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!

TRADEMARKS WORKSHOP

Tuesday, October 27th
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Location: Elliott Fouts Gallery
4749 J St. Sacramento, CA. 95819

Phone: (916) 442-6210 or email prclasacto@aol.com to register

Admission: $5 students/seniors, $10 members of CLA, $20 others

Embarking on a new project? Unsure about ownership or protection? Attorney Mark Leonard, partner in the law firm of Davis and Leonard LLP, will provide an overview of trademarks, including how to search for potentially conflicting trademarks, registering and maintaining trademarks, selecting trademarks and more. Mr. Leonard will be available to answer your questions related to this form of protection.

www.davisandleonard.com

Hosted By: Elliott Fouts Gallery,  www.efgallery.com

Mehallo had been involved with ADAC’s monthly newsletter for several years — compiling the Initial Caps column, writing prickly commentary and corralling as much art + design content as possible. He also used to post (mostly) daily design links on ADAC’s old home page.

Drop by http://mehallo.com/blog to see what he’s been up to.

And check out his new fonts over at MyFonts: http://tinyurl.com/mehallofonts

AND (featured recently on I Love Typography) his FONT Me mug – now available thru Zazzle: http://tinyurl.com/kol3jk

The folks at Capital Creative Collective are screening the Helvetica the movie at the Urban Hive on Wednesday, October 14th from 6-10 p.m. In recognition of fine Bavarian culture, they’re also serving up some great German bier und bratwurst.

The Urban Hive is located at 1931 H Street, midtown Sacramento.

TYPOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION IN HANGUL

An exhibition of work by Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo

On view at the UC Davis Design Museum

October 4 – December 6, 2009

Guided tour with the designer and the curator

Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 1 p.m. at the Design Museum, 145 Walker Hall, UC Davis

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This exhibition presents typographic explorations in Hungul by two Korean Designers, Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo, and is curated by UC Davis Design Professor Mihyun Kang.

The designer’s typographic roots began with Hangul, the native script of Korea that was created in the mid-fifteenth century. The two-dimensional works introduce the form, pattern and emotion of Hangul typography as an expressive medium. The exploration and manipulation of Hangul characters offers a contemporary glimpse into Korean life and culture.

Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo were born and raised in Korea and then went on to pursue their graduate education in very different cultures. Lee studied visual communication in Japan receiving her MFA from Tama Art University in Japan and her PhD from Tokyo National University of Music & Fine Arts. She is currently an Associate Professor of Human Environment and Design at Yonsei University in Korea. Choo earned his MFA in graphic design from Iowa State University and is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Oklahoma State University.

Regular Museum Hours

Monday – Friday: noon – 4 p.m.

Sunday: 2 – 4 p.m.

Closed: Saturdays, November 11, 26, 27

Free admission

For directions, parking and information, please visit: http://www.designmuseum.ucdavis.edu/