So, while touring the Massachusetts countryside earlier this week, and riding from Springfield over to Boston, I got off the beaten path and ran into some pretty amazing discoveries… What I was actually looking for was an exhibit that I’d heard about being at Hampshire College, which isn’t far from Amherst, in the middle of country pure and green… The exhibit was in the Eric Carle Museum for Picture Book Art. Well, that didn’t happen, because my source forgot to mention the museum was closed on Monday. But! what I did find—beyond the best ice cream you’d ever wish …more

We wrapped up the Design History class, part one, with critiques of the Peace Bridges, which were finished; the chairs, which were at the scale model stage; and the Viewpoints posters, which were earlier in process. We’ll pick up the last couple of projects next quarter and add a few more for Design History part two, The Inferno.

The esteemed critique panel included Preeti Ayyangar, Anne Elser, and Nicole Riekki, each instructor noted for her highly conceptual thinking. We spent four hours together, instructors and 15 students, recapping the quarter’s process and progress and celebrating the projects.

The bridge models, which …more

I received an email last weekend from design alum Liz Zang, announcing her engagement to another PC alum, copywriter Ryan Scott.

Liz worked for us downstairs as a student worker and even traveled to her Alma Mater, Michigan State, to do some recruiting for us. I could always count on her to go beyond the call of duty, and I know she’s carried that enthusiasm with her into her career and life.

The couple have been an “item” since 2004 and are currently working on the West Coast—she’s at Ph.D, and he’s at DDB Worldwide.

Ryan, …more

That WOW influence—the small gleam of understanding that once you light the fire you can never look back.

Don’t miss Portfolio Center alum Alissa Walker’s article in the latest issue of Fast Company magazine.

If anyone knows how to contact Divina Karmojono, would you let me know ASAP? Last I heard, she was in Jakarta, but our contact info is obsolete.

Just a reminder: If you folks move or change jobs, please update us. The day will inevitably come when I (or a current student) will need your particular expertise, and it would be a shame not to be able to reach you.

Hank