Rick Heffner

Fresh from design school, Rick got his start 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. In that role he was responsible for designing and art directing collateral for Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet. Thirsting for an opportunity to apply his skills to a wider array of clients, in 1996 he founded Fuszion. The studio would soon be a national player, expanding into the museums, arts, associations, and institutional markets.

Rick earned his AA from Frederick Community College, BFA from Shepherd University, and an MA from the University of Baltimore. He has served on the board of directors for the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington and holds membership in the Broadcast Designers Association, AIGA, and the University & College Designers Association. Rick is an adjunct professor of graphic design at George Mason University School of Art.

Fuszion’s work has earned praise all around the world from the Broadcast Designers Association, Art Directors Club of Thailand, Print, AIGA, HOW, Graphis, the ADDYs, Novum, ADCMW, CTAM, HOW Design Books, Rockport Publishers, DESI, American Corporate Identity, The Big Book of Logos, Entertainment Graphics and many others.