Ryan Bugden is an independent typeface designer & graphic designer based in Brooklyn. He often designs custom typefaces for brands and releases retail typefaces independently and through Future Fonts. He currently runs design studio R&M with Michelle Ando.
Education
Type and Media
Royal Academy of Art, the Hague
MA, Type Design
Type@Cooper Extended
Certificate, Type Design
Rhode Island School of Design
BFA, Graphic Design
Teaching
Type@Cooper
Guest Instructor
2021–Present
Type Sessions
2020
School of Visual Arts
2020–Present
Press & Exhibitions
BP&O
It’s Nice That
Surface Magazine
Monocle Minute on Design
The Fox is Black
IdN v26n3: Typeface Design Issue
FastCo Design
WIRED
Brand New
AIGA Eye on Design
UITdeKunst, Den Haag
RISD Graphic Design Triennial 2015
RISD Graphic Design Triennial 2012
The GoodType Book: Volume One
Mindsparkle Magazine
Typeroom
Creative Boom
Awards
D&AD 2023
TDC Ascenders 2022
TDC Certificate 2019, 2022 x2
TDC Judges’ Choice 2022 x2
FastCo Innovation By Design