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Frank's Summer Reading List.

Frank has posted some recommended summer reading for you all! 

PSU is all up in The National Student Show this weekend in Dallas!

Martie Flores' Twin Peaks Campaign was selected for the National Student Show in Dallas, Texas! See Martie's entire campaign HERE!

Two PSU students had their work selected for the National Student Design Show which is being held this weekend in Dallas, Texas. Martie Flores and Randi Haugland's work was chosen to be placed among the best of the best in student design! CONGRATS!! 

Randi Haugland's Spice of Africa Campaign was accepted into the 2011 National Student Show. See the work in its entirity HERE.

HI Randi! Hi Martie!

Also, PSU Faculty Kate Bingaman Burt will be a keynote speaker at the conference!

PSU Faculty Jill Bliss has her work at Target Stores Nationwide!

The next time you are shopping in Target you might just run into a pile of lovely journals illustrated by our very own Jill Bliss! Congrats Jill!

images taken from Jill's Blog. 

BOOMSHAKALAKA!

BOOMSHAKALAKA! opens this Friday at Land Gallery! 

Above Images:1a. Ward Jenkins, 1b. Nicole Lavelle & Sarah Baugh, 1c. Meg Hunt, 2a. Kate Bingaman-Burt, 2b. Drew Bell, 2c. Anthony Georgis, 3a. Tyler Lang

Thirty Portland Designers and Illustrators Exhibit New Work About the Trail Blazers...(including many PSU GD Faculty and a few GD students...come support).

Portland designer Clifton Burt is pleased to present Boomshakalaka: A Show Celebrating the Portland Trail Blazers, an exhibition at Land Gallery that showcases new work from some of Portland’s most influencial designers, illustrators, photographers, and makers. The exhibition offers thirty perspectives of the Blazers that range from the reflective to the ridonkulous.

“There are some exciting ideas being produced for this show,” says show-organizer Clifton Burt, “like spirit animals for each of the players, work based on their tattoos, and portraits of both new and old school Blazers. Participants are working in a variety of materials: wood, fabric, sound, video, cardboard, paper, and more. It’s going to be quite a spectacle.”

Building the new PSU.GD Website...

...right before your very eyes!!!

On January 26th, 31st and February 2nd Assistant Professor Ian Whitmore will be demonstrating the fundamentals of setting up and creating a custom WordPress web site during his ART440 class from 3:00-6:00pm.

He is inviting any upper division Graphic Design majors who have taken/or are taking ART341 to drop in and follow along, take notes and see the general awesomeness that is WordPress.

Faculty are welcome to attend as well! 

This will be a demonstration only so note taking will be essential. He is going to look into recording the demos to create some tutorial videos later on.

WHEN? January 26th, 31st and February 2nd (possibly one more day)Shattuck Hall  Rm. 107 (Northwest corner of the basement)3:00-6:00PM

What's in Frank's Bag?

PSU GD Faculty Frank just wrote a super informative post about what he carries in his bag. Lots of good information regarding, file storage, software, hardware and general geekery. Read, PSU GD students...READ!

PSU Faculty Briar Levit on Design*Sponge!

Congrats Briar! Design*Sponge loves you! PSUGD faculty Briar Levit landed on Design*Sponge with her awesome typeface calendars! Go get one before they are all gone!

 

New Year's Resolution for PSU-GD Students: Let's Document Our Work Better!

The ever wonderful Frank Chimero has put together a smart and snazzy PDF about creating your own lighting setup for around $40. Click to read the entire PDF. He did this for you. You should thank him the next time you see him in the hallway.

PSU GD in the Oregonian

PSU NEWS!
Author: Carrie Sturrock, The Oregonian
Posted:November 19, 2010
Link: http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/2010/11/graphic_designers_in_portlan...

Garlic grows perfectly packaged. So it was especially galling to the graphic design students in Chris North's five-week "Waste Not" seminar at Portland State University when a fellow student found peeled garlic at the grocery store sold in individually wrapped cellophane packets, all in a larger bag. But it helped spur a branding project by three students called Think. "Less". where they envisioned a system whereby customers would be rewarded with points for purchases that generate less waste. Those students will present their sustainable solution at the Shift 5 salon "What does sustainable design mean to you?" on Thursday in Portland sponsored by the local chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design.

Show & Tell: Always With Honor IN PERSON this Thursday, December 2nd at NOON!

Please join us THIS THURSDAY for our last Show and Tell of the quarter! We are welcoming the awesome duo (and newest members of the PSU GD Faculty) Always With Honor! Come hear the Young Guns talk about their work and get to know your new instructors! HUZZAH!

Check out their Fresh & Hungry interview on Idsgn!