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If you didn't get a chance to go to the opening party on Thursday, January 15th, (which attracted over 500 people by the way) you definitely should make time to head over to the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design to check out its newest exhibit, San Francisco Graphic Design. The exhibit will run January 16th through April 26th, 2009.
Curated by Michael Osborne, Michael Osborne Design, the show presents leading-edge work by San Francisco-based graphic designers including Philippe Becker (Philippe Becker Design), Adam Brodsley & Eric
Heiman (Volume Inc.), Josh Chen (Chen Design Associates), Barbara Vick
(Barbara Vick Design), Tom Ingalls (Ingalls Design), Jennifer Jerde
(Elixir Design), Mitchell Mauk (Mauk Design), Jennifer Bostic (Paper
Plane Studio), Sara Schneider (Chronicle Books), Michael Schwab
(Michael Schwab Studio), Christopher Simmons (MINE), Cinthia Wen (NOON).
Hello Everyone,
This year will certainly bring challenges no one ever dreamed of. Challenges make us better so I've decided to embrace the situation by asking myself what's important. Certainly not another pair of shoes or a new Spring coat (although I couldn't resist buying both as someone has to keep the stores open).
In all seriousness, there are dire conditions presenting themselves everywhere we turn. I don't need to enumerate them as they are obvious. Choosing what to do is always the question, short of stopping violence in Darfur and bombing in the Middle East, it is daunting to decide what take actions to take. I'd like to think of the small contributions I made in the historic Presidential campaign helped make the difference.
Since that victory, one of the things I have decided to do is to attend Compostmodern in February, so that I can hear first hand what talented, smart and concerned people have to say. Each year of Compostmodern has revealed actions we can all take, that in small ways can improve the environment on our home planet. Simple things like using aluminum bottles for the water we crave at any given moment, driving less, opting for hybrids or alternative fuel vehicles, sustainable paper and on and on.
This extraordinary and highly successful conference has served to inspire designers and concerned citizens to do more with less. Paradoxically, presenting the notion that creating a more concerned and conscientious form of commerce and capitalism that advances the quality of our lives instead of endangering the delicate ecosystem that supports us. The pundits have said repeatedly there is not much time left to rectify some of the reckless errors made by all of us. I want to know what I can do to make things better. Isn't that what a well lived life is all about? I hope you will join the design community who wants to do just that this February 21st at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.
--Mary Scott
How cool would it be to get this message from one of the top design publications?
Dear Alex,
Congratulations! Your student work has been selected for inclusion in the STEP Design 100 (March/April 2009 issue), which will feature the top designs of 2007 and 2008. We would like to feature your entry, Pantone Palette Cleansers, in the STEP design 100 showcase. A STEP writer will be contacting you to discuss the design work so we can represent it in our review.
Well, if you want to know, ask Alex Cornell. Currently a graphic design student in the MFA program at the Academy of Art University, Alex created his Pantone poster for an assignment in his Type Systems class. Alex details the highs and lows of working on his project on the ISO50 blog. He is interning there with bay-area notable designer Scott Hansen.
Look for the March/April issue of Step Inside Design to see Alex's poster.
While working at McLean Design, AAU alum August Ang acted as lead designer on the Fentimans' botanically brewed all natural sodas. August was instrumental in the product's U.S. launch with these design of 4-pack bottle carriers which have just been awarded Beverage World magazine's bronze medal for Best in Beverage Packaging 2008.
Look for them in stores soon!
According to IdN magazine (the bi-monthly and bi-lingual digital design magazine) Crystal Chou is "Top Talent." In its latest issue the publication states, "Crystal Chou decided to follow her innate passion for art and design after got her degree in computer science. Now working on her Master’s in graphic design, her thorough grounding in technology provides a perfect platform for her creativity. Definitely one to watch out for."
Crystal is currently enrolled in the School of Graphic Design's MFA program and is due to graduate this fall.
Crystal gazing into a bright future is the title of the interview featured in the issue.
Ben Davis of Words Pictures Ideas (WPI) sent this congratulatory note out to thank Academy of Art University students Mike Jeter and Carl Bender (both currently in the graphic design MFA program) when the website they worked on was selected as the Adobe Site of the Day on October 30, 2008.
Special congratulations to Mike Jeter and Carl Bender, the talented duo at WPI's purpose-driven adjunct design firm, I Shot Him Because I Loved Him, Damn Him. Mike and Carl were critical to the creative development and implementation of QuakeQuizSF.org.
