Robert Probst
Professor
School of Design
- 513 556 9808
- 5470N Aronoff
- robert.probst@uc.edu
College of Design Basel, Switzerland (equivalent to US MS Design), 1974
Topics of research and/or creative and professional work
Environmental Graphic Design
Wayfinding Communication
Exhibition Design
Drawn Design
Robert Probst has been a professor of Graphic Design at the College of Design,Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati since 1978. He was named Director of the School of Design in 2001 and Dean of the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning in 2008.
The scope of his work spans a wide range: from two-dimensional graphics, promotional and identity design, multi-dimensional interpretive exhibition work, architectural signage and environmental design to wayfinding systems and product development. His more than twenty-five years of professional experience is based on work for cultural, historical, zoological, educational and municipal institutions as well as for the private industry sector. He began his professional career in the renowned studio for visual communication of Otl Aicher in Germany in 1975.
Mr. Probst's academic and professional work is featured in numerous national and international publications. He has received many awards from professional organizations. He has lectured at institutions and international conferences in the United States, Mexico, England, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and South Korea. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Ohio Arts Council, the Cooper-Hewitt National Museum for Design in New York and The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. He has served on the Board of Directors of the International Society for Environmental Graphic Design for four years and as President of its Education Foundation for two years. In 1996 he was named Fellow of the SEGD. In 1997 he was elected member of the AGI, Alliance Graphique Internationale.