SVA MFA Design Criticism

D-Crit is the Design Criticism MFA department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, chaired by Alice Twemlow and co-founded along with Steven Heller in 2006. In Fall 2008, the department enrolled 15 students, who became the inaugural class to complete the two-year program and graduate, in May 2010, with a Design Criticism Master of Fine Arts degree. In the fall of 2014, the program morphed into a one-year Master of Arts degree in Design Research, Writing, and Criticism.

SVA MFA Design Criticism (D-Crit)

Established	2008
Location	New York , NY
Website	dcrit.sva.edu

Program Chair

• Alice Twemlow

Program Co-Founders

• Alice Twemlow
• Steven Heller

Faculty

• Alice Twemlow
• Steven Heller
• Kurt Andersen
• Paola Antonelli
• Akiko Busch
• Ralph Caplan
• Andrea Codrington
• Justin Davidson
• Russell Flinchum
• Janet Froelich
• Karrie Jacobs
• Alexandra Lange
• Julie Lasky
• Adam Harrison Levy
• Elaine Louie
• Matilda McQuaid
• Leital Molad
• Phil Patton
• Shax Riegler
• Elizabeth Spiers
• Karen Stein

External links

• D-Crit Web site
• School of Visual Arts Official Homepage

Magazine and online articles

• "Get to Know SVA's D-Crit Program". mediabistro.com. 5 Oct 2011. Archived from the original on 2009-11-21. Retrieved 20 Jun 2012.
• "D-Critters Dance with Assorted Devils". Oculus Archive. 15 Apr 2008. Retrieved 20 Jun 2012.
• "New Model Army". MetropolisMag. 16 Jan 2008. Retrieved 20 Jun 2012.
• danrubinstein.com/2008/10/28/dcrit/
• STEPMagazine
• "School of Visual Arts: MFA in Design Criticism". DesignTaxi. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
• www.subtraction.com/2008/05/27/dcrit
• www.core77.com/blog/events/sva_design_criticism_open_house_7436.asp