Hours:

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wireless Internet:

Network Name: corcoran.wireless
Password: posted on wall next to door in lab classrooms

Georgetown Campus File Server:

- Click on "go" in the menu bar while in the Finder window.
- Choose "connect to Server..."
- Then select Georgetown fileserver: filespace1.corcoran.edu
- User: student
- Password: posted on wall next to door in lab classrooms

Please go through the steps below before contacting faculty or the IT department.

Helping the IT department, Helps You.
 
1.       Does the printer say “Replace toner/imaging unit/fuser/etc…”?
If so contact IT to replace the part. If not the proceed to the next step.

2.       Does the printer say “Paper Jam in Tray ‘X’ “?. If so contact IT to help clear the jam. If not proceed to the next step.

3.       Does the printer continue to spit out the same job over and over? If so, go to ‘About this Job’, find the file name and any other information provided to give to the IT Technician. Ask your classmates if the job is theirs and if they can cancel the print job and try again.

4.       If the printer will not cancel a job that keeps coming out contact the IT department and let them know what printer the problem is occurring on.

5.       Is the printer paused on your computer’s print queue? Cancel all jobs from that computer and contact the IT technician to make sure the problem job is out of the queue.

6.       If none of the above apply, please see the IT technician.

KINETIK, a DC-based design and communications firm, was thrilled with the opportunity to collaborate with the Corcoran College of Art + Design to create its new Glimpsebook and companion materials.
 
Bringing several years of combined Corcoran experience to the project, the core design team consisted of KINETIK principals Sam Shelton and Jeff Fabian as creative directors and Scott Rier as senior designer. Sam is an adjunct faculty member at the Corcoran in Graphic Design and Scott received is BFA in Graphic Design from the College in 1994. KINETIK designers Joanna Ng and Henrique Sieblesz, BFA in Graphic Design recipients in 2007 and 2008, respectively, also lent their perspectives as Corcoran alumni.
 
The KINETIK team’s personal Corcoran experiences exposed common conceptual threads that were incorporated in all the proposed design solutions: culture, creativity, and community. The suite of materials weaves those concepts together using vivid color, poignant student testimonials, and dynamic photography to tell the inspiring story of life at the College.

Check out this article on Smashing Mag.

An in depth look at the different types of anti-aliasing and browser support for he different types and additional features (like ligature support in Firefox 3!)

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/02/the-ails-of-typographic-anti-aliasing/

Just a quick reminder of two free talks this weekend at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. They’re of special interest to the art and design community.
 
Sculptures, Mobiles & Stamps
Saturday, October 24, 2009 – 1 p.m.
Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Alphabetilately gallery

Combine a love for modern art and postage stamps and you get a lively presentation on artist Alexander Calder as told through stamps. Art enthusiast and stamp collector Mark Haimann explores Calder’s life, art, and impact as “America’s Modern Art Ambassador.” After the talk, continue the conversation while creating your own “art gallery” of beautiful stamps. Complete your visit to the museum with a spin through Alphabetilately: The Alphabet of Philately to spot designerly details and stylish stamps. For more info, check out our blog post: http://postalmuseumblog.si.edu/2009/10/sculptures-mobiles-stamps.html
 
Politics & Postage of the Great Depression
Sunday, October 25, 2009 – 1 p.m.
Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Discovery Center

Assistant curator of philately Daniel Piazza discusses how President Franklin D. Roosevelt used stamps to communicate with the public during the Great Depression. As a stamp collector, Roosevelt understood the power of postage. Mr. Piazza highlights the president’s use of stamps to respond to critics, focusing on stamps that delivered pointed political messages. After the talk, tour Delivering Hope: FDR & Stamps of the Great Depression.
 
The Smithsonian National Postal Museum is located at 2 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002. Take metro to Union Station. All-day paid parking is available at Union Station. For more information, contact Erin at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 202.633.5533. Admission to the museum and all events are free of charge.

click here for details

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

In its 2010 publication Ikea has abandoned the Futura font in favor of Verdana. Read more here:

- New York Times

- MSNBC

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.

Congratulations to NATHAN HILL for winning “Best of Show” in the 2009 Show Off or Die Trying competition, sponsored by AIGA DC. Nathan won for his Senior Thesis Project “An Investigation: Strategy in Design” – now in the Rotunda at the Corcoran Gallery. (If you have missed the exhibit, please see it before it closes on Sunday.)

This is the second year in a row that a Corcoran student has won Best of Show!

This year’s judges were author Ellen Lupton, Leon Lawrence from U.S.A. Today, and Jake Lefebure from Design Army.

Nathan also won 3 merit awards – for his book on the summer India trip, for a poster “Feed Thyself”  and for “Pakistan” – the 2008 Junior Core project he did with MIESHA DENNIS and SARAH SHUFELT.

Congratulations also go to ALEXIS NERA who won 4 Merit awards – for two typography books, one on Jan Tschichold and the other on Paul Rand, for a brochure “Ware,” and for a T-shirt design.

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