Infinitesimal Eternity, 2009
Poster for a group show at Yale of artists with an ambivalent relationship to spectacle.
Neil Donnelly is a graphic designer who makes printed matter, websites, and exhibitions, and occasionally videos and typefaces. He has worked with Yale University, Storefront for Art and Architecture, The New School, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. He teaches graphic design at Rutgers and holds an MFA from Yale.
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Infinitesimal Eternity, 2009
Catalogue for a group show at Yale of artists with an ambivalent relationship to spectacle.
Convergence 142, 2009
Design of an exhibition of revealing, exceptional, and overlooked urban spaces at the Ordos Art Museum, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. Curated by Joseph Grima and Beatrice Galilee.
Yale MFA Photography 2009
Catalogue of work by Yale’s 2009 MFA photography class.
Divergent Convergence, 2009
Poster for an exhibition in Beijing of work by Western architecture schools’ China studios. Presented by the USC American Academy in China.
Divergent Convergence, 2009
Graphic design for an exhibition in Beijing of work by Western architecture schools’ China studios. Presented by the USC American Academy in China. Curated by Joseph Grima and José Esparza. Architectural design by MAD Architects.
Environmental Film Festival at Yale, 2009
Designed with Mary Voorhees.
Claiming Williams, 2009
Website for an initiative at Williams College addressing issues of privilege and inequality. Designed with Daniella Spinat and Mary Voorhees.
Anti-Chat, 2008
An instant message client that interrupts you with a to-do list, news headlines, current weather, time spent chatting, and reminders of the work you should be doing.
Old Ways + Modern Tools, 2008
Some True Stories, 2008
Identity and graphics for this show at Storefront for Art and Architecture, curated by Keller Easterling.
Some True Stories, 2008
Poster/mailer for this show at Storefront for Art and Architecture, curated by Keller Easterling.
Invention for 900 Hands, 2008
James Barron’s nine-part series from The New York Times on the making of a Steinway piano, presented in book form.
Your Own/Another Logic, 2008
Linda Is Leaving Tomorrow, 2008
Poster for Linda van Deursen. Designed with Daniella Spinat and Mary Voorhees.
1 second = 0.5 square inches, 2008
Book presenting the 2009 Yale Graphic Design MFA Class’ thesis presentations in their entirety. Each image is scaled relative to its duration of display. Designed under the direction of Linda van Deursen.
Paul Elliman Poster, 2008
Rachel Uffner Gallery, 2008
Identity and mailer for this Lower East Side gallery. Designed with Project Projects.
Retrospecta 2007–2008
An annual publication of the Yale School of Architecture that serves as an archive of student work, lectures, and symposia. Designed with Mary Voorhees.
Yale School of Art Commencement Program, 2008
The program for the School’s commencement, placing the graduating class alongside more than three decades of its predecessors.
Untitled, 2008
Critical reactions to The Rite of Spring spanning nine decades.
Now Playing, 2008
Exposing the listening habits of the Yale graphic design studio.
Repetition, 2008
Poster for a panel discussion on repetition at the Yale School of Art.
Talk About the Weather, 2008
The news according to the weather.
Indeterminacy, 2008
John Cage, David Tudor, and shredded paper.
One-Hundred Warm Jets, 2008
100 days of listening and responding to Brian Eno’s song, “Here Come the Warm Jets.” Conducted under Michael Bierut’s 100 Day Workshop at Yale.
The Premiere of The Rite of Spring, 2008
A typographic recreation of Stravinsky’s scandalous premiere.
Designing Politics, 2008
Proposed poster for a grant-making program focused on design and politics. Designed with Daniella Spinat.
The Face of the New Global Economy, 2007
A “brand proposal” for Nauru, a tiny, imperiled island in the South Pacific. Designed under the direction of Daniel van der Velden at Yale.
Hektor Plays Neu!, 2007
Hektor, a wall-mounted spray-paint “printer,” performs along with Neu!’s “Negativland.” Produced in a workshop at Yale with Ken Meier, David Yun, Jürg Lehni, and Uli Franke.
Rodney Carswell and Zak Prekop Postcard, Devening Projects + Editions, 2007
First in a series of postcards for this Chicago gallery.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Photographic Graduate Committee on Visiting Artists, 2007
A double-sided poster/mailer for a series of lectures and studio visits organized by photography graduate students at SAIC.
Public Domain, The Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School, 2006
Brochure and walking-tour map for a portion of The New School’s art collection. The works are scattered across several buildings in the West Village.