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Come to Our Design Showcase!

Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: July 12, 2011

Hi guys! We’re having a big show for the School of Design’s graduating seniors in Visual Communications and Animation.  Mark your calendars, spread the word, and come on out to the opening event! It’s right around the corner from school (by the Panda Express on Madison):  23 E Madison St., a Pop-Up Art Loop  gallery [...]

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Rachel’s Design Book Picks

Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: June 9, 2011

Rachel, our librarian, has some excellent books to recommend for us Design Nerds, especially those of you working on your professional identity and self-promotional materials in preparation for the next step after graduation.  They are all in our library on the second floor.  Go check them out!  Here’s a sneak peek: Studio Culture: The Secret [...]

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Amazing Advice For Creatives

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: May 3, 2011

If you don’t know Ira Glass, you should.  He is the host of an amazing radio show on WBEZ Chicago called “This American Life“.  I stumbled upon this quote from him which is the best I’ve ever heard anyone explain the struggle of being a creative and how to get good at whatever you do: [...]

Visit to MightyBytes design studio

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: April 11, 2011

On Friday a group of 10 students took a trip to the Andersonville neighborhood to visit the MightyBytes design studio, which has worked for many local clients such as the Joffrey Ballet, Shedd Aquarium and the Chicago History Museum.  While their primary focus is on web design, they also create alot of interactive, video, animation [...]

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Congrats, Kim + Felicia!

Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: April 5, 2011

Two really good news items from the School of Design: 1. Movin’ on up! Just wanted to give a shout out to Kimberly Smith for recently being accepted into Grad School.  After completing her Animation degree (with honors) this summer, she is headed back to school for an advanced degree.  Kim will attend Robert Morris [...]

A new year, A new term.

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: January 6, 2011

Hey guys,  So this is the start of another year here at the Designloop and Westwood.  If you are on top of your game, you already know that tomorrow (Friday Jan, 7) is the first day of class at Westwood so make sure you don’t miss that…    Also be on the lookout soon for [...]

Congratulations to our Westwood (Chicago Loop) Visual Communication 2010 graduates!!!

Posted by: Marjana Erceg on: October 18, 2010

Congratulations to Nicolas Diaz, Diana Hamdan, Lashelle Harper, Joseph Olenik, Mia Moore, Richard Vega, and Randall Witte. For the last 3 years, they have been successfully navigating through Westwood College design curriculum that emphasizes the roles of social context media and aesthetic in the production of visual language. Graduating students’ portfolios demonstrated well-established foundation of [...]

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How Collecting Can Make You a Better Designer

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: August 30, 2010

Even as a kid I was never that big on collecting, but increasingly Im finding out that there are many benefits to being so passionate about something that you start collecting it. In short, collecting something tends to make you an expert in that thing, whatever it is, and graphic design is no exception. My [...]

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Contest Page Updated…

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: June 4, 2010

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