About Rick

Fresh from design school, Rick began his career at one of D.C.’s premier design firms, Supon Design Group. He then moved on to be one of the initial members of the design team for Discovery Communications as Senior Design Manager, where he designed and art directed collateral for Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet. Thirsting for an opportunity to apply his skills to a broader array of clients, in 1996, at the age of 25, he started his own design studio, Fuszion. Building from his entertainment background, the studio was soon a national player and would quickly find its way into the advocacy, conservation, museum, and institutional arenas.

Rick earned his MFA in Graphic Design from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, MA from the University of Baltimore, BFA from Shepherd University, an AA from Frederick Community College . He served on the board of directors for the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, and holds memberships with the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Society of Publication Designers (SPD), and the University and College Designers Association (UCDA). 

When Rick is not in the classroom, he and his firm, Fuszion, provide creative services and design consultation for clients that include the Smithsonian, National Geographic, World Wildlife Fund, Ocean Conservancy, American Rivers, International Fund for Animal Welfare, National Parks Conservation Association, Galapagos Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, The President’s Committee on the Arts & The Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), PBS, Georgetown Business Improvement District, United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Public Welfare Foundation, Hasbro, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, and the National Children’s Museum.

Rick is an assistant professor of graphic design at George Mason University School of Art.