Thursday, April 28, 2011

Premier presentation of social advertising campaigns for The YMCA of San Francisco

Date: Wednesday May 11, 2011
Time: 3:00-4:30
Place: Studio 1 (CA 128)
Creative Arts Building
San Francisco State University

The students of the Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts, Marketing and Design and Industry cordially invite you to attend the premier presentation of their public service advertising campaigns for the YMCA of San Francisco.

Every semester since it¹s inception in 1996, this interdisciplinary course (BECA 647/MKTG 440/DAI), in partnership with the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement (ICCE), has given students from three different disciplines the opportunity to work together to create effective advertising campaigns in a real-world environment, for Bay Area nonprofit organizations. We are proud to be able to utilize the resources and expertise of the University to serve the needs of our diverse Bay Area community, and beyond.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

REVERB: Notes on Design -- Call for entries deadline extended!


Reverb: Notes on Design, is the 22nd annual DAI student exhibition. We have extended the deadline for submissions. Please be sure to fill out and print the submission form online at http://daishow.sfsu.edu/submit/ before April 28, 2011. All instructions are available on the online form. Please include the printed form along with your work. All projects can be submitted to FA 151, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. If you do not have access to the work right away please fill out the form anyway to get started.

Thank you for supporting the Reverb show.

http://daishow.sfsu.edu/submit/

Help us develop and improve the DAI Rapid Prototyping Facilities

Milan Bhatt, a graduate student, and Rapid Prototyping (RP) /Shop manager at the Design and Industry Department at SFSU has been conducting an important study for the DAI department on the usage of available Rapid Prototyping Resources in the DAI Rapid Prototyping-Lab. This on going study's main focus is to develop a student/teacher rich resource that can enable the user to fully utilize the available DAI RP technology, which would further augment the DAI curricula, and enrich the design student development and experience.

At this point in time, he needs student input, and would greatly appreciate it if you would take the time to fill out this survey, and help improve the learning experience at SFSU's Design and Industry Department.

The survey will be available 19th April 00:00 Hrs. onwards and will be closed on 30th April 00:00 Hrs.

SURVEY LINK

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

SF State Fashion Show!

What:
The Fashion Network Association presents the annual SFSU Spring fashion show, Runway 2011: Enchantment

Portfolio Day 11 | AIGA San Francisco

The San Francisco chapter of AIGA invites you to Portfolio Day. Known as the best portfolio review on the West Coast, this is an opportunity for students to get valuable one-on-one feedback on their portfolio and career goals from some of the Bay Area’s best designers. Over 90 top Bay Area designers will serve as reviewers.

info here

Free Webinars for students from AIGA

Learn with AIGA this summer
AIGA offers members access to several opportunities for professional development, ranging from webinars to one-week intensive programs. So, no matter where you are in your career or in the country, there’s a new education opportunity for you.

To Tug Hearts, Music First Must Tickle the Neurons

by Milton Glaser
Scientists have been trying to unravel what specific components of music make it emotionally expressive. The following quiz is based on research by Daniel Levitin, director of the laboratory for music perception, cognition and expertise at McGill University.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

AIGA San Francisco 2011 Enrichment Scholarship


The Enrichment Scholarship was created by AIGA San Francisco to enhance the quality and diversity of design education. Winners will receive a $500 scholarship which may be used to underwrite the cost of their design education or to pay for a supplemental program, such as attending a design conference or participating in a class or workshop. In addition, the work from the scholarship winners will be featured on the AIGA San Francisco website.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Robert Reich talk on Corporate Social Responsibility at SFSU

free admission

Will Corporate Social Responsibility Stop a Race to the Bottom in  Labor  Standards ?

A public lecture by Robert B. Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at University of California, Berkeley, former Secretary of Labor and author of Supercapitalismand Aftershock.

Introduction by President Robert A. Corrigan.
SF State’s Labor Studies Program presents
Wednesday, May 4
4 – 6 p.m.
San Francisco State University
Seven Hills Conference Center

For more information, e-mail: jlogan@sfsu.edu

SUMMER 2011 Course: Art 511: Introduction to Physical Computing

This class has been very popular and is now offered this Summer, 2011. It is a great elective for design students

Content relates to industrial technology, industrial design, exhibit design, user interface design, interactive installations, etc.  This is an accessible way to creatively play with the intersection between computers and the physical world.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Dare to watch! April 13th Day of Action

On Wednesday, April 13th (tomorrow) all 23 campuses in the CSU will take action for public higher education and fair contracts.  Faculty, students and staff on the CSU campuses will be joined by other Colleges and University across the nation, in taking action to defend public higher education in the face of sweeping funding cuts and attacks on the rights of employees and students.

Please take a few minutes to watch a You Tube clip (link below) created by organizers at CSU Long Beach on why we need to take action on April 13th.



JOIN US TOMORROW AT SF STATE:

IDT public presentations

Public Presentations

to students, faculty, staff and community for the Department of Design and Industry Industrial Design Technology Position.

Tuesday, April 19
1:00-2:00pm
Candidate: Young Mi Choi

Friday April 22
1:00-2:00 pm
Candidate: Calvin Chen

Location: Room FA 119

All faculty, students and staff in any department are welcome to attend.
DAI students and faculty especially encouraged to attend.

Candidates will be asked to detail their teaching and work experience in a presentation, followed by a Q&A Session