On Jan. 23, a group of designers, artists, students, civic leaders and residents from the Bayview community in San Francisco gathered to celebrate the environment, education and public arts. The occasion, a preview of the Urban Forest Project, allowed students and Bayview kids to show their art created for the project and for the occasion.
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“We believe design can change the world, and we’re taking the show on the road,” proclaims Emily Pilloton, architect, author and founder of Project H, whose latest initiative is the Design Revolution Roadshow, a 6300-mile 25-school nationwide odyssey that will officially kick off Feb. 4 at the Academy of Art University.
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On Saturday, Jan. 23, AIGA San Francisco hosts a reception to preview the city’s Urban Forest Project, an effort jointly sponsored by AIGA SF, the design firm Worldstudio and the Academy of Art University. The Urban Forest Project will bring a forest of thought-provoking banners to city streets to promote messages of sustainability.
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Rarely does an ad campaign become a cultural icon, but that’s what Apple’s “Get a Mac” campaign accomplished. Academy alum Jason Sperling (MFA98 Advertising) led the team from TBWA/Media Arts Lab that created the ad series. Now Sperling’s team and Get a Mac have attained another milestone: being named Campaign of the Decade by Adweek.
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In Daren Rabinovitch’s view, “The best paintings and sculptures are now being created with movement and sound, and are called films and video games.” Rabinovitch (BFA01 Fine Art/Sculpture) has taken his sculptural background into the cinematic realms of modelmaking, prosthetics and writing, currently as a member of the celebrated motion design collaborative Encyclopedia Pictura.
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