Ryan Waller
ryan “at” othermeans.us
(718) 622 0907
Other Means
@other_means
@instagrammmmmm∞

Ryan Waller is a partner at Other Means, a Brooklyn-based graphic design studio working with architects, artists, curators, editors, institutions, and schools.

EDUCATION

MFA Graphic Design, Yale University, 2009
BFA Graphic Design, Rhode Island School of Design, 2003

AWARDS

Type Director’s Club Award, 2025
AIGA, 50 Books 50 Covers, 2025
Tokyo TDC: The Best in International Typography & Design, 2025
AIGA, 50 Books 50 Covers, 2023
The Professional Development Fund, RISD, 2023
Tokyo TDC: The Best in International Typography & Design, 2023
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books, 2021 (Awarded in 2022)
AIGA, 50 Books 50 Covers, 2022
AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers, 2016
Fulbright Award, École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne and Federal Office of Culture, Bern, Switzerland, 2010
Mark Whistler Memorial Prize, Yale University, 2009
Twenty Under Thirty, Print magazine, 2006
Young Guns 5 Award, Art Directors Club, 2006

TEACHING

Rhode Island School of Design, Critic, Grad Form, Graduate Open Research and Print to Screen, 2014–ongoing
Yale University, Critic, Print to Screen and Typography Online, 2015–2023
Pratt Institute, Assistant Professor, Typography, Visual Language, and Thesis Research, 2011–2016
& guest critic at Parsons, Pratt, School of Visual Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Yale School of Art, Rutgers Mason Gross

LECTURES

Rutgers Design Lecture Series–Fall 2026, Lecture, 2026
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Lecture, 2024
Zamme, AMA/Lecture, 2024
Parsons School of Design, The New School, Lecture, 2024
Cornell University, Department of Architecture, Lecture, 2024
Yale School of Art, MFA Graphic Design, Guest Critic, 2024
Post.Design/Tangle (Helsinki, Finland), Lecture, 2023
Beckmans College of Design (Stockholm, Sweden), Lecture, 2023
Cornell University, Image Text MFA, Lecture & Workshop, 2023
Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) MFA, Lecture & Workshop, 2023
Parsons School of Design, The New School, Lecture, 2023
Virginia Commonwealth University, Lecture, 2022
Maryland Institute College of Art, Lecture, 2022
International Assembly Conference, Lecture, 2022
Parsons School of Design, The New School, Lecture, 2022
Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Other Means, April, 2018
Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne ECAL, April, 2018
Werkplaats Typografie, Other Means, April, 2018
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Other Means, April, 2018
Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Other Means, April, 2018
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Other Means, February, 2018
Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS Bard), Slugs, Other Means, October, 2017
Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS Bard), Branding Culture, Other Means, December, 2016
Parsons, A Look Back..., Other Means, October, 2016
Virginia Commonwealth University, Objects + Methods Lecture Series, Other Means, October, 2016
Maryland Institute College Of Art, Type Nite, Other Means, October, 2015
Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne ECAL, NYC, Other Means, May, 2015
Yale University, Extra Design: A Discussion of Alternative Practices, Other Means, April, 2015
Rhode Island School of Design, Three Guys, Other Means, March, 2015
Swiss Institute, Alternative Design Practices in NYC, Other Means, October, 2014
CalArts, Pop-Up Video, November, 2009
Rhode Island School of Design, Alumni Lecture Series, September, 2009

WORKSHOPS (with Other Means)

Cornell University, Image Text MFA, Lecture & Workshop, 2023
Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) MFA, Lecture & Workshop, 2023
Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne ECAL, Autocorrect, April, 2018
Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne ECAL, On & On Broadway, September, 2017
Virginia Commonwealth University, Betwixt & Between, October, 2016
Maryland Institute College of Art, American Standard, October, 2015

PUBLISHED WRITING (with Other Means)

Source Type, A Brief History of Cosmic Calls, July, 2024
Walker Art Center, 2017: The Year According to Other Means, December, 2017
Walker Art Center, Ronald McDonald Ollie Dos & Don’ts: What Mascots Can Teach Us About Branding, June, 2017
Art in America, Parts of Speech: Karel Martens as Scavenger, August, 2016
Walker Art Center, Over-Booked, September, 2012

TYPOGRAPHY SUMMER SCHOOL NEW YORK

Typography Summer School is a week-long program founded in London by Fraser Muggeridge, initiated in New York by Other Means, and taught together with different practitioners each year.
2026, Julian Bittiner, Michael Bierut, Geoff Han, Other Means, and Fraser Muggeridge
2025, Laura Coombs, Alex Lin, Other Means, and Fraser Muggeridge
2024, Laura Coombs, Alex Lin, Other Means, and Fraser Muggeridge
2018, Danielle Aubert, Erin Knutson, Other Means, and Fraser Muggeridge
2017, Julian Bittiner, James Goggin, Geoff Han, Hyo Kwon, Other Means, and Fraser Muggeridge
2016, Julian Bittiner, Yoonjai Choi, Bob Gill, Francesca Grassi, Geoff Han, Chad Kloepfer, Other Means, and Fraser Muggeridge
2015, Julian Bittiner, Yoonjai Choi, James Goggin, Geoff Han, Other Means, and Fraser Muggeridge
2014, Julian Bittiner, Neil Donnelly, Francesca Grassi, Hilary Greenbaum, Geoff Han, Other Means, and Fraser Muggeridge
2013, Julian Bittiner, Bob Gill, James Goggin, Geoff Han, Other Means, Mary Voorhees Meehan, Fraser Muggeridge, and Mark Owens

EASY LESSONING

Easy Lessoning is a series of casual lectures, drinks and small talk, at a studio. The series was founded in New York by Other Means with Corina Neuenschwander and Roland Früh. The lecturers speak about graphic design and related fields, their work or the work of others.
19, Mathias Clottu and Ben Denzer
18, Luiza Dale, Sally Thurer, and Tomáš Hlava
17, Seb Mclauchlan and Alicia Cheng
16, Jan Novák (ALLCAPS) and Bryce Wilner
15, Mindy Seu and Isabel Seiffert (Offshore)
14, Olivier Lebrun and Atlas Studio
13, Sacha Leopold & François Havegeer and JP Haynie
12, Sereina Rothenberger & David Schatz (Hammer) and Joel Evey & Nerissa Cooney (Ulises)
11, Kasper-Florio and Julian Bittiner
10, Emile Molin and Susan Sellers
9, Danielle Aubert and David Senior
8, Michael Bell-Smith and Laurel Schwulst
7, Melanie Bühler and Hannes Gloor
6, Knoth/Renner (Christoph Knoth & Konrad Renner) and Matylda Krzykowski
5, OK-RM and Robert & Durrer
4, Other Means, Corina Neuenschwander & Roland Früh
3, Louise Paradis and Christian Schwartz
2, Cory Arcangel and Dragan Espenschied
1, Geoff Han & Todd Rouhe of common room and Jonas Vögeli


Prior to founding Other Means, Ryan designed a logo for a local bubble tea and Vietnamese sandwich chain, created the GreeNYC Bird with Todd St. John, made Chipotle's corporate video, and made a poster that became a t-shirt for Rihanna.