Archive: Graphic Design

Academy alumni found a way to make the big city smaller Oct. 28 at the inauguration of a New York City chapter of the Alumni Association. Graduates came from creative communities across the metropolis — fashion, illustration, graphic design and more — to rekindle associations and make new connections at the legendary Art Directors Club.
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Taking responsibility for environmental outcomes, especially with respect to sustainability, is altering the nature of what constitutes “good design,” says Phil Hamlett, MFA Director of the Academy’s School of Graphic Design. Hamlett is among a group of leading designers who have assembled The Living Principles, a just-released guide for exploring design’s role in sustainability.
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What the *#&! Is Social Design? Where’s your SoftSpot? They’re two questions posed by 2009 MFA Graphic Design graduates Ashley Ciecka and Mike Jeter. Their SoftSpot project, which enlists creative talents to use the power of design for social good, has now been recognized with an Ideas That Matter grant from Sappi Fine Paper.
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Even amidst a who’s who of the design world, in the sumptuous setting of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Mary Scott stood out. Scott, chair of the Academy’s School of Graphic Design, was honored by the university and alumni at the AIGA Design Legends gala held Sept. 17, 2009, for 10 outstanding years of teaching.
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Helping plant seeds of sustainability in the heart of the city, the Academy of Art University will sponsor the Urban Forest Project in San Francisco in spring 2010. Street banners by 75 Bay Area artists — Academy students, alumni, faculty and friends — will employ the form or metaphor of the tree to bring powerful… Full Story »