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Awesome, this is exciting! Especially since so many of us made our own typefaces in Type I!
Design your own alphabet contest sponsored by Veer!
Hey y'all! I know its busy time with mid-terms and all, but if you need a theraputic creative project, you can always enter the Design*Sponge/Veer contest! There is a $500 prize (plus Veer credits!), and you can submit as many designs as you want! The deadline is November 9, 2010 - 10pm EST. F...
Thanks for letting us know Ben - I tweeted the update. If there are any others who can't make it, let us know!
Details for NEMO studio tour this Friday
Hey all! Thank you SO MUCH for the awesome turn-out in the comments section on the studio tour sign-up. I think we beat our own comment record: 44 comments! Yes! I just wanted to confirm the sign-up list as well as the waiting list. It looks like a few people wanted to be #21 but missed the sec...
Yay chicken tending! I love my hens, they're so sweet :)
The Faces of FOGD ::: KIM REEDE
Name Kim Reede Year in program Senior Where are you from? Portland What are your favorite colors right now? Grey, dusty greens, warm yellows What is your favorite part of graphic design? It is such a versatile field with so many different things you can do and create. Who are some designe...
I m Pistilli Roman! Which I think is fitting...
What's Your Type?
Pentagram wants to know "What Type Are You?" simply enter your first and last name and the password (CHARACTER) and then answer four questions. I (kate) am Architype Van Doesburg. I don't quite know what that means since I would never use that typeface for anything. sigh.
Tina - not 100% sure, but they're usually a few hours. If you have to dip out early I'm sure they would understand though! Can we number ourselves in the comments for ease from here one out? Ben is number EIGHT.
Sign Up for Nemo Design Studio Tour
Hello! Here is the sign-up post. Comment below to secure your spot at next week's studio tour. We will tour Nemo at 3pm, Friday January 15. Nemo is located at 1875 SE Belmont St in Portland. That's on SE Belmont between 18th and 19th Avenues. We must cap the attendance at 25 students. Feel free ...
Alex is in!
Sign Up for Nemo Design Studio Tour
Hello! Here is the sign-up post. Comment below to secure your spot at next week's studio tour. We will tour Nemo at 3pm, Friday January 15. Nemo is located at 1875 SE Belmont St in Portland. That's on SE Belmont between 18th and 19th Avenues. We must cap the attendance at 25 students. Feel free ...
fixed ;)
Weclome back // Winter Term Happenings!
Welcome back for Winter Term 2010! I can't believe it's the future already. I hope everyone enjoyed their break and got some good work/rest/travel/family time/etc in. I know I wish I had more time, but then who doesn't? We've got a few awesome things going on this term - we hope you can join us ...
Ha, nice catch Carrie!
Weclome back // Winter Term Happenings!
Welcome back for Winter Term 2010! I can't believe it's the future already. I hope everyone enjoyed their break and got some good work/rest/travel/family time/etc in. I know I wish I had more time, but then who doesn't? We've got a few awesome things going on this term - we hope you can join us ...
I love the Blagojevich hair the best.
Inspiration Friday: Abstract City Blog + Christophe Niemann
The New York Times has some pretty stellar stuff. Christph Niemann illustrates the Abstract City Blog, a collection of interesting, innovative insights into everyday life made through his expansive offering of illustration styles. My favorite, and the most recent, is this leaf-cutting illust...
I am super excited for this!
New student-initiated blog
Fort Port trailer from Aaron Rayburn on Vimeo. Thanks to the supportive nature of the design department at Portland State, juniors Ben Vickery and Aaron Rayburn are now co-curators of a brand new design blog, Fort Port. They have released this trailer in anticipation of a full blog delive...
There's Alyx!
Behind the Scenes at Bitch Magazine
Check out the new behind the scenes video of Portland based Bitch Magazine. Adjunct Professor Briar Levit is the Art Director and we have had MANY students land internships with them as well! Watch for the cool process shots of Briar working on the cover image for the most recent issue!
I love the idea of a found interview! So clever!
Design Students + Writing
We're designers. We make images, we think about what things look like, and that's it. Right? Well, hopefully not. We write, too. We communicate in the most appropriate way possible. Sometimes it's an image, sometimes it's a photograph, and sometimes it's an aptly written introduction to a bo...
So true! This is such good advice!
the hall monitor: orientation day_01
//start// Possibly some of the best advice I ever received about this program came at the beginning of my junior year. I was close to the end of my first term as an upperclassman and I was undoubtably failing. The advice came from my ART 320 instructor at the time, Precious Bugarin. Precious to...
Yes! Thanks everyone who came out, everyone who helped.. so glad to be a part of this group!
LOVE WHAT YOU DO = SUCCESS
Packed with parents! We did it! After a sleepless week of teamwork, trips to the hardware store, broken glass and pizza, our show finally opened last night to a hungry crowd of guests. (Don't they look like they could be siblings?) Frank Chimero gave us a proper dose of inspiration as he ...
Christy - sign up on the new post!
Get your letterpress on!
Just a reminder we're heading to EM Space one week from tomorrow for a workshop! 20 students are welcome to sign up, and Friday November 6 at noon we'll make a sign-up post. Get to your computer or your friend's iPhone and sign up! In light of that sweet sweet opportunity, here's anothe...
I want the 2 pm slot! Woo!
Sign up to hang out! (with Frank Chimero)
On Friday, November 6, Frank Chimero will be graciously donating his time to our students. Sign up here for a 20-minute session to show him your work! In order to sign up, you must: Be currently enrolled in the Graphic Design Program at PSU Bring something to show (a laptop with work on it,...
Mississippi Marketplace: Exploring North Portland's Food Carts
Alex, Alan and Andy "The North Portland Foodcarts aren't about food; they're about people. From the local resident that started the cart, to the neighbor that frequents these establishments, everyone involved has a story." For our group project, we decided to look at the food carts on and near N Mississippi Ave. Alan had some preexisting knowledge about some of the carts, and their origins. Most of them are fairly new, and there is still construction happening to bring in a few more carts in the area. Overall, we though it would be interesting to look at the owners of... Continue reading
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WHAT! I want to take Drew's class, I had no idea he was teaching here this term! Can't I be held back a year? :)
An Interview with Drew Bell // PSU-GD Faculty
"One of Those Days" "A Look Only You Would Understand" "Precocious Little Monster" (appeared in Lucky magazine) "Where the Earth Meets the Sky" Work before starting to work with partner, Ashley. How did you break into the field? Like most people these days, I wiggled my way into ...
Awesome! I can't wait to hear all the secret tips and tricks. Don't tell anyone about my secret powernaps in the Green Rooms though!
sneak peek: the hall monitor
Welcome/welcome back all new and returning designers*! It's very exciting to see the hallway(s) and classrooms full of fresh new faces as well as all of the old ones... who seem to already have dark circles under their eyes from too much work and not enough sleep. We're already a few weeks in...
Wow! Rad!
BIG RED.
Thank you, federal stimulus money! Whether it came from transportation improvements thanks to the new MAX Green Line out in front of the art building, or from education funding for structural improvements, I think we can safely say that funding has finally reached our little building on the edge...
heck yes! This rules.
PSU in HOW Magazine
The Portland State Graphic Design program is HOT! We should be on your RADAR! We know this, of course, but we are THRILLED that HOW Magazine decided to spotlight PSU (along with Mississippi State and Temple University-Tyler School of Art) as hidden gem design schools. The July/August issue i...
NICOLE you beat me to the comment while I was signing in. Yea, all she said ^^
New Locker Photos!
Andy and Alex have posted pictures from the locker painting party yesterday. Thanks again to everyone who came out to make this happen. Green Room (before) Green Room (after - a.k.a. "Clean Room") See more photos on their Flickr pages (Andy and Alex) or in the Friends Of...
Nicole, if you were on twitter you'd know that I totally already tweeted that!
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Great post over at Design Observer
Some of you guys probably read that blog religiously, but for everyone else: I stumbled upon a really excellent blog post about the student experience over on Design Observer. Entitled An Open Letter to Design Students Everywhere, Jessica Helfand speaks to all kinds of students: recent grads, se...
I got to see him speak once and it was awesome. Thanks for the vid Sarah!
Happy Monday!
Here is a great little video to start the week off with. It made me feel a whole lot better about the creative process and excited to keep moving forward! Plus I always wondered what Ira Glass really looked like...
Here's a relevant link - Email Etiquette!
http://www.lse.ac.uk/itservices/Rules/email.htm
It's important to remember that in our digital age, it can be easy to inadvertently come off as rude or uninterested or something equally as awful! Make sure you're replying to emails in a timely fashion, and generally being polite!
Okay, my mom-lecture is over!
(Goodness, look at all those exclamation points!)
!!!!!
What to do with exclamation points? As you all probably know, I'm not one to skimp on that lovely little pair of pure excitement. Most of the time I have to go back through emails and blog posts to remove at least half of my exclamation points so as not to sound too excited! Alex Boyd passed on ...
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