International Documnetary Film Screening at SFSU

AIGA launches Design for Good

AIGA launches Design for Good to support socially engaged designers

Every day, designers are creating better communities by working with nonprofits and citizen groups to improve the human experience. If one person can make an impact, imagine what 22,000 designers can accomplish.

AIGA's Design for Good initiative connects and amplifies the pro bono efforts of designers, firms and chapters.

Adobe Muse Demo in DAI, Nov. 10

On Nov 10, at 2:10pm in FA115, Dani Beaumont, product manager for Muse, will be giving a demo - an overview of features and worklfow for Muse. Space will be reserved for DAI 525 students, but will be open to other DAI students as rooms permits. 

http://muse.adobe.com/

Design Perspectives Lecture Series online

Over the past year, the Design department at Swinburn University has been holding their Design Perspectives Lectures on a regular basis. They've documented these on audio and video.

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/design-perspectives/

Eight lectures are now available online.

Nigel Cross - Creative Thinking in Design
Nigel Cross - Understanding Design Thinking
Wendy Wong - Chinese Graphic Design History in Greater China SInce 1979
Keith Russell - Chocolate Bread, Sacred Rice: Continental Ways of
Looking at Things
Judith Gregory - Activity Theory as a "Trading Zone" for Design
Research and Practice
Kalevi Ekman - The Story Behind Aalto University's Design Factory
Jacob Buur - User Centred Design
Pi'ikea Clark - Expanding Design Education through Indigenous Design

More lectures will be added as they complete the preparations

"DESIGN TO LIVE..." Nathan Shapira Design Archive Opening Reception & Design Symposium

Open House Reception, Nathan Shapira Design Archive
5:30 - 6:30 PM, Tuesday, November 1st, 2011,
San Francisco State University, Fine Arts Building,
Graduate Studio Space, FA 151 and FA 151C

Symposium: Design to Live: Inclusive Design in the Majority World,
6:30 – 8:30 PM, in the Fine Arts Building, FA 115

Rod Cavazos of PSY/OPS Type Foundry will be visiting DAI 425

10/19, 2pm in FA119

It’s open to all students - they can stop by and sit in on the lecture.

ImagePlot visualization software

ImagePlot visualization software

ImagePlot visualization software: explore patterns in large image collections.

ImagePlot is a free software tool that visualizes collections of images and video of any size. It is implemented as a macro which works with the open source image processing program ImageJ.

Seymour Chwast and Friends Create Logos for ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Movement - UnBeige

Seymour Chwast and Friends Create Logos for ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Movement - UnBeige

Studio Tours: Stamen | AIGA San Francisco

Studio Tours: Stamen | AIGA San Francisco

Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tours sell out early, so get your tickets today!

Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of five influential Bay Area design studios during our Fall / Winter Studio Tours. See projects in progress, learn about different firms’ cultures and methodologies, and rub elbows with design luminaries and up-and-comings in the environment that inspires their best work.

Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century: Film Screening with director Q&A

Come join us at Typekit's headquarters on Tuesday October 4, 2011 for a more personal look at Richard Keglers' new documentary on metal typefaces. We'll open the doors at 7:00pm for drinks and begin the screening at 7:30pm followed by a Q&A at 8:30pm.

Making Faces' is a fascinating design documentary by Richard Kegler that captures the personality and work process of the late Canadian graphic artist and type designer Jim Rimmer (1931-2010).

https://makingfaces.eventbrite.com/