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// ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY'S SPRING SHOW IS THURSDAY MAY 21

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This year's Spring Show is Thursday, May 21!

Location:
Academy of Art University
601 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

Time:
11 am until 8:30pm
President's Reception: 4:30pm - 6:30pm

RSVP by May 11
Phone: 1.888.425.2787
Email: industryoncampus@academyart.edu
Web: www.academyart.edu/springshow

// ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WIN BRAND PACKAGING AWARD AT FUSE CONFERENCE

Four students from Michael Osborne's graphic design class walked away with awards from last Friday's FUSE Design & Culture, Brand Identity & Packaging Conference. The students - Charles Malonzo, Irene Tjahja, Monica Dannehl, and Ying-Ching Chen - have been awarded free passes to attend next year's FUSE conference (an approximate $3,900 value for each ticket). The students will also have their portfolios displayed on the Institute for International Research, a leading conference company behind the production of the FUSE conference, by the end of May.

The students presented their branding strategy, design, and packaging for Target's proposed new line of stores. The new stores, named "Aero" by Osborne's students, are to resemble a cross between Williams-Sonoma® and Crate & Barrel®. Their presentation was a huge success. Here is some of the feedback they received:

"Did Target contract this work?  No?!  Well, they should see it." Principal, NY design firm.

"As professional a presentation as any design firm would produce!"  VP Packaging, major food corporation.

"The students demonstrated a level of energy, enthusiasm and passion that will serve them well in their careers.  Any employer would be lucky to have each and every one of them on his/her team." Marie Von Feldt, VP Inwork, Inc.

// ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY ALUM WINS UNION STREET BANNER COMPETITION

Tom McNulty and Anne Tsuei.

Academy of Art University Graphic Design Department alum Anne Tsuei was awarded $500 for her winning banner design for the Union Street Merchants Association.

The Union Street banner design contest began as a pro-bono project to re-design Union Street facilitated by Tom McNulty and funded by Wells Fargo. Tom McNulty hired three Academy of Art University BFA in Graphic Design graduates to design the banners. Anne Tsuei and Sheri Kuniyki, both now working for Michael Osborne Design, and Augustus Ang took part in the competition.

// PHIL HAMLETT ADDRESSES THE BIG GORILLA IN THE SUSTAINABILITY ROOM

"The good news," says Phil Hamlett, "is that you can drive down San Pablo Ave, and see a 30-foot-high inflatable vulcanized rubber gorilla extolling you to 'buy green.' Yes, we have achieved full market saturation of the idea that we all need to be leading more sustainable lives. The bad news is that someone's idea of how to be sustainable calls for a 30-foot-high inflatable vulcanized rubber gorilla."

Phil Hamlett, Graduate Director of the School of Graphic Design at the Academy of Art University, and his MFA students introduce Sustaining San Francisco, a multidisciplinary design challenge to focus student energy on embracing sustainable principles in a meaningful fashion.

Partnering with Design Ignites Change, an initiative of Adobe Youth Voices and Worldstudio, the Academy of Art University School of Graphic Design will conceive and execute projects that are both relevant to the greater San Francisco community and themed around sustainability. The project is multidisciplinary in that the MFA Graphic Design students will also be working in cooperation with other Academy of Art University MFA departments (such as fashion, industrial design, and photography). Collectively, these students will showcase Bay Area innovations while simultaneously envisioning further solutions for a greener future.