Design student Ben Marrapodi won a shoe design contest for converse/journey's.

Check them out at:

http://www.journeys.com/product.aspx?id=159612

Caroline Furches Cranfill, User Interface Designer at Apple and Corcoran Design department alumni, was the lead designer for the FaceTime app for the new iPhone and iBooks app for the iPad.

Congratulations Caroline!

Congratulations to the 2010 AIGA DC SHOW OFF Student Design Competition Merit Winners:

Jasmine Markes: VIA Brochure
Moon Young Wohn: Clock Typeface Design/Poster
Rebecca Dodelin: Object Poster
Shawn Moriarty and Georgia Cowley: OPEN Identity materials
Shawn Moriarty: Thesis Poster
Alexis Nera: Element Brand/Standards Manual
Heyjin Kang, Justin Bost, Ashleigh Meusel, Victor Ware: Corcoran Student Awards identity materials
Heyjin Kang, Justin Bost, Ashleigh Meusel, Victor Ware: Corcoran All Senior Thesis Exhibition identity materials

Undergraduate Design students from across the United States competed in this DC based competition.
The Corcoran's BFA Design department was well represented in this year's annual student design competition.

The Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington 61st Annual Awards were held in June 2010. The Corcoran Design department was represented with the following merit winners:

Alex Fernando Diaz, Alumni, The Vagina Monologues Brand/Identity (logo, t-shirts, posters, postcards)

Francheska Guerrero, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, 2009 Contemporary American Theater Festival Guide

http://webspace.corcoran.edu/thesis

Professional Preview
Thursday, May 6, 2010
6–8pm

All Senior Exhibition
May 8–May 23, 2010

Opening Reception
Saturday, May 8, 2010
6–8pm

Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington DC 20006

Jenny Livengood, from the Spring 2010 ActionScript3 class, was sent by Slate to learn AS3 at the Corcoran.

Her interactive game was posted on slate.com
 
http://www.slate.com/id/2254542/

FROM AIGA DC website: It may not seem like much, but $5 can make a difference. That's the premise behind the AIGA DC Continuum Fund Button Campaign, which provides a doorway into the fund for those AIGA DC members and friends who may not yet be financially able to join the Continuum Circle. In addition, these buttons will help raise awareness to our general membership of our Continuum Fund. A steady rotation of industry heavies have contributed designs over the past year, including Stanley Hainsworth, The General Design Company, Michael Osborne and last year's AIGA Fellow Award recipient David Franek.

The newest set is designed by last year's Show Off winner, Nathan Hill, a 2009 graduate of Corcoran College of Art + Design. Over the past several years Nathan has designed for both boutique studios and large design agencies in the DC area. Fueled by his addiction to design and passion for design education, Nathan recently started his own studio. He says, "a great friend once told me that design is an ever-learning process. It's a simple notion, but it's stuck with me and continues to shape how I approach design."

At Wednesday's 2010 AIGA 50 Awards Show we will premiere Nathan's button set to the public. AIGA DC has made 50 sets of the buttons and they will be available tonight at the suggested minimum donation of $5.

The AIGA DC's Continuum Fund Button Campaign helps DC metro area students pursue a graphic design degree. All proceeds go to AIGA DC's Continuum Fund Scholarship, which allows young people from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds not only to realize their artistic dreams, but also to give back to their communities.

If you would like more information about AIGA DC's Continuum Fund Scholarship or have questions about donating to AIGA DC's Continuum Fund, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.aigadc.org/continuum.



http://www.aigadc.org/discussion/2010/06/show_off_2009_w.cfm
 

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MONDAY, MARCH 01, 2010 7 P.M.

Location: Corcoran Armand Hammer Auditorium, downtown campus

Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and creating the enduring I ♥ NY campaign, Milton Glaser, to many, is the embodiment of American graphic design. With a body of work ranging from publication designs and logos to artistic posters and prints, Glaser’s impact on the international design community has been profound.

In this remarkable documentary, director Wendy Keys takes a revealing look at this iconic graphic designer, capturing his immense warmth, humanity, and the boundless depth of his intelligence and creativity. Wendy Keys introduces the film and takes questions from the audience following the screening.

Students: Pre-register by contacting Erin Higgins at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

MEMBERS: $12.00
PUBLIC: $15.00

Congratulations to Corcoran Design Lab students, design staff, and faculty who won a total of 7 design awards in the University & College Designers Association (UCDA) 39th annual design competition.  John deWolf and Maria Habib received awards of excellence for four projects:  the Elena Del Rivero exhibition brochure, Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power exhibition graphics, the Corcoran Youth & Family publication, and the Women’s Committee/ Corporate Sponsorship package. Design Lab students Drew Ranson, Shawn Moriarty, Hyo Jin Kim, and Cody Jastromb received awards of excellence for two projects: the Corcoran Commencement collateral and the Corcoran Student Awards Ceremony program. Francheska Guerrero received a award of excellence for the Shepherd University Center for Contemporary Art and Theater Signage Program and Environmental Graphics.

Congratulations to John deWolf, Head of Design Integration, Maria Habib, Director of Design, Francheska Guerrero, Interim Chair of Undergraduate Design, and Design Lab students, Drew Ranson, Shawn Moriarty, Hyo Jin Kim, and Cody Jastromb. The winning projects will be on display at the 39th Annual UCDA Design Conference, in Seattle, Washington, October 3-6, 2009, with an awards ceremony taking place October 4, 2009.

Click on the link to see the list of winners

Norotomo Productions Inc. Presents
Died Young Stayed Pretty
A movie about rock posters
Produced and Directed by
Eileen Yaghoobian

Died Young, Stayed Pretty is a candid look at the underground indie-rock poster culture in North America. In this unique documentary, director Eileen Yaghoobian examines the creative spirit that drives these controversial graphic artists. Tracing the rock poster industry from the 1960's to present day, Yaghoobian offers an intimate look into this modern subculture, revealing the little known world of rock poster giants such as Art Chantry, Brian Chippendale, the Ames Brothers, Print Mafia, and Rob Jones. These self-proclaimed professional radicals continue to push the envelope, creating posters that are strikingly obscene, unflinchingly blasphemous, and often quite beautiful. Director, Eileen Yaghoobian, introduces the film.

Date and Time:
Thursday,
September 24, 2009
6:30 p.m.

Location:
Armand Hammer Auditorium
Corcoran Gallery of Art
College of Art + Design
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
www.corcoran.edu

94 minutes
members: $10.00
public: $12.00
Faculty and students who wish to attend free of charge should pre-register. Pre-registration
is not required, but suggested. To pre-register, students can call the Program Registrar at 202.639.1774.

www.diedyoungstayedpretty.com

Joshua Heller, founder of Joshua Heller Rare Books, Inc. will lecture on the Controversial British Sculptor and Typeface Designer Eric Gill on Friday, September 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Corcoran’s Armand Hammer Auditorium.

Located in Washington, D.C. Joshua Heller Rare Books, Inc. specializes in contemporary fine printing and beautifully illustrated books, the Private Press Movement, modern fine bindings, and book arts.

For more information, please visit http://www.joshuahellerrarebooks.com.

The Graphic Design and Digital Media Department and AIGA DC is pleased to welcome designer Chris Pullman to the Corcoran. Chris will give a lecture about the value of designing for non-profit organizations, pro-social design work, and teaching in the Corcoran's Armand Hammer auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2009.

From 1973 to 2008, Chris Pullman served as Vice President for Design for WGBH, public broadcasting in Boston. He and his staff were responsible for the visual personality of WGBH
as expressed through its on-air titles, credits and animation, and promotional and sales support. Chris earned his MFA at Yale in 1966 and has taught there ever since, with a focus since the early 90’s on designing with time, motion and sound. In 2002, Chris was honored with the AIGA Medal for “excellence over a lifetime of work.”

AIGA BlueRidge presents the Fourth Annual Flux Student Design Competition. Eligible work designed by undergraduate and graduate students between August 2009–October 2009. Freelance, Pro Bono and internship work completed by students is also eligible. Submitted work will be selected by a panel of accomplished designers. The selected entries will be displayed in Frederick, MD.

http://flux.aigablueridge.org/index.html

Entry Deadline: Friday, September 25, 2009, 11:59pm EST

Reception: Saturday, October 24, 2009

Corcoran College of Art + Design teacher John Carmody (Digital Media Design, Graphic Design) recently had his studio featured in the Washington Post Magazine's Second Glance section.

Please click here to see more from the shoot or click here to take a look @ the article.

Photographs by Andre Lambertson are on display in the College Corridor of the Corcoran Gallery of Art from September 3-October 12

Lecture: Wednesday, September 10, 11 a.m. - 12, Corcoran Auditorium

Reception: Thursday, September 11, 6 p.m.- 8 p.m., Gallery 31

Photographs by Andre Lambertson will be on display in the College corridor of the Corcoran Gallery of Art from September 3 through October 12. Mourning Stories from Which We Rise provides a glimpse into the lives of youth at risk. The New York-based photographer pays tribute to two groups of youth whose resilience and courage allowed them to rise above the marginalization they faced within their communities.

Lambertson's photographic journey took him from inner-city America to West Africa. He interviewed children from Harlem, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Lake Providence and New Orleans, Louisiana. He met with Liberian children who were forced to fight against their communities during the country's 15-year civil war. Each story spoke of violence experienced firsthand, but they also revealed spirit and personal reconciliation.

While in Liberia, Lambertson conducted a photography workshop for former child soldiers as part of a project sponsored by everyday gandhis, an organization that works with ex-combatants to help them become future guardians of peace. The Corcoran exhibit will also feature work of these student photographers.

Mourning Stories from Which We Rise captures the connectedness between two worlds. Lambertson speaks of the inner strength and courage of his subjects. His photographs open a window onto "the youth marching into light."

For more information on Andre Lambertson's work in Liberia, please go to http://www.pulitzercenter.org/showproject.cfm?id=40