Archive for February 2010
Design Department Social
Posted by: David Rodriguez on: February 28, 2010
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Friday March 5th. Room 404/406 4pm. Free Food Too! Quick Fire Design Competition: You will have one hour to create a “design” based on a simple theme. It could be something like “Good vs Evil” or “80s hip hop”. Two winners will receive gift cards and the pleasure of knowing you created something cool [...]
Presenter from Leo Burnett!
Posted by: David Rodriguez on: February 22, 2010
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Saturday Feb 27 10am This saturday, new students will be treated to an informational presentation about Westwood’s design program. Part of the presentation will be from Andy Sherman who currently works for a Leo Burnett company called MundoCom. Leo Burnett is one of the biggest names in Advertising and this talk will benefit everyone not [...]
Photography Without Camera Obsession …
Posted by: George Kassal on: February 22, 2010
People interested in photography often spend an inordinate amount of time obsessing about cameras. The camera itself is important, but the more important aspect of photography is deciding on subject matter, lighting, timing, perspective and composition. On average, about 80% of the success of a given photograph is due to the skill of the photographer, [...]
Inventive Google Chrome Ads
Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: February 20, 2010
So…Chris downloaded the Google Chrome Browser and loves it. I love the ads, and the fact that Google is using various artists to make them (and the customizable artist themes for the browser). Just wanted to share a few of my favorites: Crocheted “Features” Pointer “starts faster” Features List Check out more shorts on the [...]
Type wins again!
Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: February 19, 2010
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Go check out this show: TYPEFORCE : The Annual Chicago Show of Emerging Typographic Allstars Co-Prosperity Sphere 3219 S Morgan St in Bridgeport Opening: Friday, February 26, 2010 7pm Runs through: March 14, 2010 Allstars Include: Jeremiah Chiu, Renata Graw, David Weik, Billy Baumann, Matthew Hoffman, Chris Eichenseer, Chad Kouri, Ryan Thurwell, Luke Williams, Tnop, Andy Luce, John Pobojewski, Darren McPherson, Lora Fosberg, Margo Harrington, Greg Calvert, Aaron Pedersen, Christian Kuras and [...]
Ravinia Poster Contest
Posted by: David Rodriguez on: February 16, 2010
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Every year, the Ravinia Music Festival holds a poster contest for their new season. My photoshop class created some really great designs which I’d like to share with you…
Art Institute is Free this Month!
Posted by: David Rodriguez on: February 7, 2010
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For the whole month of February the Art Institute Museum is free! Usually admissions is 18 dollars and 12 dollars for students. Always Free at the Art Institute: Children under 14 Target Free Thursday Evenings, 5:00–8:00
Typeface (the film) in Chicago this week (Feb. 1-4, 2010)
Posted by: lindsay chenault on: February 1, 2010
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In my previous post, I mentioned the new documentary Typeface about Hamilton Wood Type. Well, turns out it is at the Siskel Film Center this week for $7 a ticket. If you are interested in going let me know – I can’t decide which day to attend… *** Tickets still available for Thursday Feb [...]
A Little Taste of Typography History
Posted by: lindsay chenault on: February 1, 2010
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This morning, in History of Graphic Design, we discussed the Industrial Revolution and its affect on graphic design and typography. Everytime I talk about wood type and traditional type setting, I get a tiny burst of energy. I am constantly inspired by historical design processes – it is a driving force to my own work [...]
A great start to the year
Posted by: Marjana Erceg on: February 1, 2010
As you may have noticed, being “green” was a hot trend for 2009. The new year does not seam to be changing the course of the path. If anything, this trend will perhaps continue to evolve even further. For the first project of the year for GD 480 I choose Greenies as the subject company [...]
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