Megan Bullock is the founder and Creative Director at Studio Mesh.
In a Nutshell
Megan Bullock is an interdisciplinary designer, maker, builder, writer, typographer, facilitator, ephemeral public artist, Appalachian by birth & New Yorker by blood. She’s her best in the in-betweens.
In Space & Time
Megan has served as a National Endowment for the Arts grant panelist, an Idea’s That Matter grant recipient, and a Global Studio contributor with Columbia University. She is a Creative Community Fellow alum, and a proud member of Female Founders Collective & RISD alumni network. She teaches & public speaks on social impact design in spaces like the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, UN World Habitat Forum & University of Tennessee.
Her work has been recognized by Print Magazine, AIGA, UN World Urban Campaign, AIA Center for Architecture New York, Studio-X Rio & Mumbai, American Addys, HOW Design, and as a wee teen, the Harvard Book Award. Focus Magazine called her a Wonder Woman of West Virginia.
Things Folks Say
MOST OF THE TIME, SHE’S MAKING THINGS.
Megan runs Studio MESH, working as the Creative Director with clients like the ACLU, Artplace America, Every Mother Counts, the European Union, United Nations University, Global Dignity, & West Virginia Free.
She started the MAKESHOP Design Lab in Charleston, West Virginia to make participatory design, coding, & design thinking workshops accessible to local youngins. While it’s currently hibernating, you can find resources and learning tools on makeshopdesignlab.org.
Things that make her heart stir include mapping patterns between seemingly disparate things, that aha moment when you see something from a new perspective, juxtapositions, intersectional feminism, the ‘Hey Arnold’ episode when the kids transform an abandoned lot into a playground, creative problem solving, conflict + resolution, participatory making processes and surprise outcomes, breathing life into things others think are dead or lost, common ground, peach trees, Pippi Longstocking and other strong young girls looking to lead, acts of bravery, timeless typography, visual storytelling, people thriving outside their comfort zone.
Things that make her heart stir include mapping patterns between seemingly disparate things, that aha moment when you see something from a new perspective, juxtapositions, intersectional feminism, the ‘Hey Arnold’ episode when the kids transform an abandoned lot into a playground, creative problem solving, conflict + resolution, participatory making processes and surprise outcomes, breathing life into things others think are dead or lost, common ground, peach trees, Pippi Longstocking and other strong young girls looking to lead, acts of bravery, timeless typography, visual storytelling, people thriving outside their comfort zone.
Things that make her heart stir include mapping patterns between seemingly disparate things, that aha moment when you see something from a new perspective, juxtapositions, intersectional feminism, the ‘Hey Arnold’ episode when the kids transform an abandoned lot into a playground, creative problem solving, conflict + resolution, participatory making processes and surprise outcomes, breathing life into things others think are dead or lost, common ground, peach trees, Pippi Longstocking and other strong young girls looking to lead, acts of bravery, timeless typography, visual storytelling, people thriving outside their comfort zone.
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