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

SFSU Museum Exhibit course needs DAI students !!

Dear DAI Department Colleagues:

We need your wonderful graduate or  upper-division students who like history and who like children. The Museum Studies Program is offering students a unique opportunity to design a museum exhibition for children!  We can accommodate up to 5 students

This Fall Semester, the Museum Studies Program is offering the following course:
"M S 710 Museum Education &  Schools Outreach" and I would like to invite your students to consider taking the course.

Course participants will be developing a family- and child-friendly exhibition that focuses on the concept of "preserving family history across cultures" in our teaching museum in HUM 510, and also, for managing the school field trip program for elementary-age children.

Course information:
Museum Studies 710
Museum Education & Schools Outreach
Instructor: C. Fogarty
Schedule #: 45161
Time: Wednesdays, 1:10-3:55 PM in Humanities Room 506
Location: Humanities Room 506 (different from what's published in the
Class Schedule)

Contact Christine Fogarty if you have any questions: <cfog@sfsu.edu>cfog@sfsu.edu.

Summer Study Abroad Opportunity in Copenhagen

Stir Copenhagen: Design, Culture, and Your SensesOffered through the Rhode Island School of Design3 Credits. Open to students and professionals. June 1 Deadline.stircenter.com/workshops

Invigorate your design process in Copenhagen this summer and participate in an intensive, two-week, sensory-based design workshop.

Immerse yourself in Danish design, history and culture from an insider's perspective and discover how a passion for creating exceptional design is woven into the fabric that forms Denmark.

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.

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.

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.

Class available for DAI Senior and Graduate students

Advertising, Creativity & Production

If you are interested in advertising campaign development for a real client,
please join us in our interdisciplinary course. We produce TV, Radio & Print Ads for the real world client. You can earn 3 DAI/BECA units

Time: Wednesdays from 2-5
Place: CA 128 (Studio 1)

For more information contact: Professor Gomes or Professor Khani.
You are welcome to come to the first class meeting on Wednesday January 26, 2011.

Stir Copenhagen: Design, Culture + Your Senses

July 9–19, 2010
3 Undergraduate Credits
(Credits usually transfer between schools, check with your department to confirm.)

Open to All Students
Cost: $3350.00
Registration for this course closes May 14, 2010.
http://www.risd.edu/summerstu_registration.cfm

Additional Information:
Visit the website
Contact Stephanie Grey

Course Description

To stir means to provoke, to evoke strong feelings in, to rouse to activity.

Invigorate your design process in Copenhagen this summer and participate in an intensive, ten-day, sensory-based design workshop. Immerse yourself in Danish design, history and culture from an insider's perspective and discover how a passion for creating exceptional design is woven into the fabric that forms Denmark. Students in this course tour the studios of notable Danish designers and gain insight into their thought processes, visit historic architectural sites, tour museums, bike through the cobbled city streets as the natives do, and take day trips to scenic parts of the country.

Your point of view is found through your senses as you focus on taste, texture, smell, sight and sound as a means to connect with your surroundings. You are introduced to the topic of the senses and design through readings, discussions and exercises that yield innovative approaches to design concepts. A sensory-based design process guides you as you record the happenings of the city and the nuances of the culture. This process helps expand personal awareness, and as a visual communicator, helps broaden and strengthen your design skills and gain the tools necessary to invite full sensory participation into your design work. Each student creates a final process notebook, which serves as a tangible method of creating and can be used for a lifetime of generating work.

This course — led by Stephanie Grey (MFA GD'04), a Boston-based graphic designer who has lived, worked and taught design in Denmark — challenges your current methods of creating (and experiencing the world) and helps stir, invigorate and add value to your design communication, products and experiences.

Conceptual Information Arts Spring 2010 - Space available

Three newly added courses for the spring and spaces available:

Art511- New Communication Technology in the Visual Arts
(Telecommunications and the Web)
(Instructor: Andy Cox/http://twcdc.com/andycox/)

Art511-Electronics and Robotics
(Electronics and Physical Computing)
(Instructor: Michael Shiloh/http://www.teachmetomake.com/teach/portfolio-mich.htm)

Art 412-Computer Applications in Conceptual Design I
(Focus on Processing as the programming environment)
(Instructor: Brad Borevitz-/onetwothree.net)

Class: Experimental Impressions and Mark-Making Techniques

Experimental Impressions and Mark-Making Techniques
with Sandra Kelch
March 7, 14, 21 -----$315 + $50 materials
http://www.kala.org/class/individual2010/printmaking/kelch_exp_imp_23.html

This is a class for printmakers that want to lean new tricks and expand their visual vocabulary with unique and innovative mark-making techniques. This class will reveal several secrets and tips about tools, materials and processes for creating new patterns, impressions, line work and textures. This class emphasizes experimentation and risk-taking to explore new options for one’s work. The mediums we will be working with include monotype, intaglio, chine collé and relief. All levels will benefit from this class.

For more info and to sign up: http://kala.org

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Professional Practice for Printmakers
with Sandra Kelch
June 13, 20, 27
This is a workshop class that will assist printmakers in developing and producing a package and plan for professional self-promotion. This workshop will cover resume, bio and art statement writing, portfolios, promotional materials, website strategies, professional organizations and affiliations, and career opportunities for exhibitions, fellowships, grants and residencies. There will be special guest visits and portfolio presentations from accomplished print artists and print organization officials. Homework assignments will be assigned and all students will have the opportunity to work on their self-promotion and receive constructive feedback from the class.
For more info and to sign up: http://kala.org