Fashion Student needs Magazine layout....

Hello All,

So the Fashion Marketing Bachelor students have a magazine writing class and at some point will be looking for some one to design and layout their articles. I was contacted by there department director and asked if any of the GD club students would be willing to help. I told her to have the students contact me and I would let the club members know of the opportunity. This may be a good fit for editorial layout portfolio II requirements. I have the first student requesting this work.
Her name is Sydney Chavez and she can be contacted via sydneychavez@gmail.com. I believe most of the students will have both the writing and may also provide some photos for the layouts.

-DG

Happy Holidays!!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season. I also wanted to give any of you interested in papercraft this link: http://www.custompapertoys.com/2007/12/return-of-santa.html
This guys makes some awesome paper toys and there is a paper santa for you to build for the holidays.

-DG

Congrat Grads!!!!!

For those that missed portfolio review (what are you lame or something?), here is a recap of graduates portfolios via their websites. Enjoy!

Peter Jun http://www.peterjun.com
Mark Thinnes http://markthinnes.com
Cho Ting Wong http://www.i-fantanely.com
Han Kwon http://www.kwonhansang.com
Emily Nokes http://www.emilyshmemily.com
Angela Sawhill http://www.asawhilldesigns.com
Nick Shamley http://www.shamleydesigns.com
Alison Ewen http://www.alisonewen.com
Jinger Hendricks http://www.jinger-hendricks.com
Laura Allen http://www.lauraallenportfolio.com
Kaori Yamada http://authntik.com

-DG

BLVD Gallery Presents "Good v. Evil"

A Group Show December 14, 2007 – February 2, 2008
Artist Reception Friday, December 14 6pm - 10pm
BLVD Gallery 2316 2nd ave Seattle, WA 98121
http://www.blvdart.com

BLVD Gallery is proud to present “Good v. Evil”, A group show featuring work by some of the Northwests finest illustrators. As much a sociological experiment as an artshow, Artists were asked to make 2 pieces one representing Good the other, of course, Evil. What will be the preference? Will we see all of the evil snatched up in minutes, while the good languishes? Possibly the age old question of “What is Good or Evil?” will be raised. Either way with immeasurable help from artist Jamie Burton, BLVD will be filled with some of the most humorous, original, and truly fine examples of the burgeoning community of illustrators here in the NW.

Featuring work by: Jamie Burton, Rick Garland, Todd Lovering, Memo Diaz, Jason Zayas, Rich Miller, Rich Werner, Karin Madan, Anton Bogaty, Bryan Mandronico, Charlie Lagrecca, Augie Pagan, Son Duong, Lawrence Ruelos, Brandon Graham, Martin Ontiveros, Tom Dougherty, Tim Swope, Bart Kaufman, Paul Whitehead, Joe Kresoja, Scott Wiener, James Ma, Rick Klu, Randy Briley, Kevin Neireiter, Dev Madan, Gene Blakefield, Mike Haney, Aaron Mckinney
For more info:
http://www.jamieburton.com/
http://www.rickgarland.com/
http://www.graphicclassics.com/pgs/lovering.htm
http://richwerner.com/
http://www.stumpytown.com/
http://www.acb3.com/
http://mandronico.com/
http://theaugblog.blogspot.com/
http://pencilpushin.blogspot.com/
http://www.indyworld.com/graham/
http://www.martinhead.com/
http://www.pimpleberry.com/
http://www.metalpig.net/
http://kresoja.blogspot.com/
http://rickklu.com/
http://www.jazzlandscapes.com/
http://www.devmadan.com/
http://geenpool.blogspot.com/
http://www.aaronmckinney.com/
http://blvdart.com
Contact: Damion Hayes – Gallery Director damion@blvdart.com

Rainy Dawg Radio needs...Our help??????

So,

Not sure how many of you made it to the meeting last week. We ate pizza and had a good time. One subject that was brought up was that Liz Pfriem ewhspfrieme@yahoo.com who knows me from volunteering with the Vera Project works for UW's radio station. They cannot get any of their fellow design/art students to do poster work for them. She asked if I knew anyone, I told her I would pass the information along. So, if you want to design some posters for them, email Liz at the address above and let her know. It would be awesome to see some sweet AiS GDC members' designs floating around UW.

-DG

AIGA Presentation next Week!!!!

AIGA Seattle Presents
Hive: An Experience Design Forum

Thursday, December 13 / 7:00 pm
MercuryCloud
511 Boren Ave N, Suite 203

The Process of Design
In creating rich interactive solutions, a definitive creative process is crucial. Join us for the evening as we share insights with a few of Seattle’s top interactive firms as they reveal their process in creating unique and relevant interactive experiences.

What's the format?
The evening with consist of presentations by POP, MercuryCloud, and Hornall Anderson Design Works. Each firm will share in-depth insights on how each firms’ unique process allowed them to take a creative concept from ideation to execution. Presentation will be followed by a question and answer session where presenters will field questions from the audience.

Who's invited?
The event is open to professionals and students. Merging design disciplines from information design, interaction design, product design to architecture; Our bimonthly forum will focus on providing broad insights and shared knowledge in creating immersive human experiences.

Admission
AIGA members: $7
Non-Members: $10
Student Members: FREE
Student Non-Members: $5

Please RSVP by December 11 to experience@aigaseattle.org

The Vera Project's Bazaar and Bring it Screen it...

This Saturday 12pm - 7pm at the Vera Project (corner of Waren and Republic at Seattle Center)

The VERA BAZAAR is more than just an arts and crafts fair! There will be Caricature, Henna, baked goods and more! With everything for under $40, this is a good chance to find one-of-a-kind holiday gifts! Plus there will be DJs will be playing music for your listening pleasure.

BRING IT/ SCREEN IT (in 3 steps)
1. Bring something to silkscreen on: a shirt, a bag, whatever.
(Or come buy a blank American apparel t-shirt in black or white.)
2. Pick one of 15ish awesome Vera logo designs
3. And silkscreen it!
For only $5!
Repeat as desired

This should be fun. I'll be there all day, stop by and say hi.

-DG

Getty Images.....Super Sweet.....

So, I am not sure if you ever used your free account with Corbis offered by the library, but it wasn't that great. Only a small selection of images were available. Apparently the library has a new stock supplier available if you are interested. Just a little company by the name of Getty Images. I am not sure if you have heard of them or not. Anywho, stop by the library and ask to sign up for your account. You get access to 500,000 images.

-DG

"If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?"

Here is the latest club email. It appears that those of you who use msn.com or hotmail email accounts, unless you add my email address to your accepted email addresses list, you will not receive the email updates any longer. I received A LOT of bounced back emails and they were all from msn or hotmail email accounts so the big blue Microsoft has obviously changed something in their spam filter.


Hello Club!

Yes its that time again! Time for another Design Club update! Please hold your applause until the end.... lucky for all of you I will keep this brief.

First of all I want to thank John for getting Spacecraft ( i.e. Stephan & Sarah) for coming in and speaking to us, they were great! For those of you who were able to attend I would greatly appreciate it if you would bring in a thank you card for Stephan and Sarah at the next club meeting. I will collect all of the cards and mail them off in a big envelope.

For everyone who is taking advantage of the AIGA group discount please make your checks out to John and bring your filled out applications to the NEXT CLUB MEETING. For those of you who have not received an application yet, I will have applications at the club on Wednesday, so bring a pen!

Also, at the next meeting I would like everyone to bring ideas of various projects they would like the club to do for next quarter, and we can begin outlining the Spacecraft event.

Any questions or comments feel free to email me, I'll see everyone on Wednesday.

-James

New Issue of Fuel out now.....

Hello all,

I hope you are all stuffed with turkey, or ham, or tofurkey, or veggies, and have had a nice break away from school work and design and whatever else you needed a break from. Anywho, the latest issues of Fuel magazine is out. Click the image below to download it in pdf format. Or you can pick up a copy of the magazine on campus. Also, if anyone would like to write articles or help out with the next issue, the meetings are on Thursdays in room 110 at 4:30pm.

-DG

AIGA Seattle Presents

Urban Toy Holiday Massive
Tuesday December 11 / 6:30
IMO Asian Bistro
704 1st Avenue, Seattle

Take a break from the holiday hustle and bustle and join AIGA Seattle for a night of good cheer, drinks, and our first ever Urban Toy gift exchange. This isn't your typical white elephant with random gifts across the spectrum. Leave your fruitcake, sweat socks, and Debbie Gibson tapes at home. Gifts at this exchange are exclusively Urban Toys.

What is an urban toy you ask?
These aren't toys for kids! Called "urban vinyl toys" or "designer toys'', most of the toys are created by world famous artists, illustrators, and designers in the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, and Europe. Many of these toys are extremely rare and collectible. An artist may choose to create a series of only 500, 300, 100 pieces or less, so once a toy is gone, it's gone forever!

Urban toys make great pals for designers! They love to sit on your desk, shelves, or wherever else they can flaunt their extreme coolness and originality. Plus, if you are not familiar with these little guys, you will get a great introduction by participating that night. You will walk out with the first piece in a collection of your own.

If you would like to participate in the gift exchange (which we highly recommend) please:

Bring an urban toy or set of a few small urban toys valued at $15. Urban toys give you a lot of bang for your buck. For $15 dollars you can get two small toys or one medium sized one. Remember you will come home with a gift in hand too. If you are going to participate please adhere to the urban toy genre otherwise you can't be a part of the madness. Sorry no Dunny for you.

Make sure that the toy/toys are wrapped. We will be doing the standard gift exchange game model with stealing, passing, and all that madness.

Where do I find these toys?
Download our list of local and online retailers. Ebay is a great option too. We have also listed out some examples of popular series that you will run across in your browsing. We hope that you take the time to explore all the really cool toys out there. Shop early! Have fun!

Admission + RSVP
Admission for this event is FREE. You just need to come with your toy for the exchange. Don't forget money for drinks. Please RSVP to vicepresident@aigaseattle.org by December 4.

Space is limited to 40 people so don't wait! For more info or questions, please email Halli Brunkella vicepresident@aigaseattle.org

Beam me up!

Ok everyone, give John a huge thanks when you see him. Spacecraft is coming to speak with us at our next club meeting THIS WEDNESDAY the 21st of November, so please try to attend it will certainly be worth your while. Here is the poster John made for us... spread the word!

AIGA Seattle Presents
Studio Tours

Thursday November 29 / 6-8pm
Fitch, Starbucks, ZAAZ, Mercury Cloud, HADW, Worktank

Join AIGA Seattle as we tour six of Seattle's finest design studios located in the heart of Seattle. Designers from each studio will be on-hand to share their creative process, examples of their work, and provide a tour of the inspirational space in which they create. Light refreshments will be offered at most locations.

Whether you're looking to answer that burning design question or interested in a peek behind the curtain, this is the one event you can't miss. Please join us for cocktails after the tour at the Viceroy in Belltown.

Fitch / 1218 Third Ave, Suite 620 / Seattle, WA 98101

Starbucks / 2401 Utah Ave S / Seattle, WA 98134

Zaaz / 414 Olive Way / Seattle, WA 98101

Hornall Anderson Design Works / 710 2nd Ave, Suite 1300 / Seattle, WA 98104

Worktank / 3131 Western Ave, Suite 510 / Seattle, WA 98121

Mercury Cloud / 511 Boren Ave N, Suite 203 / Seattle, WA 98109

Viceroy / 2332 Second Ave / Seattle, WA 98121

Tickets and map handouts will be available at all studio locations the day of the event. Pre-register online to save money and time.

Online Pre-Registration
Student Members: FREE
Student Non-Members: $8 ($10 at the door)
Members: $8 ($10 at the door)
Non-Members: $12 ($15 at the door)

Register online at aigaseattle.org
Sorry, no refunds.

Student Show - Time to Represent

So it looks like it's time to pull out the kick ass stuff I know you have been working on and how it off to the whole school. I hope people will submit. I know I'm gonna submit. Here is the email from Mark Livingston telling you all about it in case you didn't get it:

The time has come to begin submitting artwork for the 2007-2008 Student Show!

This annual celebration – shown in The Burnley Gallery (in the South Campus) – is your chance to exhibit your fine art, commercial work, painting, multi-media, music, or creative expression in front of your classmates, teachers and friends.

Each student is allowed 4 individual pieces, and depending on size, there may be exceptions for allowing more work in the show.

The opening date for the show is the first day of classes, Winter Quarter – January 7^th, 2008. So, the deadline for getting work into the show is coming up fast! Please contact me by December 13^t to secure a spot, and get your artwork to me.

Again – this is your only chance to exhibit your artwork in our gallery – and we hope you take this opportunity to allow us to celebrate your artistry in front of the entire Art Institute community.

Please contact me directly with questions, or to submit artwork to the show. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Mark

mlivingston@aii.edu

239.2562

Art Chantry at the Henry Part 4

That's all we got folks the tape ran out at 65 minutes.
The rest is in the audio clip on your right.

-DG

BLVD Gallery presents
"Process"
New work by Sneke, Hews and Virus
November 9 - December 8, 2007
Artist Reception Nevember 9 6pm - 10pm
BLVD Gallery 2316 2nd ave Seattle Wa 98121
http://www.blvdart.com

PROCESS, a show featuring graffiti artists and style writers Hews, Sneke, and Virus, provides the viewer a rarely seen glimpse into the approach and evolution of their art. Process incorporates and displays the methods involved in creating the art and reintroduces it in a way that gives the public a window into what goes on behind the “finished” pieces.

Sneke works beyond the traditional 2d of Graffiti into the realm of sculpture and relief. In a way exploring the dimensional qualities of his work as well as isolating elements to accentuate the more abstract forms of the graffiti lexicon. The architectural qualities of graffiti is what shows in the work of Hews. His canvas work explores the foundations of building veritable siege engines made of alphabets. Vancouver legend VIRUS works with the pop pastiche that Graffiti has adored since Fab 5 Freddy first painted his Campbell Soup can tribute to Andy Warhol in the seventies.

“There is something raw about seeing the perfect ‘imperfections.’ There is an energy in the thumbnails, the sketches, and the brainstorming that does not always come across in the final product.” -Hews

Process highlights the elements of the “unseen” and celebrates the individual approach of the different artists. The final pieces may look similar but each artist incorporates distinct methods in executing their work. Hews, Sneke, and Virus are now transcending their graffiti art and
applying the elements into different formats and mediums.

For more info:
http://snekeone.com/
http://hewsone.com/

--email from Damion Hayes posted by -DG

Art Chantry at the Henry Part 3

Turnstyle Event Next Monday....

So,

TurnStyle racked up some sweet awards at the Seattle Show this year and they are giving a presentation next Monday for the Graphic Design Meetup Group here in Seattle. You have to be a member to attend, but joining is free via the meetup website and you have to RSVP and pay 5 bucks at the door. I'm going. Maybe you should too.
-DG

Link: http://graphicdesign.meetup.com/151/calendar/6449076/

More Info:
When:
Monday, November 12, 2007, 7:00 PM 20071113T030000Z

Where:
Kaladi Brothers Coffee
511 East Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98122

Description:

We are happy to welcome Ben Graham and Steve Watson of the progressive Seattle design firm Turnstyle Design to give a presentation on the works of Turnstyle and an inside to what the current trends and styles are in graphic design. Please note we are switching venue for this to Kaladi Brothers Coffee where we will have more privacy and comfort than our previous meeting places. Preview the works www.turnstylestudio.com.

Event fee:
USD5.00 per person includes drink
RSVP limit:
Only 55 members (including guests) can RSVP 'Yes' or 'Maybe' for this event. There's still room for 21 more.

Art Chantry at the Henry Part 2

There will be more to follow.

-DG

Art Chantry video part 1

p.s. Youtube kept telling me that my video was too long. They have a maximum of 10 minutes. I cut it down to 5 and tried again. No luck. Then I tried to host from
my website and the code didn't work. Just as I was about to call it quits, I noticed a video icon in the post area of this blog. Hot Damn! I can just post the videos straight to the blog. Why I didn't think of that in the first place is beyond me.

-DG

Paul Rand Tribute video

Produced for Imaginary Forces by Cara McKenney, designed and directed by IF's Mark Gardner, and executive produced by Maribeth Phillips. Additional I.F. credits go to designer/animators Joey Salim, Jeremy Cox and Liz Centolella and animators Andrew Chung, Sean Eno and Chase Massingill. It was edited by I.F.’s Corey Weisz, with sound design by Derek Lee

A few reviews of Art Chantry event

Courtesy of Matt Opsahl, here a few links to a couple blogs talking about the Art Chantry show. Sadly, the club didn't get any mention, but its interesting to see what people thought of Art's presentation.

Hank Blog: Official Blog of The Henry Art Gallery-
http://hankblog.wordpress.com/

Local Designer/ Architect-
http://enviro-d.blogspot.com/2007/10/art-chantry-henry.html

YOUNG & HUNGRY BLOG-
http://youngandhungry.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/wednesday-night-at-the-henry/

-James

A Public Service Announcement from the President...

!ATTENTION!

Hello Club,
First of all, I want to give a sincere thank you to all of you who helped out with the event, from button designs to volunteers at the event, you guys rock!

Two additional notes for our club meeting next week:

Please design and bring with you a thank you card for Art Chantry. This is NOT optional, wether you were at the event or not, this was a Design Club event so I would like all of the design club members to create a thank you card. We all have talked about how we want to be taken seriously amongst the design community as design students, well this is an opportunity for us to show that we are serious design students.

Also, next week, I will be conducting some Art Chantry trivia. For those who can answer the questions correctly, will get an Art Chantry button pack... so do your research!

See everyone next week.

-James

Art Chantry....F**K YEAH!!!!

Don't know about you, but that presentation was awesome.
We fortunately will at some point have most of it on video
on this very blog, as well as all of it in audio form.
Podcasts in our future? Maybe, probably not cause I don't
have time to find more cool people to get to talk to us
about design on tape, but if you do, let's talk. Here are
some pics from the event.

The Club with Art.

Rachel checking Art in.

Chad, John and Han getting an earful.

The Crowd.

John introducing Larry...

Who introduced Art...

Upcoming and Current Projects....

Design Club Posters...
The deadline for design club posters will be Wednesday, October 31st by 12pm. I am aware that this is a tight deadline but I would like to try and get them produced before the end of the quarter. My intention is to produce posters with as many of the submitted designs as possible so our posters will look different all over the two campus'. The poster designs need to be 11x17, full color is fine, colorspace is CYMK, file format is up to you but MUST be print quality. Also, the posters must have the following information on them:

"Graphic Design Club"
"Wednesdays at 4:15pm"
"Room 704"
"www.aisgdclub.blogspot.com"

You can arrange this information or abbreviate how you choose, except, that "Graphic Design Club" cannot be abbreviated as "GDC" for this project since most people will not know what GDC stands for. Have fun with them, I look forward to seeing the designs. Email me with any questions.

Design Club T-Shirts...
The deadline for the design club posters will be Tuesday, November 6th by 12pm. You're welcome to adjust your poster designs to fit a t-shirt if you'd like, but I would also like to open this up for anyone who would like to design a different idea for the t-shirts. I will print out copies of all the t-shirt designs submitted and bring them into the design club meeting on November 7th. Each poster will be given a number and everyone who is at the club meeting on the 7th will get a ballot to cast a vote for the design they like best. The t-shirt designs must be no more than 2 colors. Make sure your designs are, again, print quality. The following information must be incorporated into your t-shirt design:

"Graphic Design Club" (can be abbreviated to GDC)
"aisgdclub.blogspot.com" (you can add the www, if you choose)
"Art Institute logo" (I will email these out to all of you when I get my hands on the logo)

"Horror" themed sticker pack...
The deadline for the sticker pack submissions will be Friday, November 16th . The specs are as follows:
Size: 4"x4" maximum
Colorspace: CMYK
Must have "GDC" or "Graphic Design Club" somewhere on the design.


Last but no least, our end of the quarter party...
I would like to get some comments/feedback on what everyone would like to do for our end of the quarter meeting, either let me know at the next club meeting or feel free to email me, thanks.

-James

Who the hell is Henry, and how do we get there?!

Ok everyone, I am posting below the directions off of the Henry Art Museum's website on how to get there. The bus route information is starting from the School's SOUTH CAMPUS.

For the volunteers, since it appears there has been a little confusion.. I would like ALL volunteers to arrive at the Henry at 4:30pm. This will give us an hour until the doors open to the public. If any of this information changes I will let you all know as quickly as possible. Feel free to contact me with any questions, thanks.

The Henry Art Gallery is located on the western edge of the University of Washington campus at 15th Avenue NE and NE 41st Street.

BY CAR:
-take I-5 to the NE 45th Street exit and drive east to 15th Avenue NE.
-turn south on 15th Avenue NE.
-The Gallery is on the left between NE 41st Street and Campus Parkway.
-Parking is often available in the underground Central Parking garage at NE 41st Street.

BY BUS:
-Starting location 3rd & Pine
-Depart 3:01pm on Route MT 7 Prentice Street Express
-Arrive at Rainier Ave S & S Genesee St at 3:25pm
-TRANSFER TO
-Depart Rainier Ave S & S Genesee St at 3:34pm on Route MT 48 Loyal Heights
-Arrive 15th Ave NE & NE 41st St at 4:12pm
-Walk S to 15TH AVE NE & NE 41ST ST

Look forward to seeing everyone there!
-JH "The Pres"

Transformers DVD Packaging....

Just wanted to show you guys the DVD
I bought today. The Transformers DVD
special Edition from Target is a package
that actually transforms into Optimus
Prime. While the execution is not the
greatest, the idea is pretty cool. Below
is a pic I snagged online cause I am
watching the movie right now and don't
want to get out my camera gear. I'll have
it with me tomorrow if anyone wants to
look at it.

-DG

"The 19th century called. It wants its graphic design club back." -Matt Eide

Hey everyone,
Below is a copy of the club email that was sent out yesterday for those who either aren't on my email list or for whatever reason didn't get the email.

We're only 8 days away from the Art Chantry event! I hope you've all registered for the event, I'd love to pack the place with as many AIS students as possible.

A big thanks to everyone who contributed button designs, they look great. The button packs will be created and put together this weekend so they're ready to go for the event.

Also congrats to our slaves *cough* I mean volunteers:
Chad Lundberg
Ross Patton
Matthew Eide
Rachael Ludwig
Matt Opsahl
Rachel Lam

As I expressed at the meeting, if any of you for any reason cannot make it to the event, please let me know asap so I can make sure we're covered for the event.

For anyone who was not able to make the meeting, we're trying again to get 20 students together for a group AIGA membership, priced at $50 per person. Currently I have 9 people so if any of you are interested and can afford the $50 let me know so I can add you to the list.

For this weeks meeting:
I would like to invite everyone to bring in any thumbnail ideas for GDC posters/t-shirts or any ideas anyone has for the sticker pack as well.

As always, feel free to contact me with any questions you may have, I look forward to seeing everyone Wednesday.

Thanks.
-JH "The Pres."

Give me your portfolio website so I can own your soul......

Not really, but do you see that list o links of portfolio
websites to the right of this post? It's pretty lonely
being the only one there. Please email me your sites
or post them in the comments here so I can add you
to the list.

Thanks!
-DG
Communications Czar

Graphic Designers Represent at the Hope Heart Institute Guitar Recption

Congrats to all that participated in this event.
The guitars looked awesome, check out more
pics of the event here:
www.iamnotafashionphotographer.com


by: Chad Lundberg

by: Ashley Newcomer

by: Stevie Chandler

Paper Airplanes....

Congrats to Sean, Matt, and Matt...

First Post...Ever.....

Hello All,

This is your neighborhood friendly Communications Czar
with our first blog ever. We will be posting cool projects
that we are working on and design related things so keep
tuned in.

-DG