This summer studio event will allow participants to experience earning an education from IADT through hands-on learning. IADT’s 4 Arts Camp will feature several national design stars. Special guest appearances and instructors include:

Bobby Trendy - Celebrity Interior Decorator
Naima Mora – America’s Next Top Model Winner (Cycle 4)
Kit Scarbo – Project Runway (Season 4) and
Jany Lee – DesignStar (Season 4)

The workshop cost is $149.95 for all four days. Breakfast and lunch are provided in the cost for all four days.

IADT offers degrees in many technology and design disciplines. If you are interested in learning what it would be like to build a future in Interior Design or Fashion Design at a school in Sacramento, you won’t want to miss this opportunity.

The workshop is open to anyone who has an interest and a passion for design, though space is limited for the sessions. Call IADT Sacramento to register and reserve your seat today: 888-798-0111.

I’m a seasoned and award winning creative – a passionate leader with a proven track record for coming up with great ideas and translating them into successful campaigns. Both as an A-list ad agency hotshot and a freelance designer-for-hire, I’ve managed and motivated interdisciplinary teams and helped build brands from the ground up. I’ve worn every hat on the rack, and looked good in all of them.

My key areas of experience include Creative Thinking, Strategic Concepting, Art Direction, Advertising Design, Graphic Design, Logo Design, and Production Design.

Department of Design Spring Show is an annual exhibition featuring the best work of graduating seniors as well as many undergraduate students from the programs of graphic design, interior design and photography.

Show info:
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
5-8:30 p.m.
University Union Ballroom

Admission is free.

You can download a PDF of the postcard and print it as a parking permit for the event at Sac State.

Hans Bennewitz, Christopher Lee, Rob Martin and Jeffrey Tanhueco will spend the evening recounting very different paths taken post graduation. Design degree in hand they have found homes for their particular design talents in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Come hear their stories of trial and tribulation and ask questions as this panel of young award winning and published designers share their relatively new found wisdom.

Event info:
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
6-9 p.m.
AIA Central Valley Building
1400 S Street, Sacramento

Open to members and non-members.
Free admission for members. $5 admission for non-members, $3 for student non-members.

All four participants created posters for the event. Do take a look (click on the image to see a larger version):

From Hans Bennewitz:

From Christopher Lee:

From Majorminor (Rob & Jeffrey):

Time and Date:
May 17, 2010
2pm – 7pm
SCC Student Center

View the award-winning Student Design Competition entries and see which design will pick up “Student Design of the Year” and the “Popular Choice Award” during the Awards Reception.

Brainstorm will also feature an “Iron Chef”-like event in which four competitors will be challenged to create an original design in 30 minutes. There will be four different Face-Off competitions: one for design, 3D modeling, motion and faculty.

Schedule
(may be subject to change)
2pm Welcome
3:00pm Student Graphic Design Face-off
3:45pm Faculty Design Face-off
4:30pm Student 3D Design Face-off
5:15pm Student Motion Design Face-off
6:00pm Student Design Awards/Reception

For more information, visit the GCOM@SCC blog or gcomclub.com.

Joint projects will be featured by showcasing GCOM and PHOTO Club students’ collaborative efforts to reproduce iconic advertising.

Local art directors, designers and photographers are welcome to see what these up-and-comers can do.

Visit gcomclub.com/ransom for more info.

For those of you who made it to our event, By Hand & by Cam, with David Danz and Jayson Carpenter we thank you and hope it was a great experience. We are honored to have such excellent speakers who share their work, experience and stories. It was really incredible.

Another great effort ADAC took part in was the Holiday event Splendor of the Trees which benefitted The Gathering Inn charity for the homeless. ADAC built a beautiful art sculpture that lit up like a holiday tree and donated it to the Gathering Inn’s silent auction gala. The tree is currently being appreciated at a local school. The entire event earned over $50,000 to benefit the homeless.

Thanks again for a great start to the season to all our volunteers. Looking forward to 2010!