Hilary Greenbaum

Hilary Greenbaum is the design director for the Whitney Museum of American Art. She is a professor at NYU’s School of Continuing & Professional Studies, and has been a guest critic at Pratt Institute. Her work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Society of Publication Designers, the Type Directors Club, the Art Directors Club, the Society for News Design and the Output Foundation. Her work has been featured in such publications as TypoMag: Typography in Magazines, Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids and Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type. While at The New York Times Magazine, the Art Directors Club also honored her department there as the Design Team of the Year for their 89th, 90th and 91st Annual Awards. Greenbaum studied graphic design at the California Institute of the Arts (MFA 2006) and Carnegie Mellon University (BFA 2001), and has previously worked as a staff designer and design columnist for The New York Times Magazine. Greenbaum spoke to students in Prof. Brett Yasko’s Publicationcourse in the CMU School of Design.