The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
So, this guy is amazing. John Solimine is a huge name in illustration and design. With over 12 years in the biz he’s done work for Lollapalooza, the National, Fuse, NPR, the Chicago Tribune, American Express, and Nike, to name a few, (the list goes on and on), and each…
Webinar: Designing with the Power of Data Wednesday, October 26 12:00 p.m. Eastern / 9:00 a.m. Pacific About: learn how pairing data and design can help businesses be more effective. To learn more about this webinar click here. To login to your AIGA account and register for this webinar click here. This…
Anthropology, on Walnut and 18th Street, is hosting several design events and workshops for Design Philadelphia. I posted them below. They are all free! All you have to do is register! Custom Book Workshop October 15, 10am-11am Create your very own custom book with designer and founder of roughdrAftbooks, e bond. www.roughdraftbooks.com…
A current art direction student of mine sent me an article last night that he found on Yahoo! News about a 19-year old college student who had designed an Apple logo honoring Steve Jobs. He had originally designed this logo to honor Jobs’ contributions to the industry when he had…
About the Exhibit AIGA, the professional association for design, every year hosts a worldwide 365 Design Effectiveness Competition for communication designers. AIGA awards designs that are both aesthetically pleasing and effective. AIGA Executive Director Richard Grefé summarized the competition as, “emphasizing that design, to be great, must achieve its business purposes first and,…
When: now through December 11, 2011 Where: The Art Institute of Philadelphia at 16th and Chestnut Hours: Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday 9 to 7, Friday 9 to 5, and Saturday 9 to 4. Cost: Free! About the Exhibit This is the first time Cambell’s Soup Company…
The project my Art Direction class is working on right now is to make a typography-driven print piece for a PSA about texting and driving. Working on it has made me realize how odd typography is as a medium, and how much I love it. The form vs. function balance…
Every year during the first two weekends in October, hundreds of professional visual artists in every Philadelphia neighborhood open their studios to the public, free of charge, to share and sell artwork. This week-end, October 1-2, Studios West of Broad Street (encompassing the areas below) are open to the Public.…
Lets talk for a second about Queens of the Stone Age. Musicians like to present their fans with a full range of experience, (and therefore merch). The band has a sound, the members have a look, and their merch is always carefully designed to a tee whether its clothes, stickers,…
Here are some interesting and useful books to put on your Christmahanukwanzaaka list, for designers but also anyone who needs inspiration for print work. I like studying classic posters and artists, especially in terms of compositional elements like balance and color scheme, and The Complete “Masters of the Poster” is…
CRED is a new arts and culture magazine focused on the youth of Philadelphia. By submitting your artwork, stories, and projects to the Magazine, will promote yourself and help you get noticed in the art scene of Philadelphia. The Magazine is released three times a year: December 2011, April 2012,…
Posters designs depend a lot on their subject matter, and how much information needs to be on them. Inspirational posters, for example, need only have only one word on them, (ie the classic “Conviction” or “Perseverance” posters that hung on the walls of every guidance counselor office from 1960…
