SYNOPSIS:
The sponsor provides scholarships to minority and economically disadvantaged students who are studying the design/arts disciplines in colleges and universities in the United States. Scholarships are only awarded to those students who are in financial need.
Deadline(s): 04/02/2010
DEADLINE NOTE
The 2010/11 paper application will be available for download from the sponsor’s site on January 15, 2010. The online upload will be live on the sponsor’s site February 1, 2010.
Web Site: http://scholarships.worldstudioinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2009_10_WS_AIGA_Scholarships.pdf
Program URL: http://scholarships.worldstudioinc.com/deadline-application/
Link to full program description: http://www.infoed.org/new_spin/spin_prog.asp?69887
Hsiao-Yun Chu (aka Prof. Chu) is featured in the College of Creative Arts December E-lert!
“A class taught by Hsiao-Yun Chu is like a world tour of design, from history to product design and development. The Design and Industry assistant professor considers herself a guide—not an expert—leading a fun experience.
Chu’s newest tour involves nearly 1,400 linear feet, the size of R. Buckminster Fuller’s personal archive. This semester, she has arranged for students in a graphic design class to engage in a typesetting project of Fuller’s 23,000-word Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, on the heels of Chu’s new book, “New Views on R. Buckminster Fuller” (Stanford University Press).
As the Fuller archive’s assistant curator while attending Stanford, Chu grew interested in Fuller’s self-taught, innovative design and utopian, visionary viewpoints. Fuller’s geo-dome, she notes, came decades before today’s green movement.
To Chu, design is about people more than the products. One of her class projects brings students to San Francisco teahouses. “Tea is significant in so many cultures,” she says. “It involves taste and rituals but also the shape of the cup and how it is decorated.
“When you design something, you want it to have meaning to the people who use it,” Chu adds. “The relationship to that object can be very rich.”
“Handcrafted with love by BYU design students and faculty, for the 5th Typophile Film Festival. A visual typographic feast about the five senses, and how they contribute to and enhance our creativity. Everything in the film is real—no CG effects!” – Brent Barson
I found this video via Typezilla
Enjoy.
2 Day Business Card & Letterhead Workshop/Critique
Open to any DAI student
Wednesday, November 18th: Workshop
Please join us if you need feedback on your working designs, have questions on printing or just need a place to work.
We are going to help each other out in creating personal business cards, letterhead and logos. We’ll have books and samples for everyone to view. Please come prepared with anything you’ve got: sketches, digital files, comps or printouts.
Wednesday Dec. 2nd: Presentation & Critique
Bring your final designs for a constructive critique from your peers. This is great way to share your work with others and receive additional feedback. Please come prepared with your final comps or actual printed pieces.
November 18th & December 2nd
5:15–6:30pm, FA 115
Watch for these posters on campus!
Nelson Mitchell, a fellow DAI student & AIGA member, worked with Marilyn Jackson from the Office of International Programs to designed these posters for International Education Week at SFSU. We’re very excited to see a fellow DAI student’s talents displayed around campus. Not only did Mitchell work on the poster campaign, but he also designed the micro-site in Flash. Check it out! http://www.sfsu.edu/~oip/internationaleducationalweek/index.html
“Campus celebrates all things sustainable Nov. 2-6
Get on your bike for your morning commute, sample fair trade coffees and purge your closet of unwanted clothes during the first Sustainable SF State Week, Nov 2-6. Students, faculty and staff are invited to learn more about green living at the week’s activities, lectures and movies.” Read more
Check out the events list here.
This is a great opportunity to get some feedback on your work 
We’re prepping for next week’s Portfolio Nite by holding a portfolio preparation workshop during tomorrow’s meeting. All DAI students are welcomed to attend. Please come prepared with any questions you may have and your files, whether digital or printed.
Hope to see you there 
This is probably one of the coolest and largest event to attend as an AIGA member, especially since it’s about skate culture. I will more than likely be there and am assuming some of the other officers will be there too.
Check it out:
“On November 12, 2009, AIGA San Francisco will present its Annual Fall Gala: “Hung Up.” Hosted at The Galleria at the San Francisco Design Center, the event attracts 700 attendees and will feature custom-designed skateboard decks. Not only is the Gala an opportunity for the design community to come together and appreciate our creative spirit, but it is also a special evening for our sponsorship partners.
For many artists and designers, skating and skate culture has played a major role in their life, either directly influenced by skateboarding itself or indirectly influenced by the music and art of people who skate. Acknowledging the powerful influence it continues to have on our culture, AIGA San Francisco is celebrating the art of skateboarding and are inviting artists and designers to contribute custom skate decks, which will be auctioned off at the end of the night.” (via Hung Up)
In addition to the auction, there will be a raffle ranging from posters, books, wine and other fun items like a copy of Adobe CS4!!!
What’s even more awesome about this event is that AIGA SF is holding an online People’s Choice Competition that is open to ALL AIGA members, and yes fellow students, that means you too. The winner will have their design printed on two decks; one for the winner and the other for the auction. Please visit the Hung Up site for more information.
We really encourage fellow members to participate. If you guys need feed back or help, the group is here to support you.
