Jennifer Morla is the President and Creative Director of Morla Design, San Francisco, California.
Morla received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design in 1978 from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts.
She has been awarded the two highest honors in design; the Cooper Hewitt , Smithsonian Design Museum National Design Award and the AIGA Medal .
She founded Morla Design in 1984 as a multi-disciplinary design firm encompassing print, interactive, and environmental design. Clients include The New York Times , Levi Strauss & Co., Apple Computer, Herman Miller, Stanford University , and Luna Textiles She has worked extensively with conceptual art venues designing identities, books and posters for The Mexican Museum, SculptureCenter , Capp Street Project , and New Langton Arts .
Since 1992 she has taught as an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts .
2017 - Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum National Design Award 2010 - AIGA Medal. 2008 - AIGA Corporate Leadership Award for DWR 2008 - AIGA Fellowship Award AGI Alliance Graphique Internationale (1998-present) AIGA National Board of Directors (1997-1999) SFMoMA Accessions Board for Architecture and Design (1995–2017) MOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Denver Art Museum Library of Congress 2012 The Workshop Residence, San Francisco, CA The Workshop Residence: Jennifer Morla Artist in Residence 2010 California College of the Arts, CCA, San Francisco, CA Jennifer Morla: AIGA Medalist 1999 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Jennifer Morla, Selections from the Permanent Collection 1999 K Kimpton Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA Jennifer Morla, Encaustic Works on Canvas 1996 Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Morla: Bay Area Portfolio 1994 DDD Design Gallery, Osaka, Japan Jennifer Morla 2016 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Typeface to Interface: Graphic Design from the Collection 2003 Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY US Design 1975-2000 2002 Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO US Design 1975-2000 1998 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Posters American Style 1985 Grand Palais, Paris, France US Posters 1995 Brandenburg Art Gallery, Berlin USA-Posters The Designer’s Dictionary of Color, Sean AdamsMeggs' History of Graphic Design (5th Edition), Alston PurvisThe Poster: 1000 Posters from Toulouse-Lautrec to Sagmeister, Cees W. de JongLaunching the Imagination, Mary StewartGlimmer: How Design Can Change Your Life, Warren Bergeri-D 2008Women of Design: Influence and Inspiration, Armin Vit & Bryony GomezTeaching Graphic Design, Steven HellerGraphic Design America 3, Jenny SullivanThe New York Times Magazine Graphis Magazine Graphis Poster, Jennifer Morla forward and introductionCommunication Arts Magazine Women in Graphic Design, Gerda Breuer, Julia MeerHOW 15 Masters of Design: Jennifer MorlaIDEA Magazine (Japan)Linea Graphica (Italy)A Diseño (Mexico)Novum (Germany)
