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“Graphic Design Now in Production”
Read about this important exhibition of graphic design over the past decade. The show, currently on view at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, travels to New York City’s Governor’s Island this summer.
See the Walker’s design blog for more about the show, and a series of entries on Designer/Artist Statements.
Curators Blauvelt and Lupton talk about the show.
Occupy Design
Occupy Design is an outgrowth from Occupy Wall Street; touches on our concerns with information design as well as symbol design — not to mention other concerns.
Guest Speaker
Information designer Mimi Chun to present her work — to us! at Mason Gross! — Tuesday October 12, 6pm in Room 220.
Campus mag seeks designer
THE ANTHOLOGIST, a student-run, on-campus literary magazine is trying to improve its design. They’re looking for a designer (or two?) to produce two issues per semester. If interested, contact the Editor-in-Chief, Erica Wnek.
ewnek@eden.rutgers.edu
Campus Designer Wanted
THE ANTHOLOGIST, a student-run, university-funded literary magazine, seeks a designer to create two issues per semester and to consult on their Web site design. This could be a great way to gain experience and add to your résumé.
Please contact Erica Wnek directly if you’re interested:
ewnek@eden.rutgers.edu
Metropolis editor to speak
Be sure to attend this campus lecture!
Monday April 26, 2010, 7pm – reception following
Susan S. Szenasy
Editor-in-Chief, Metropolis magazine
Cook Campus Center
How tech-savvy, environmentally-conscious, community-oriented designers—the Next Generation—are changing the ways and means of our built environment at every scale.
Poster Contest
The Rutgers Summer Session will award a $250 prize to the winner of a student contest to design a poster.
The goal: To promote the Rutgers Summer Session program (at Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick campuses) to other universities’ students. To attract students from other institutions to take courses at Rutgers when they return to Central Jersey on their summer breaks.
Eligible: Mason Gross design students
Submit Entries: Hi-res PDFs to Liz Hough by e-mail at houghliz@dceo.rutgers.edu
Deadline: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 by 5 p.m.
Text to include:
Rutgers is one of the top public research universities in the country. The 2010 Rutgers Summer Session offers more than 2500 courses statewide at the Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick campuses, June 1 – August 18.
Rutgers Summer Session students can:
Earn credits toward graduation
Save money by accelerating their education
Catch up, get ahead, or lighten their academic year load
More information at http://summer.rutgers.edu/2010
[Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey logo]
[Images that represent Summer Session in general, or Summer Session at each of the campuses]
Specifications:
11″ X 17″
4-color (with bleeds)
To be printed on 100 # cover paper
The chosen design will receive a $250 prize. The Summer Session directors at the three Rutgers campuses will select and notify the winner. Questions? Contact Liz Hough at houghliz@dceo.rutgers.edu
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