Marcia Lausen

Marcia Lausen (born 1959)[1] is an American graphic designer and educator. She is a professor and former director of the School of Design at the University of Illinois (UIC) in Chicago,[2] and co-founder of design firm Studio/lab.[3][4] Lausen was awarded 2015 AIGA Medal for her academic leadership and significant contributions to American graphic design.[1][5]

Lausen was born and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University.[1][2][6] She holds a Master's degree from the Yale School of Art where she studied under Paul Rand.[1]

Lausen is the author of Design for Democracy: Ballot and Election Design, published in 2007.[7] The book examines techniques to improve the graphic design of butterfly ballot that led to the highly publicized Florida vote recount in the 2000 U.S. Presidential election.[8][9][10] In collaboration with AIGA, Lausen led initiatives to redesign ballots in Cook County, Illinois[11] and the state of Oregon.[12][13][14] A copy of the book is held in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago museum.[8] Lausen lives in Chicago and is a former president of the Chicago chapter of AIGA.[11]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Marcia Lausen | UIC - School of Design". design.uic.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  3. ^ "about — Studio/lab". studiolab.com. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  4. ^ Farris, Jessica (2015-05-08). "2015 AIGA Medalist Marcia Lausen". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
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  6. ^ Arnett, Dana; Bethune, Kevin (2009-12-31). "S10E7: Marcia Lausen". DesignObserver. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  7. ^ Lausen, Marcia. Design for Democracy: Ballot and Election Design. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
  8. ^ a b Lausen, Marcia (2007), Design for Democracy: Ballot and Election Design, retrieved 2025-08-10
  9. ^ Groeger, Lena V. (2016-10-20). "Disenfranchised by Bad Design". ProPublica. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  10. ^ "Three More Who Design for Society". Fast Company. 2008-11-01. Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  11. ^ a b "Talks | Marcia Lausen | Marcia Lausen | 2008 Gain Conference | AIGA". www.aiga.org. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  12. ^ "Masters of Design: Marcia Lausen". Fast Company. 2004-06-01. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  13. ^ Morgan, Fiona (2006-11-08). "Design for Democracy head Marcia Lausen visits Raleigh to show how ballots can be made better". INDY Week. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  14. ^ "Easier voting through graphic design". Core77. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
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