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
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
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