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Scott Clum of Ride Studio, (in person!), Thursday 11/12 at Noon

Scott Clum's Pratt, NYC Lecture posters.

 

Jordan poster

 

Self-authored posters. Experiments that Dan Kinto, PSU-GD Grad and Scott worked on.
They started from simple charcoal line drawings and paint.

Work for Ford Taurus

 

Scott Clum's Pratt, NYC Lecture posters.

 

Dubai Films, Tony Kaye

Thinking about interning in Portland? Want to learn more about film editing, video, print design, advertising and action sports design? Come and hang out with Scott Clum of Ride Studio this Thursday at noon in room 170! He wants to meet you. Scott has a studio in Portland and has worked with PSU-GD interns and grads. He is excited to share his work and talk with students about design, motion graphics and working in the real world. Scott will show some personal work he created with British artist Damien Hirst and flim director Tony Kaye (American History X) and a current project he is working on. 

From Scott's website, "The history of ride design studio is a combo of two worlds. My life as an action sports athlete and my life as an artist. Right out of art school i started combining my interests in fine art and advertising as one world. Taking refined layouts that looked way too perfect and instinctually re-positioning them within a world of broken type, paint and a barrage of organic materials. This to me represented a more defined picture of reality. An energy and fluidness [ or lack of.. ] That made design much more integrated and challenging." For more about Scott Clum.

A few of Scott's clients/projects include: Kaiser Permanente, Johnson & Johnson, music videos for The Hours and Lisa Marie Presley, Ford, American Express, The Verve, Tony Kaye Dubai and Metallica.

Love What You Do! Video!

Love What You Do from Aaron Rayburn on Vimeo.

PSU student Aaron Rayburn made a video from Thursday night's events. Also, please check out the FoGD blog wrap up post about the show. REMEMBER: the show is open through the end of the month in the MK Gallery!

Show & Tell ---> Jill Bliss!

Original Drawing for the Floral Leaves Datebook, by Jill Bliss

Hey All! Please join us Tuesday (November 8th) at Noon in room 170 for an IN PERSON Show & Tell with Jill Bliss! She is going to bring her sketchbooks, finished products and the process behind them. SO COOL. Bring your lunch! Bring your questions!

 

Jill this fall working on an installation at Renegade Handmade in Chicago, IL

Check out the Q&A that Jill did with us last year when we asked her about the tools she can't live without! Also, check out her website and also read an interview with her over at My Love For You Is a Stampede of Horses (one of my favorite blogs).

On to a list of Jill's favorite tools!

Web Intern Needed for January 2010 // Sagacity Media [Portland Monthly Magazine]

 

Required skills:

    • Strong sense of design on screen with strong skills in Photoshop CS3/CS4.

    • Knowledgeable in both basic HTML [tables] and CSS + XHTML.

    • Can meet deadlines with quality work.

    • Is not afraid of a good strong critique! ;-)

    • Can work alongside web-editorial interns, helping with their production needs.

Love What You Do!

Portland State University's Friends of Graphic Design are proud to present:

LOVE WHAT YOU DO
A GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENT SHOW

www.friendsofgraphicdesign.org
www.lovewhatyoudopsu.com

Exhibition: Thursday, November 5, 2009 – Friday, November 27, 2009

First Thursday Reception: Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 6-9pm

MK Gallery | 2nd Floor Gallery | PSU Art Building | 2000 SW 5th Ave. | PDX, OR

Portland State University Graphic Design students invite you to celebrate the opening of their show with a lecture by visiting artist Frank Chimero. (www.frankchimero.com)

First Thursday, November 5, 2009, 5-6pm: Frank Chimero lectures on the topic of "Love What You Do."
First Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6-9pm: Opening reception for LOVE WHAT YOU DO.

Exhibition Statement:

The education of a graphic designer is never finished.
We chose this field because it allows us to grow. It requires we spend our days thinking critically, scheming for solutions, investigating and observing the nuances of our visual world. Graphic design requires us to create new cultural content, invites us to tell the story of what we see and do.
We’ve learned that creating successful art and design requires a passionate dedication to the work we’re doing. The most interesting projects reveal unique truths about humanity.
The most touching projects allow a glimpse into the heart of the maker.
We are artists, illustrators, typographers, publishers, printmakers, web developers, writers, makers of diagrams and advertisements. We are observers, thinkers, and creators. We are graphic designers. We love what we do.

More show images after the jump.

Scribble!

 

Scribble your cares away!
Give your brain a vacation, join us in the Art Annex on Tuesday from 12:00pm 'til @2:00pm

Top 3 drawings win vintage style 64-pack of Crayola crayons!
$15 iTunes gift card for 1st place, $5 Starbucks gift card for 2nd.

Free coloring books to all contestants while supplies last. Ages 6+

Show and Tell in the Real Life: Frank Chimero Is Coming!

Frank Chimero is an illustrator and graphic designer. You're undoubtedly familiar with his bright, smart, fun work. You've probably included his in a mood board at some point, or seen one of his posters in the green room. Maybe you've seen his illustrations in the New York Times?

Well, drool no further over paper or digital representations of this man's talent. He'll be here next week, in the flesh, for a Friends of Graphic Design blitz!

First, as part of Show & Tell, Frank will drop into the Art Annex for a casual Q&A on Thursday, November 5. 12 noon, Room 170, be there.

Then, to kick off LOVE WHAT YOU DO, Frank will be giving a lecture in the Art Building on that very topic! Thursday, November 5, 5pm, Room 200. Be there, too. It's open to the public and you're encouraged to bring your friends!

Directly following Frank's lecture is the opening of LOVE WHAT YOU DO! 6-9pm, right across the hallway in the MK Gallery on the second floor of the Art Building.

The next day, Friday November 6, Frank will be meeting with students for one-on-ones to talk with you about your work. Don't freak, it's not a portfolio review. It's a terrific opportunity to meet with a working designer and chat. Show him a project you're working on, get some feedback. Show him your favorite completed assignment. Show him your portfolio website, see what he thinks.

Here's where you have to do a little bit of work: we'll run the sign-up for the one-on-ones like we run the sign-ups for studio tours and workshops. First come, first serve, but we'll let you know when the sign-up post will go up. Since I forgot to do it a week in advance (that would be today) we'll go for four days.

On Monday, November 2, we'll make a sign-up post at noon. There will be specific times. You'll comment with the time you'd like to sign up for. Whew! There will be instructions in an ordered list. Set an alert on your iCal!

And go look at Frank's work. You might be standing next to him at the gallery opening and have a great opportunity to tell him how much you like his inspirational design posters or the transparency he did for GOOD magazine. We will have a real, live design legend in our midst! Don't get caught without a conversation starter!

Free For Students! AIGA: Local Creatives Share Ideas and Inspiration for Sustainable Design

SHIFT: A Green Salon
Thursday, November 5th from 7-9pm
Pop Art Community Room (718 SW Alder Street, Suite 220). 
The event is free to AIGA members and students,

The Portland AIGA Green Team kicks off its new series, SHIFT: A Green Salon. The event will showcase 10 five-minute presentations from designers, creatives, and innovators that are making communications better and more sustainable. Ideas range from rethinking design to creative print solutions and efficient typography screen techniques. A short Q&A session and mingling will follow the presentations.

Rory Phillips' Tengu Student Packaging Gets The Spotlight

2009 PSU-GD graduate, Rory Philip's student work has been featured on many a packaging and design blogs including the dieline and visualize. And to top it off the work was re-posted on blogs in Asia (Korea) and Europe (France's Easy Food). Rory was also contacted by publishers in the US and Asia asking to include his work in their books! Exciting!

Show & Tell --> This Tuesday at NOON: RAY FENWICK

Ladies and Gentlemen: RAY FENWICK!

Ray Fenwick is an artist and illustrator living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A former improv comedian and theatre school dropout, Ray now occupies himself drawing and painting with a focus on language, text and humour.

As an artist he has shown paintings and book works in Canada and the United States.

As an illustrator, he has worked for The New York Times, Nike, Random House, Nickolodeon, Pentagram and others. He has also lectured on his use of sketchbooks.

His first book, Hall of Best Knowledge, was published by Fantagraphics. His next book, a collection of short narrative paintings, will be published by Fantagraphics in late 2010.

 

I don't even know what images to upload from the Talented Ray Fenwick. He is a creator of WONDERFUL and simply makes and makes and makes. Ray is beaming in this Tuesday at NOON in room 170 so please come see Mr. Fenwick in full Skype Glory. In the meantime, take a look at his work. He is one of my favorites and I can't wait for you all to meet him!

Ray's Website

Ray's Flickr 

NEXT WEEK'S SHOW & TELL: Frank Chimero - IN PERSON!

****AFTER RAY'S TALK ---> stick around for the FoGD meeting!