue
September 2019. UnderConsideration
First Round: Chicago
speaker, Studio Blue
July 2018. Newspaper Club
recognition, Portal Papers
April 2018. UNBOUND Art Book Fair
exhibitor, Merl
April 2018. Clerestory Journal of the Arts
contributor, artwork
December 2017. Odds and Ends Art Book Fair
exhibitor, RISD Graphic Design
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for Adaptive Reuse; the Richard H. Driehaus Legacy Award
signage, Studio Blue
November 2025. Design in Context
School of Design, Columbia College Chicago
speaker, Studio Blue
October 2025. Exhibiting Design, Designing Exhibitions
Graduate Studies Seminar, School of Design
College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
University of Illinois Chicago
speaker, Studio Blue
October 2025. AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2024
Ando and Le Corbusier
award, Studio Blue
August 2024. AIGA 365: Year in Design
Reading the Landscape
award, Studio Blue
August 2023. National Museum Publishing Seminar
Design Solutions Roundtable
panelist, Studio Blue
July 2023. AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2022
The Language of Beauty in African Art
award, Studio Blue
December 2022. STA 100
The Language of Beauty in African Art
MCA Chicago ArtEdge Save the Date
awards, Studio Blue
May 2020. AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers
Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle
award, Studio Blue
September 2019. UnderConsideration
First Round: Chicago
speaker, Studio Blue
July 2018. Newspaper Club
recognition, Portal Papers
April 2018. UNBOUND Art Book Fair
exhibitor, Merl
April 2018. Clerestory Journal of the Arts
contributor, artwork
December 2017. Odds and Ends Art Book Fair
exhibitor, RISD Graphic Design