What did you study at the Hartford Art School and when did you graduate?
I studied Visual Communication Design and graduated in 2007.

What do you do now, tell us about your current work.
Right after I graduated I got a job at Plaid, a design and branding agency in Danbury, CT. It's a pretty awesome job. I've been fortunate enough to work with some really cool clients like Capitol Records, Segway, and TX Watches. I recently redesigned my agency's blog BrandFlakesForBreakfast which was a great experience. We got tons of postive feedback on the redesign. I've also had a chance to be a part of PlaidNation which is a summer tour going into it's third year. We take a Plaid van and drive across the country visiting agencies and brands and cool creative people. It's a pretty ridiculous experience. I designed the vehicle graphics for the 2007 and 2008 tours.

I also do some personal work. I recently started blogging a bit. The big project I've done for the past two years has been my calendars. In 2008 for every month I hand-drew a calendar, colored it in Photoshop, printed a ton of copies on my home printer, and mailed them all to my friends. It was a great experience, but a lot of work. For 2009 I just did one hand-drawn poster and had it offset printed. A few are still for sale on Etsy.

Any thoughts or advice for current students?
Don't ever be afraid to make work. Make a to-do list. Be confident in your work and don't second guess yourself based on other people's opinions. Be harsher in crits. The simplest solution is the best solution. Do what you love not what might get you a job. Have real opinions. Get on Twitter. Know what's going on in your industry. Network. Go to every opening, event, lecture, show, etc. Have fun.

What else do you do besides art and design?
Most of my non-art time is spent on my music. I make electronic music as Pop Heroes. It's kind of a one-man band thing. I write and record using my computer and a bunch of synthesizers. Occasionally, I'll go out and play a few shows in the area. There's also been a pretty nice overlap between my art and my music. I've been able to design album art, t-shirts, websites, posters, buttons, and everything else for Pop Heroes which was also the basis for my senior project. It's great to be able to create the visual side of a project as well as the musical side.

Matt Hunsberger is a designer and musician originally from New Jersey currently living and working in Connecticut. Matt attended the Hartford Art School and now works for the greatest agency in the world, Plaid in Danbury, CT. When he's not being awesome at Plaid, Matt creates a wide array of personal artwork, blogs, performs music as Pop Heroes and can be found on Twitter.