Observe this!

Why bother with celebrating Cinco de Mayo when you’ve got this going on?

Priebe. Six to seven-thirty (and beyond).

T-minus two weeks

{In the meantime, I’ll work on obtaining a better-quality file of this graphic….}

We’ve been to Two Rivers and back…

…and here are the pictures to prove it. Special thanks as always to Museum Director Jim Moran for showing us around the place and letting us play with all of that lovely wood type!

Hamilton Wood Type Museum field trip this Wednesday!

For those involved, here are the specs.

Rough Schedule:

8:30 Leave UWO. We will meet in parking lot #4, which is between the AC and Halsey.

10:00 Arrive Hamilton

10:15 – 11:00 Tour of facility

11:00 – 12:30 Printing: Group A (Group B lunch)

12:30 – 2:00 Printing: Group B (Group A lunch)

2:00 Printing stops. Clean up! The goal is to leave the place cleaner than we found it.

2:30 Leave Hamilton

4:00 Arrive UWO

Lunch suggestions: Fatzo’s Subs & Pizza is located only three blocks north of the museum: Washington (“main street”) & 20th. And last year, students raved about Phil Rohrer’s Diner, just a few blocks away on 22nd.

Coffee: there are two coffee shops downtown.

Ice Cream: just across the street (because Two Rivers is the birthplace of the ice cream sundae after all).

Group A

Carder

Duarte

Dziadosz

Fahl

Helein

Herr

Hoffman

Hupf

Leinenkugel

 

Group B

Lenz

Marra

Naylor

Nelson

Ramsey

Richmond

Suprise

Wozniczka

Zahringer

Folio Review Pix

Here are just a few images from Saturday’s AIGA Wisconsin Folio Review, which was held at UW Milwaukee’s very nice Peck School of Arts Kenilworth Building. (They have hand scanner access. Seriously. See bottom image.) UW Oshkosh was represented by five students: Lucy Boyer, Todd Johnston, David Kufahl, Megan Nettekoven, and Katie Scott. And our work looked pretty darn good.

The photos are a little blurry, as I took ’em on my cell phone. Never mind that: I like to think they capture the fast-paced energy of the day.

 

Of course, any AIGA event worth its salt has matching t-shirts for those working…

…and I was very happy to find an Alterra Coffee right next door. Masala Soy Chai. Nice.

MeeWha Lee lecture & reception today!

Reminder:

Lecture: March 31 @ 4:50 to 5:50 p.m. in A/C 149

Reception to follow in the Allen Priebe Gallery.

Design Management 101 / MeeWha Lee

Design students at UWO should not miss this opportunity. And have a look at the show in the Priebe beforehand– it’s up right now. From the show announcement:

This exhibition presents a design manager’s portfolio in a manner to both inform and inspire students of graphic design.

MeeWha Lee studied Design at Seoul National University in South Korea and at the University of Iowa. She has taught graphic communications design at two universities and has worked for three Fortune 200 Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies as Design Director. This portfolio comprises her Brand Design and Innovation work from her CPG experience. Currently, she is Associate Director of Design & Innovation at Oscar Mayer/Kraft Foods, Inc.

Exhibition dates: March 8 to 31, 2011.

 

AIGA Wisconsin Portfolio Review: 4/2

Road trip! Here’s another event that you need to know about: the AIGA Wisconsin Student Portfolio Review. If you are seriously considering looking for a job in graphic design, you should seriously consider attending. I’ve helped to organize this event, and it’s going to be an amazing day full of helpful tips, networking, and inspiration for graphic design students just like yourself.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

UWM Kenilworth
1937 East Kenilworth Place
Milwaukee, WI 53202

From the event’s promotional materials:

Get ready for the job market with a stunning folio. Professionals will be available at this event to help you with tips and feedback. Become more competitive in the job market and get the job you really want.

• Valuable feedback from 3 professional designers
• Valuable feedback from 2 of your design peers
• Small group designer discussion lunches
• See and hear about professional designer’s folios in a series of lectures
• Mingle and network with professionals and other students

I’d totally take this class.

Need an upper-level Art History class? Do you dig contemporary art? (Even if you don’t, it is a genre designers should know about.) Does your apartment lack air-conditioning in the summer? If so, drop everything and register for ART 322-101C: Art Since 1945, taught by my friend and colleague, Dr. Susan Maxwell. It’s a summer class, and runs from June 13th to July 8th. And there are field trips! Sign me up.

An amazing opportunity for recent grads (as well as those about to be).

I hire students from my classes as interns. I teach, hire and mentor them, closely observing their progress. I stay young because I get to borrow their eyes. In fact, I get more out of it than they do.– Paula Scher

Please familiarize yourself with AIGA Wisconsin’s Cultivate mentoring program. It is an amazing opportunity to get to know an experienced designer who can hopefully help you with advice, resources, and networking as you begin your career. You need to be a member of AIGA, but don’t let that be a hurdle, as membership will get you access to much, much more… including exclusive job postings and the ability to showcase your portfolio to a much wider audience.

But you’ve gotta act fast: the deadline is January 10th!

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From the program’s website:

THE MISSION

Cultivate connects emerging graphic designers with established design professionals in mentoring relationships, encouraging the future success of the design industry in our region.

THE PROGRAM

Emerging designers, like all new professionals, need to tap into the strength of their communities in order to grow. That’s why we started Cultivate, AIGA Wisconsin’s three-month mentoring program, in order to spark new relationships for the benefit of designers in all levels of professional development.

After an initial mentoring match at the kick-off social event, the Mentors and Mentees sit down and get to know each other. Each pair will be encouraged to set a meeting schedule, and agree on a few topics of interest to discuss and ponder over the next few months. AIGA Wisconsin as a chapter will remain in the wings as a resource, allowing the mentoring relationship to grow organically, until the “Harvest Party” when we’ll celebrate a feast of design from emerging professionals at the end of the program.

BECOME A MENTEE

If you’re an associate level member in AIGA (4 years or fewer practice in any design community), or an AIGA student member in your final semester, you can reserve a place as a Mentee with an established professional level AIGA member in a similar field. Your Mentor will have the experience and perspective to answer questions you may not want to ask at work. A Mentor can help you focus on a career development plan, and give you the confidence and insights that will guide you for years to come. The Mentee fee is $20.

READY TO GROW?

Cultivate Application

Field Trip!

My typography class visited the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin last Tuesday. A good time was had by all, and some lovely work was printed by students in a relatively short span of time.

Special thanks to Museum Director Jim Moran, who always does such a great job hosting us each semester. I think it’s fair to say that we all learned a significant amount about both the history and the potential of wood type. During his thoughtful and informative tour, Jim stated that “preservation through production” (a concept borrowed from Hatch Show Print in Nashville) is a major component of the museum’s mission. And we produced some beautiful things. View on.

Jim Moran uses the pantograph to cut a piece of wood type.

Work by Katie Scott, drying in the rack.

Fresh composition by Todd Johnston.

Those are definitely Megan’s colors.

Good advice from Mai See!