DAI alumna Maggie Lee featured in IIID Awards 2011 website

Maggie Lee's poster on "Tallest Buildings in the World", which was designed as part of the information design class, is featured in the website for the first International Institute for Information Design Awards competition, Taipei 2011. Maggie will receive a full membership to the IIID organization. 

Awards web page:

IIIDAward Student Work

Fwd: Vigilante, Vigilante Film Screening March 8th

You are invited to an exciting film screening and filmmaker's talk!

Please join us for a one-time only screening of Vigilante, Vigilante: The Battle for Expression, co-produced and edited by SF State Alumni Nathan Wollman and Julien de Benedictis. This documentary film follows anti-graffiti vigilantes in the Bay Area and beyond, and is an illuminating film for anybody interested in graffiti, self-expression, and the urban visual environment. For more information, visit http://www.vigilantefilm.com/

• Thursday, March 8th
• 7:00pm
• Coppola Theater, first floor of the Fine Arts Building (near main entrance)

This event is co-hosted by the Design and Industry Department and the Cinema Department with support from the College of Arts and Humanities. For more information, please contact Hsiao-Yun Chu, hychu@sfsu.edu

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 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

SF State celebrates Park(ing) Day this Thursday, 9/15, from 2-4pm, come check out these new pop-up 'parks' and win prizes!

We are organizing another year of PARK(ing) Day here at SF State. We invite all of you to join us for the festivities. The event will take place this Thursday, September 15th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.

PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites citizens everywhere to transform metered parking spaces into temporary parks for the public good. SF State 'parks' will be located at: The Quad, Tapia Drive, Holloway Ave, Centennial Walk and on 19th Avenue. Zipcar and the campus Transportation Department will be tabling at the Quad as well.

DAI 300's Recombinant Furniture exhibition!

Reception:

Thursday, September 1 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Come enjoy snacks and refreshments 

Available for public viewing September 1 - 30

 

Rearranging the Syntax of a Design Vocabulary
SFSU Design and Industry students enrolled in Mimi Sheiner’s DAI-300 Design Process class over the past academic year were asked to create lamps and chairs using non-traditional, re-purposed materials. The result is not merely a showcase of technical craftsmanship. Rather, it is a series of startling and often humorous insights into a changing era of design that is shifting its vision to gaze on a greener future while demanding unconventional innovations in order for survival.

Location The Art Gallery, Cesar Chavez Student Center, SFSU

C-134 third floor

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Fall 2011 Community Arts Design Studio

Students who are interested in community arts/design, there will be an information meeting for the Fall 2011 Community Arts Design Studio - Thursday, September 1st - 12:30pm - FA123

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Community Arts Design Studio is offered through the Design an Industry Department. The course is community-arts oriented and will cover the fundamental principles and techniques of graphic design, typography, layout and production for application to community art and education contexts. Students will learn to flexibly employ standard design and production tools and techniques, i.e., Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. You will mentor and lead students from underserved communities in graphic design and client projects. The course will be a collaboration with community partners. Class meets every Friday.

The course will emphasize media literacy and analysis skills, emphasizing nuanced, non-stereotypical, representation of cultural vernaculars. Students in the program will have an understanding of how historical, social, economic, and political factors of communities relate to community art. They will also acquire the necessary skills, conceptual thinking, and professional practice to enable them to fulfill their creative potential and make art for, in, and with the community.

PRE-REQUISITES: DAI 325 (or higher) or an intermediate knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.

For questions contact Prof. Steve Jones
sajones@sfsu.edu

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

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

DAI Alum Made Good! Acme Made and Me

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gritchelle Fallesgon

Hello Professors!

I just wanted to share some awesome news. I am featured in an SF inspired campaign by Acme Made! They made a little video about me and currently have me on the homepage of their website. If you're not familiar with Acme Made, they are an SF designer bag company specializing in laptop & camera bags and iphone/ipad cases. This new campaign will feature all sorts of SF creatives such as photographers, bike builders, foodies and graphic designers (like me!) and my piece starts off the campaign.

The interesting thing is that for the video, they focused on the "I Haight Art" piece which is a project I did in Josh Singer's DAI 525 class! I was kind of surprised that they decided to just focus on that piece, but whatever, I'm grateful to have been chosen in the first place.

Anyway here is the video: http://blog.acmemade.com/2011/03/17/sf-inspired-gritchelle-fallesgon/

And the website: http://www.acmemade.com/

I'm pretty stoked!

I hope everyone is doing well!

Best,

Gritchelle 

Course Demand Sign-Up in DAI Office for Qualified Students

If you are a QUALIFIED student and were NOT able to add to a course due to available space, please go to the DAI office where we have a sign-up sheet to document unmet course demand.  This can provide evidence to support requests for added course sections. If there is an opportunity to add sections or a Summer session, this record of student need is invaluable.