Maria Muuk

Maria Muuk is a designer, researcher and writer based in Tallinn. 

She graduated from the EKA Department of Graphic Design in 2016. Together with Ott Kagovere, she organised self-initiated theory education directed to graphic design students during 2015–2018; the most active period of this time was spent as GD Project Space in a studio room on Paavli street, with a diverse programme open for the general public. In 2017, Maria did an internship at the graphic design studio Node in Berlin. She then continued her studies in Amsterdam at the master’s programme Critical Studies of the Sandberg Institute, where she developed research, written and artistic practices relating to the subject of visual, linguistic and affective communication. One of her most prevalent research interests is food and its semiotic and cultural meanings.