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Objects + Methods Lecture Series
2011-2012 Graphic Design Visiting Lecturer Series
Grace Street Theater, 930 West Grace Street
Lectures begin at
4:30PM unless otherwise noted
Fall 2011 Lectures
Mia Rockel
10.17.2011
Mia Rockel is a German Graphic Designer who graduated in Information Science and Media Design in 2009. Her work is multidisciplinary, artistic and conceptual in nature. In January 2011 Mia moved from Berlin to New York and is currently employed as an art director at a motion graphics studio in SoHo. Mia will talk about her typographic work which continues to draw attention following her exhibitions of the award winning project, No hidden message.
Mia has provided the following statements in advance of her talk:
The message is the medium is the message is the medium is the message is ...
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The medium is the mission,
fonts are software,
words are images,
and the moment is now.
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Type, text, tool, today.
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Nothing to say,
I am saying it.
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Web Site
www.mmmiiiaaa.com
Jim Sherraden: HATCH SHOW PRINT
10.24.2011
[From the Hatch Show Print website]
If you follow music, art, and culture of the American South, sooner or later you're bound to run into the letters, images, and unmistakable "look" of Hatch Show Print. We're one of the oldest working letterpress print shops in America, and over the years our posters have featured a host of country music performers, ranging from Country Music Hall of Famers Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, and Johnny Cash to contemporary stars such as Garth Brooks and Wynonna.
"Advertising without posters is like fishing without worms." - The Hatch Brothers
We've done it all without losing that irresistible appeal of turn-of-the-century Hatch posters, which were used to promote vaudeville, circus, and minstrel shows across the country. There's a reason why music lovers, Americana buffs, graphic arts collectors and designers, and commercial advertisers of all persuasions continue to turn to Hatch for inspiration. We are, indeed, a tonic for the information age.
Web Site
countrymusichalloffame.org/our-work/
Charlotte Cheetham: Manystuff Blog, curating/publishing about graphic design
11.28.2011
Manystuff, founded and run by Charlotte Cheetham, is a blog that promotes the culture of graphic design. Every day between 3,000-4,000 visitors – from Paris to London, New York to Berlin, Seoul to Zurich to Amsterdam – are guided by Cheetham's selection of designers and international events holding up a mirror to contemporary practice.
Cheetham endeavors to provide the frame from which to view the landscape of design innovation and experimentation.
Web Site
www.manystuff.org
Spring 2012 Lectures
Craig Ward: Words are Pictures
02.13.12
At thirty years old, Craig Ward is currently enjoying his third life.
The first was spent growing up in a retirement village in the North East of England, while the second took him to London, where he worked as an art director and designer at a handful of advertising agencies.
His third life finds him in New York where he lives with his wife and cat, consulting and creating pioneering, award winning typography and art direction for a diverse range of clients from fashion to advertising and editorial.
A contributor to several industry journals and former ADC Young Gun, Craig's work has been shown, awarded and documented globally in countless books, publications and exhibitions.
Web Site
www.wordsarepictures.co.uk
Martin Venezky: Appetite Engineers
03.05.12
[From the Appetite Engineers website, minus significant typographic articulation...please visit the site to see it as it is intended...]
WE KNOW THAT DESIGN organizes, straightens, clarifies, cleans things up, makes things nice. BUT if that's all that design accomplished, how do we account for the Euphoric Bustling World? It is designed too.
There is JOY in the intense harmonic ragged mysterious teetering messiness of all things that stop and start, merge and part, clash and concede.
That is what gives us APPETITE. And that is what people want...
Web Site
www.appetiteengineers.com
Cheyenne Rivers
04.09.12
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Web Site
http://www.missoulaergonomics.com/
PREVIOUS YEAR'S LECTURE SERIES
Spring 2011 Lectures
The Visual Language of Herbert Matter—a film by Reto Caduff
2.21.2011
The Visual Language of Herbert Matter is a revealing look at the fascinating life story of the highly influential mid-century modern design master. Known as a quintessential designer’s designer, Swiss born Herbert Matter is largely credited with expanding the use of photography as a design tool and bringing the semantics of fine art into the realm of applied arts.
The documentary directed by Reto Caduff, lets luminaries such as Robert Frank, Massimo Vignelli, Alvin Eisenmann, Steven Heller, Elaine Lustig Cohen and others explain why Matter still matters.
Through never-before-seen footage, personal photography and stunning graphic design work, the film explores the social and cultural impact of his personal visual language that influenced a whole generation of designers and artists.
Director: Reto Caduff, 2010
Duration: 80mins
Web Site
www.herbertmatter.net/matter.html
Nancy Skolos + Thomas Wedell
1.24.2011
Principals in Skolos/Wedell, the two work to diminish the boundaries between graphic design and photography—creating collaged three- dimensional images influenced by modern painting, technology and architecture. They have produced posters, corporate identities, books, exhibits, web sites, and videos for a range of clients including high-technology businesses, entertainment companies, and cultural as well as academic institutions.
With a home/studio halfway between Boston and Providence they balance their commitments to professional practice and teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design. Skolos teaches core courses in Form and Communication, Visual Systems, and Poster Design. Wedell teaches Communication Theory Image and Graduate Thesis.
They are currently finishing their second book, Graphic Design Process, scheduled for publication in Spring 2012 Laurence King Publishing, London. Their first book, Type, Image, Message, was published in 2005 by Rockport Publishing.
The studio’s work has received numerous awards and has been widely published and exhibited. Skolos/Wedell’s posters are included in the graphic design collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem and the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Skolos is an member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.
Web Site
www.skolos-wedell.com
Poster Exhibition and Reception
An exhibition of posters by Skolos and Wedell will be held from January 18th to the 30th in the department's 1509 Main Street Gallery. There will be a reception at the
gallery on Thursday, January 27th from 5-7 PM.
Fall 2010 Lectures
Dress Code
10.04.2010
[From the Dress Code web site]
The New York design studio offers a complete set of services — Branding & Design, Motion Graphics & Direction, Strategy & Naming, Web Production & Development.
Dan is from Ohio. Andre is from Bulgaira. They are Dress Code. At the combined age of 53 their work has been recognized by shiny awards, appeared in lots of magazines, coffee table books and 3 museums. They met while studying graphic design at California College of the Arts. Then moved to New York and got jobs with MTV working in motion and print—before leaving their dream jobs to start a studio of their own.
They also co-teach Design, Type, and New Media classes at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. A book they wrote about transitioning from school to work in the field of graphic design, entitled Never Sleep, is in stores now.
Andre eats meat and drinks that purple stuff, Dan dislikes puppies and is somewhat of an amateur magician. See for yourself 24 hours a day at dresscodeny.com and neverlseepbook.com.
Web Site
www.dresscodeny.com
Spring 2010 Lectures
Erik Brandt
03.08.2010
Erik Brandt has been active in university teaching for the past twelve years. He recently joined the faculty at MCAD, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, in the fall of 2007.
Educated internationally, his research interests focus on issues of globalization that affect and drive the complexities of inter-cultural visual communication systems. His career began as a 'cartoonist' in Japan, and has since found focus largely in print media. He maintains a small graphic design studio, tÿpøgrafika, and has also received recognition for his short films.
Visit Erik's website and blog:
(w) typografika.com
(b) geotypografika.com
Spring 2009 Lectures
Jean-Benoit Levy
02.09.2009
Originally from Switzerland, Jean-Benoit is a visual communicator who has been active since 1983 after his studies at the Basel Kunstgewerbeschule / Basel School of Design.
In 1988, Jean-Benoit established his own studio “AND” in Basel after serving as Art Director for the Swiss Trade Show Company in Basel, as well as Editorial Designer for Ringier, the Swiss Press Group. He operated in Basel until 2005 when he moved to San Francisco.
Websites
www.and.ch
www.posterpage.ch/exhib/ex08_levy/levintro.htm
www.myfonts.com/?refby=and
Clifford Stoltze / Post Gig
03.05.2009
Clifford Stoltze is the founder and creative director of Stoltze Design, a 10-person graphic design studio located in Boston, MA that creates strategic print and interactive design for business, education, and culture. Since founding the studio in 1984, Stoltze has nurtured a highly collaborative environment that emphasizes a process based on research, sound strategy and thorough exploration. This inclusive approach yields compelling communications that effectively articulate and reinforce the message or product. Key clients include MIT, Harvard, Fidelity, Liberty Mutual, SolidWorks, Houghton Mifflin, Boston Society of Architects, EMI and Capitol Records.
Clif teaches at Rhode Island School of Design and frequently lectures, most recently at the HOW Design Conference. He has served as AIGA/Boston vice president and was honored as the recipient of their 2005 Fellows Award. Reflecting his love of music and album art, Clif’s book 1000 Music Graphics was published by Rockport in May, 2008.
Website: www.stoltze.com
Derick Holt (VCU GDES alumnus) / ADC Young Guns
04.13.2009
Derick Holt is a Virginia-bred Brooklyn-based graphic artist, illustrator and printmaker. He has created an inspired body of work, bringing a classic aesthetic with modern sophistication. Specializing in branding, Derick has crafted designs for Diner, Marlow & Sons, Bonita, Adidas, Pies n’ Thighs and Armani Exchange among others. His Hobbies and interests include, darts, car camping, thrifting, lawn sports, fondue, barbeque, and the cinema. Derick is a five time winner of the Print magazine award of excellence, a winner in the ADC Young Guns Competition, and has work in the New York Public Library permanent collection. He received his BFA from VCU in 2001.
Websites
www.derickholt.com
www.adcyoungguns.org/archive/yg/?year=11&offset=0
FALL 2008 LECTURES
Liz Sanders
09.08.2008
Liz Sanders is President of MakeTools, a design research firm. She is a pioneer in the use of participatory research methods for the design of products, systems, services and spaces. Liz speaks about and teaches human-centered design to students, clients and colleagues around the world. At OSU Liz teaches the graduate and undergraduate design research courses and advises graduate student theses.
Liz’s numerous design awards, patents, publications, presentations, and her proven track record in the marketplace have established her as a leader in the field of design research. Liz’s client relationships have included 3M, AT&T, Apple, Baxter, Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corporation, Coca Cola, Compaq, Hasbro, IBM, Intel, Iomega, Johnson Controls, Kodak, Microsoft, Motorola, NBBJ, Procter & Gamble, Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Steelcase, Texas Instruments, Thermos, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Toro, and Xerox.
Website: www.maketools.com/
Hugh Dubberly
10.01.2008
Hugh Dubberly is a design planner and teacher. At Apple Computer in the late 80s and early 90s, Hugh managed cross-functional design teams and later managed creative services for the entire company. While at Apple, he co-created a technology-forecast film called “Knowledge Navigator,” that presaged the appearance of the Internet in a portable digital device. While at Apple, he served at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena as the first and founding chairman of the computer graphics department.
Intrigued by what the publishing industry would look like on the Internet, he next became Director of Interface Design for Times Mirror. This led him to Netscape where he became Vice President of Design and managed groups responsible for the design, engineering, and production of Netscape’s Web portal. Hugh graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in graphic design and earned an MFA in graphic design from Yale.
Web Site: www.dubberly.com/
Leo Divendal + Annelies Grimbergen
10.20.2008
Lecture will be held in Student Commons Theatre
Leo Divendal studied theatre, directing and teaching in Amsterdam, and since 1994 has taught photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He has shown in numerous group exhibitions since 1980 in Budapest, Sheffield, Paris, Sesto Fiorentino, Venice, New York, Amsterdam, Groningen and other cities. Mr. Divendal has exhibited in solo shows since 1977 in Paris, Ankara, New York and Amsterdam. His writing includes several articles on photography for photography magazines, daily journals, museum catalogues, shows and books. He has currated several exhibitions with the Spaarnestad Photoarchives in Haarlem, composed and written catalogues on the work of Kertèsz and others. He also curated The Fourth Wall exhibition in 1991 in Amsterdam and published a book in collaboration with Victor Levie. Leo's work is in the permanent collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, Stedelijke Museum in Amsterdam, the Prentenkabinet in Leiden, and Art Foundation collections in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Haarlem.
Annelies Grimbergen is a master of bookbinding and custom portfolio and presentation boxes. She has held numerous workshops in these areas in schools throughout Holland including the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, the Art Academy of Utrecht, and the Art Center of Hofstede Duet. She has had commissions for special edition portfolio boxes for numerous international photographers and has created special archival boxes for the Meermanno Museum in the Hague, the Jewish Archive Etschaim in Amsterdam, and the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam.
Alumni Lecture: Claude Skelton Design
Claude Skelton, Elizabeth Sprouls, and Kevin Sprouls
11.10.2008
Located in Baltimore, Maryland, Claude Skelton Design is a graphic design and branding firm with clients primarily in the fields of higher education and the arts. Specialties include comprehensive branding programs, graphic identities, magazine design, annual reports, and admissions recruitment and development programs. CSD clients range from large universities such as Tufts and George Washington Universities to small private colleges like St. John’s College and Le Moyne College. Our work in the arts includes a visual identity for the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and magazine design for The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.
President, creative director, and VCU graduate Claude Skelton has headed Claude Skelton Design for over two decades. Claude has received numerous awards for his work, including recognition by the New York Art Director's Club, the Society of Publication Designers, Communication Arts, CASE, the Type Director's Club, Print Magazine, and the Washington Art Directors Club.
Art directors and VCU graduates Elizabeth and Kevin Sprouls joined the company in 2007 after working in Boston for six years. In Boston, Elizabeth advanced to senior graphic designer at Christopher Chadbourne and Associates, managing and art directing the creation of nationally recognized museum exhibitions such as the National Museum of the Marine Corps. From there, she went to Harvard University as a senior graphic designer in Communications, Alumni Affairs and Development. Kevin was a designer at Main Street Design in Boston where he originated exhibition designs for the National Park System and natural history museums. He has also freelanced with many of the top design firms in the Boston area and worked as a designer at Barrett Communications.
www.skeltondesign.com
McArthur: Free Range Studios
12.01.2008
McArthur has worked in design and communications for fifteen years and loves to create smart blends of aesthetics and effective ideas. Along the way she has fundraised, organized, and developed on behalf of hundreds of non-profits and favorite causes. At Free Range, she managed the organizational growth from a small, two-person design studio to a highly prestigious, 25-person strategic communications firm with offices in two cities. Currently, as one of the firm's partners, McArthur leads Free Range's business development and client relations team. Her communications background, business acumen and non-profit experience combine to make her a valuable asset to any communications project and a sought-after consultant and speaker. Among other venues, she has spoken at American University's "Filmmakers for Conservation" event on new media and environmental issues, AIGA’s Design Unbound, University of Michigan's Penny W. Stamp's Distinguished Visitors Program, and The BYU Marriott School of Management. Driven by her passion for real world change, McArthur continues to push Free Range's level of service and commitment to quality.
www.freerangestudios.com