Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: February 29, 2012
Denise’s Typography class hosted a lil’ Helvetica party in their room the day after Valentine’s Day. Students and faculty shared some “helvetica goodness”–info, examples, and praise for the Typeface–and ate delicious homemade cookies (some specially crafted for the occasion). There were also Type games to play, to test your knowledge of typefaces and kerning. Try [...]
Posted by: jb1789 on: February 28, 2012
* Internship Dates: May 23 – September 2, 2012 * Assist designer and marketing manager with design needs * Use of strong typographic skills to create designs within the company aesthetic * Develop unique work appealing to a family audience Skills & Qualifications: * Strong, clean design aesthetic * Keen eye for typography and layout [...]
Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: February 24, 2012
Chicago Filmmakers will be featuring new short narrative work for the 4th annual SHORT STORY FILM SHOWCASE in April 2012. Narrative work of all kinds will be accepted! Films should be less than 20 minutes in length (the shorter – the better!) and completed within the last three years. Formats include 16mm, 8mm, Beta SP, [...]
Posted by: jb1789 on: February 23, 2012
You come up with potential designs for our deviantWEAR t-shirts. Deviants vote on their favorite designs. Judges choose 3 winning designs: 2 designs based on the highest-voted submissions and 1 design from ALL of the Entries to the Challenge. Artists of the winning submissions get cash and their designs printed on t-shirts for all to [...]
Posted by: jb1789 on: February 17, 2012
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Posted by: jb1789 on: February 16, 2012
GoGo squeeZ’s Mobile Playground Campaign is about to kick-off their ‘Pass the Play’ tour. Together with Dr. Alice Wilder, Blue’s Clues Producer, they are inviting artists to unleash their creativity and design the official logo for the GoGo Mobile Playground which will tour across the US in the summer of 2012, providing moments of simple [...]
Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: February 16, 2012
Here are the Design Student Honors Awards for the October term. Congrats you guys! You deserve to celebrate. On the Dean’s List Kori Crumpton Quittman Farmer Anthony Jones Juan Peralez Theo Tillman On the President’s List Lionel Alvarez Kevin Ayers Felicia Bavirsha Mikia Giddens Ashley Macabenta-Torres John Mrochen Alex Villanueva Eva Willis And with Perfect [...]
Posted by: David Rodriguez on: February 8, 2012
Until Feb 28, signing up with the AIGA is now only $50 instead of the usual $100. In case you don’t know, the AIGA is the professional organization for graphic designers across the United States. They have workshops, lectures and lots of other benefits for members who sign up. One really great benefit is the [...]
Posted by: David Rodriguez on: February 8, 2012
Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: February 3, 2012
I am very pleased to announce our Student of Term (October 2011 term) for Visual Communications: Ashley Macabenta-Torres! She has been with us only a little over 1 year now, and is already proving to be a force to reckon with. She is dedicated to learning design, has clever ideas, and works hard, often taking [...]