Congrats Nathan!

Nathan was just notified that he is a finalist in the Best of College Photography Competition. He entered one of his beautiful
photos from Africa taken last summer while a volunteer in Kenya. Should know in a few days if he is one of the winners.
There were close to 14,000 entries so his finalist spot makes it a tremendous honor as well. Congrats Nathan.
To everyone, enter your work, enter your work, enter your work into competitions.
Let me say it again, Enter your work into competitions.

Great Book. Must Read.

A must read for all designers who are even thinking of moving into Advertising. However, it's a great read for any creative who
loves the "backstory" about being a designer. Lots of great funny horrendous stories of working in the design field.

You won't be able to put this book down. Give it a shot.

SEMINAR: MICHAEL BIERUT, PENTAGRAM

SEMINAR: MICHAEL BIERUT, PENTAGRAM
February 18 2010
Portfolio Center
Everyone is invited!!!!!


From the Pentagram website:

Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, graduating summa cum laude in 1980. Prior to joining Pentagram in 1990 as a partner in the firm’s New York office, he worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates, ultimately as vice president of graphic design.

Bierut’s clients at Pentagram have included the Alliance for Downtown New York, Benetton, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Alfred A. Knopf, the Walt Disney Company, Mohawk Paper Mills, Motorola, MillerCoors, the Toy Industry Association, Princeton University, Yale School of Architecture, New York University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Sex, and the New York Jets. His projects have ranged from the design of “I Want to Take You Higher,” an exhibition on the psychedelic era for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, to serving as design consultant to United Airlines.

Bierut’s recent activities have included the development of a new identity and signage for the expanded Morgan Library and Museum; the development of environmental graphics for The New York Times Building; the design of an identity and public promotion for Philip Johnson’s Glass House; the creation of marketing strategies for the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation; the development of a new brand strategy and packaging for luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue; and the redesign of the magazine The Atlantic.

He has won hundreds of design awards and his work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, all in New York; the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.; the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany; and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Montreal. He has served as president of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1988 to 1990 and is president emeritus of AIGA National. He currently serves as a director of the Architectural League of New York and of New Yorkers for Parks. In 1989, Bierut was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale, in 2003 he was named to the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, and in 2006 he received the profession’s highest honor, the AIGA Medal, in recognition of his distinguished achievements and contributions to the field. In 2008 he received the Design Mind Award in the National Design Awards presented by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Bierut is a Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art. He is co-editor of the anthology series Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design, published by Allworth Press, and in 1998 he co-edited and designed the monograph Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist. He is a co-founder of the weblog Design Observer and his commentaries about graphic design in everyday life can be heard nationally on the Public Radio International program “Studio 360.” His book Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2007.

Design Summit: Ringling College of Art, Sarasota, FL

www.sarasotadesignsummit.com/2010/

This weekend in Florida!

Campus Movie Fest 2010

Sign up at:
http://www.campusmoviefest.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/AjayFlow.woa/1/wo/aZHEWWYCiTtZsFP5tFrdig/2.0.3.1

UCDA Branding Summit: Nashville

UCDA DESIGN SUMMIT
March 18-20, 2010
Nashville, Tennessee
Hutton Hotel
BEYOND BRANDING
In 140 characters or less, is your institution connecting with your audience? In these tough economic times, creative communications professionals are vital to solving some of your institution's financial and global responsibilities by making your brand viral.

Join us for the 2010 UCDA Design Summit and learn how to look at your communication plan and see how your brand can extend into a strong print portfolio and beyond, becoming integrated into the everyday lives of your audience and explore how to utilize social media and take our brands to the next level. The UCDA Design Summit, with a focus on branding, is the single most relevant event tailored specifically for communicators in education.

THE FACULTY
Our faculty lineup for 2010 is an outstanding one! Faculty includes: Patrick DiMichele (Senior Strategist, mStoner); Christine Klaehn (Partner, Director of Brand Strategy, Corey McPherson Nash); Herbert Krabel (Guerrilla Communication); Rachel Reuben (Director of Web Communication & Strategic Projects, State University of New York at New Paltz); and Tom Hope (Creative Director of University of Central Florida, UCF Marketing).

THE PROGRAM
Schedule
You'll enjoy two and one half days of intensive programming from our five faculty members. See full schedule and session descriptions.

Literature Exchange
Share examples of your work with your colleagues and gather new ideas to bring back to your institution. Bring samples with you, or mail them to yourself at the hotel to arrive when you do.

Spruill Gallery : Run For Cover

Someone should make a list of all the talented artists who live, all too often under the radar, in our city. Here are a couple of names: Flournoy Holmes and Susan Archie. Crack designers and Grammy winners both, they get a well-deserved shout-out in “Run for Cover,” a really fun and aesthetically illuminating exhibition of 432 new and vintage albums at Spruill Gallery.

RUN FOR COVER

A look at the album covers that defined and influenced our experience of music and shaped our lives. These images are embedded in our memories and are an ongoing connection to the music they represent.

January 15 - March 6, 2010

Opening Reception:
Thursday, January 14, 2010
6:00 - 9:00 pm

With cooperation from MODA