Friends of Graphic Design at PSU

Sign up for the Jennifer Daniel Editorial Illustration Workshop!

above: poster by Jennifer Daniel

Jennifer Daniel is our guest next week! We are all going to hear her talk at Be Honest and now here is your opportunity to get a taste of editorial illustration...remember her AWESOME Show & Tell talks about editorial illustration? Now is your chance to spend some IRL time with Jennifer and make and learn!

Jennifer will be conducting a workshop on Friday, May 6th from 12 to 4. The workshop will consist of a short presentation about editorial illustration, real world project briefs, working, making, refining, sweat, laughter, tears, jubiliation and maybe, just maybe the chance of having your work potentially PUBLISHED in the New York Times. 

Sign up in the comments if you are going to be participating. This is an EXTREME opportunity. Take advantage of it! WHOOOO!

PDX RE-PRINT Series Continues This Thursday!

Design by Nicole Lavelle.

Rubbings from the Rose City documents Portland through one-of-a-kind handmade etchings of building façades, gravestones, street signs, manhole covers and more. Self published by Christopher Gossett in 1983, the book provides a unique snapshot of the city and its many familiar landmarks. Celebrate the reprinting of this out-of-print book, with a panel discussion on the interface of art and the built environment.

The panel brings together some of the city’s foremost thinkers in art, architecture and history. Each presenter will talk for 10 minutes about a specific place in Portland they appreciate for its architecture, history and unique art forms. There will then be a few questions of all panelists, before a short Q & A with the audience. Afterward, we’ll have a brief “rubbing demo” with souvenirs to take home for all!

PDX RE-PRINT is a series of four publications and free public lectures celebrating obscured and out-of-print books on Portland’s visual culture. Held at roving venues on last Thursdays at 7PM, lectures bring together authors, scholars, activists and community members, who will use the books to discuss how we understand our city. Each book will be reissued for sale by Publication Studio on the night of the lecture.

PDX RE-PRINT will bring authors, some who have not lived in Portland in the last 20-30 years, back to the city to examine the dramatic changes over the past three decades. Events will also highlight contemporary cultural workers who draw from these self-published pioneers. Together, the four books tell a story that can help us understand our past and fully appreciate the quality of life Portlanders enjoy today.

Rubbings from the Rose City
Thursday, April 28th, 7PM
American Institute of Architects
403 NW 11th Ave

www.dillpickleclub.com

FOGD Studio Tour: Aaron Draplin

(poster by Martie Flores)

107 SE Washington St. Suite 540. Portland, OR

DDC website

FOGD will be visiting Aaron Draplin's studio FRIDAY APRIL 29th @ 2pm, and you don't want to miss this one! 

Read Draplin's hilarious bio here!

This tour is capped at 15 people- if you want to sign up, and can commit to going, reserve your spot by leaving a comment below with 1) YOUR NAME 2) YOUR EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER

Also, feel free to bring $$ for DDC Merch!!

 

-FOGD

Extraordinary Ordinary at Field Work

Re:active Magazine will be hosting a design workshop at Field Work with teens during the last week of April.
We're currently looking for interested PSU Design students to collaborate on brainstorming and collecting data with the professionals and teens on Monday the 25th and Wednesday the 27th from 3:30-4:30pm.

If you're interested in taking part, please contact Justin Flood:
[email protected].

During the last week of April, re:active will co-host an afterschool arts and design workshop for teens called the Extraordinary Ordinary. It’s held at the Field Work space, run by students and faculty of PSU’s art and social practice and graphic design programs.

It’s a great opportunity for high school students to work with design professionals to observe and respond to their surroundings. They’ll explore their community and uncover what’s unique, quirky, and offbeat. Using design processes to interpret what they’ve collected, students will create engaging experiences and reintroduce those ideas as site-specific installations throughout downtown Portland.

The public will be invited to view the installations on the Friday evening following the program, April 29th, at a reception/walkthrough. We will meet at the Field Work space at 7pm. The process and installations will be documented in a catalog created with the Publication Studio.

www.reactivemagazine.com
www.fieldworkspace.org

EM SPACE Success

See more photos of the tour by Sarah Marshall!

Workshop Week at Field Work!

We're pleased to announce that we'll be hosting some great workshops next week at Field Work!

Wednesday April 20th, we'll have a Quick-n-Dirty Photography workshop with Beth Olson, who'll show you how to take good product shots of your wonderful projects, even if all you have is a point and shoot!

Thursday April 21st, Ethan Allen Smith will be leading an HTML/CSS Basics workshop. 

Friday, April 22nd, Nathan Garvison is going to be giving an encore of his InDesign Workshop!

Space is limited to 25 people for each workshop, so go signup (at this really ugly website I found to do sign-ups on)!

>>>Sign up for Quick n Dirty Photography, Wednesday April 20th 4-5 pm

>>>Sign up for HTML/CSS Basics, Thursday, April 21st 3:30-5 pm

>>>Sign up for InDesign Workshop, Friday, April 22nd 1:30-2:30 pm

Questions? Ask 'em in the comments!

 

Park Block Cell Watch

Need a break from your phone so you can actually get some homework done? Need to charge your phone? Want free snacks and drinks? Want to try to win our grand prize? Then come on down to the park blocks this Friday and let us babysit your cellphone!

Time: 11:00- 2:00pm 

Location: Millar Library

Etsy + FoGD + You = AWESOME

Friends of Graphic Design is opening an Etsy Shop! We want to have a place that students can sell their awesome crafts and projects without needing to open up a whole shop on their own. It will operate under the umbrella of FoGD, so all you have to do is provide us with a picture of the item and a description, pay a small listing fee (to cover etsy and paypal fees), and ship your item when it sells!

To kick off this exciting new venture, we're hosting an analog Etsy at Be Honest on May 5th. We need your awesome items to fill our shop! For items sold at Be Honest, there won't be any listing fees, and it's a great way to showcase your handiwork to a bunch of the creative folks in Portland. 

To have your items featured at Be Honest and on our online shop launch, we need your submissions by April 15th (THIS Friday). Email us at [email protected] with a picture + description of your item(s), how much you're going to list it for, and your contact information! You don't need to be showing work at Be Honest to participate in the Etsy Shop!

 

Questions? Leave 'em in the comments!

AIGA: SHIFT

 

SHIFT 6: Ten 5-minute presentations for inspiring sustainable design

$15 members | $25 non-members | $10 student members

Join us Thursday, April 21st for SHIFT 6 — an event to inform, inspire and engage peers, clients and students about sustainable design thinking and practices. Ten presenters will briefly share their observations, ideas and even challenges in shaping the future of visual communications. This evening also includes mingling, Q&A, local snacks, and free beer with your own mug!

LEARN MORE HERE!

 

 

EM SPACE WORKSHOP

poster by Julianna Johnson

Where?
Meet at Em Space
407 Southeast Ivon Street
Look for the red building in the industrial area!

When?
Friday, April 15th
11 am - 1pm

How?
COMMENT with your NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, & SPOT IN LINE
(The tour capacity is set at 20 students!)

It costs $7 per student, because we are getting an amazing letterpress workshop!! Yes!
Do bring CASH on Friday.

PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT.