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| February 18 | Seminar: Michael Bierut, Pentagram Presentation begins at 6:30 in the Los Angeles room at Portfolio Center. The public is invited. For more information, click arrow.  |
| February 27 | LoveNests: Photographs and Objects This exhibition, sponsored by MODA, is a collaborative project between Portfolio Center and Georgia Tech. For information, click arrow. |
written by Jesse Lutz
“I've always been fascinated by what people scrawl on bathroom walls and in public spaces.�
Says Brian Singer, the principal and creative director of Altitude Associates in San Francisco. He is also known as "someguy", the creator of The 1000 Journals Project, a global art experiment. The project has reached over 40 countries and every US state. It was recently published as a compilation book and as a full-length documentary, which will be screening at film festivals and other venues throughout 2008-2009. The Atlanta screening will be Friday, August 22nd at 9:30pm. See www.docufest.com for details.
He started off by buying 1000 journals and putting them on park benches with a FedEx label pasted to the last page to ship them back. He now has over 850 of them.
Portfolio Center was given a journal that we will keep, and all the images will be scanned in so that they will be displayed on the 1001 website. The Art Institute also got one, and we are encouraged to contribute to theirs. Brian will be coming on August 21, and we want to have it filled in by then. You can do anything, there isn’t a theme. You can paint, draw, write, do something at home and paste it onto a page or paste photography (the pages are 8.5" by 11"). The only thing is that our Journal needs to stay on campus, and when you fill out a page place your name on it if you choose to, but be sure to write PC in the corner, especially if you contribute a page at Art Institute. We want to know which school each contribution comes from.
Current students, alumni, faculty and staff are called on to put their thoughts into it, and a $10 certificate to Starbucks to the person who fills out page 1! The website is www.1001journals.com to learn more.
Location: Maggiano's, Buckhead
Time: 11:15 a.m.-1:00 pm.
Cost: Members $32; Student Members $32; Non-Members, $47. Event fee includes lunch.
For registration and more information, click here.
Commitment, passion and love to elicit “simple beauty” is the paradigm of Parish’s intuitive philosophy of three decades of photography. Consistently original, diverse, inventive and timeless are the hallmarks of his photography. His use of colors, whether vibrant or pastel, as well as the representation of multitudes of tonalities in his stunning black and white images have become his distinctive and unique signature and style. Having an insatiable desire to search and expand his artistic horizons, he still remains true to his approach to simplicity and to the visual dialogue that is intuitive and innate. Parish is a self taught photographer, despite holding a degree in film. While creating his own art, he has created photography for hundreds of successful advertising campaigns for major clients both domestic and internationally. His large collection of Fine Art imagery celebrates the beauty of the human figure, flowers, painterly portraits and landscapes.
His work has been repeatedly featured in many major and prestigious publications worldwide, such as “Graphis Annual,” “Communication Arts,” “Graphis Nudes,” and “Digital Photo Pro,” to name a few. He has photographed portraits of celebrities such as Donald and Ivanka Trump, Kenny Rogers, Dylan McDermott, Robert Redford and many other luminaries.
He is honored to be a member of Canon’s prestigious “Explorers of Light” since l994. This group is comprised of 50 of the world’s premier photographers. He is also a member of Canon’s “Print Master” Program, as well as a member of APPLE’S Advisory Board for Aperture Software. APPLE has featured Parish’s work on their website, showcasing his illustrious career, which is also confirmation of his sustained creativity.
In his upcoming book, “Luminosa,” Parish has been collaborating with Cirque du Soleil performers (for two years), celebrating the beauty and astonishing capabilities of the human form. Parish lives, breathes and devours photography to pursue his dreams. He finds perfectionism is a transcending asset, enabling one to fly higher than ever.
To Inform and Delight, a film about design hero Milton Glaser, will be shown Wednesday night, August 19, from 7 until 9. Before the movie begins, AIGA Atlanta will award Rick Anwyl its highest honor, making him an AIGA Fellow.
For more information and to make reservations, go the the AIGA Atlanta website.
An Atlanta Celebrates Photography Event
ONE NIGHT ONLY:
PORTFOLIO CENTER STUDENT COLLECTIVE GROUP SHOW
AMBIENT + STUDIO
Featuring work by: Various Artists
Exhibition Opening Reception: Fri, Oct 2, 8pm - 11:30pm
A collection of the best work from the elite students at Portfolio Center. One night only, at the largest daylight photography rental studio in Atlanta. Come see the products of the next generation of creative minds in the most incredible setting.
Ambient + Studio
585 Wells St. SW
Unit A
Atlanta, GA 30312
Fri: 5pm - 11:30pm
p: (678) 923-8020
web: http://www.ambientplusstudio.com
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/304
ACP Listing #: 077
March 1 2006
Portfolio Center graduate Dave Werner's recently-launched digital portfolio, www.okaydave.com , has won 'SITE OF THE MONTH' from among all the sites around the world. Favorite Website Award, http://thefwa.com, recognizes the latest and best cutting edge website designs globally. Its audience of millions is made up web and graphic designers, web news editors, students, educational institutions, teachers and lecturers, flash masters, and general surfers.The selection is quite an honor, given its scope, as it takes into consideration all of Yahoo, Google, and Macromedia links. Congratulations once again to Dave for representing the best of Portfolio Center.
March 1 2006
From whatthebleep.com: "It is part documentary, part story, and part elaborate and inspiring visual effects and animations. The protagonist, Amanda, played by Marlee Matlin, finds herself in a fantastic Alice in Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of the quantum field hidden behind what we consider to be our normal, waking reality."
March 2 2006
"Simply put, this is the most effective portfolio site I have seen in years." So says John Nack, Senior Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop, whose lively, intelligent blog addresses most all things creative: John Nack on Adobe
March 3 2006
Jonida Beqo (Gypsee Yo) is a native of Tirana, Albania. Already an internationally touring performer, an author of three books, and a feature of several anthologies in her native tongue, she continues to create as a poet and a movement actor, speaking up for those who don't speak English. She is the author of “The Women I Know,� an award- wining monodrama, and two spoken word CDs, “Kitchensinkdrama� and “Alien Anthem.� http://www.livejournal.com/users/gypsyo/
This event is co-sponsored by Georgia Writers.
March 13 2006
Search for long lost classmates, show off your baby pictures, or find your next boss. The Alumni Directory is just one of the ways Portfolio Center keeps you connected to each other and the industry.
April 6 2006
Francis Anderson is a Communication Strategist, who works with marketers and agencies in the search for fresh, revolutionary, relevant ways to get their message out beyond traditional media. He began his career in the UK as a founding member of PHD—a company known worldwide for its strategic media thinking, creative approach to planning, and innovative media solutions. There he worked closely with many of the leading creative agencies, including Chiat/Day, Rainey Kelly, Duckworth Finn, and St. Luke’s.
In 1999, he took a management role at Chiat\Day in New York and in 2001 was selected to be a founding member of the group formed to create TBWA’s new global initiative, Connections. (He co-authored a chapter on Connections in Jean-Marie Dru’s book “Beyond Disruption� in 2002).
After that, he went to work at Fallon New York in 2003, and also accepted the challenge of taking Connection Planning out to the Fallon worldwide network (including Singapore, Hong Kong and the UK). He was responsible for Fallon New York’s first foray into Branded Content in 2004, as executive producer of Virgin Mobile USA’s short film “No Plan.�
Last year, Francis started a consultancy practice, and has so far worked with Mother, Strawberry Frog, Publicis, and Amalgamated, as well as taking the role of launch consultant for Naked Communications.
His work has been recognized on both sides of the Atlantic, with several major planning awards in the UK (Campaign, Media Week) and in the US and Canada (Effies, AAAA).
April 7 2006
About Chelsea Rathburn:
Chelsea Rathburn earned an MFA from the University of Arkansas and is a native of Miami, Florida. Her poems have appeared in the New Criterion, Hudson Review, Formalist and Pleiades, among other journals and anthologies. A freelance writer and producer, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, Brandon Arnold. The Shifting Line is Chelsea Rathburn’'s first full-length collection of poems. Chosen by poet Tim Steele as the winner of the 2005 Richard Wilbur Award, it was published in November of 2005 by the University of Evansville Press. www.chelsearathburn.com.
April 13 2006
Cameron was born and raised in Los Angeles, where he witnessed the handshake that formed Chiat/Day during a Dodger game, while inhaling a hot dog and sitting beside his father, Guy. Early exposure to creative mentors like his father and Lee Clow fueled Cameron’s fascination with felt pens, words, and the concept of combining the two for fun and profit. Cameron has held creative director positions at Saatchi & Saatchi, DDB/Needham, GSD & M, and BBDO. His awards include The One Show for print and television, as well as some ADDY’s. He has written ads for numerous high-profile accounts, such as Diesel Footwear, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Land Rover North America.
April 27 2006
May 4 2006
From the Avenue A Razorfish web site: "Avenue A | Razorfish is an interactive services firm that helps companies use the online channel as a marketing and business tool. We combine data, insight-driven design, leading technologies and rigorous optimization to build strong brands and improve relationships with customers, employees and partners."
Clients include Best Buy, Carnival Cruise Lines, Coca-Cola, Coors Brewing, Expedia, Microsoft/MSN, Nike, Office Depot, Ralph Lauren, Time Warner, Victoria's Secret, Visa, and Washington Mutual.
May 5 2006
Ginger Murchison, a Pushcart nominee, has poetry in magazines, journals, and anthologies, including Atlanta Review and Atlanta Review's 10th Anniversary Anthology. She has published interviews in The Cortland Review, an award-winning online poetry magazine of which she is managing editor. She works full-time as associate director of Poetry At Tech.
Jennifer Wheelock holds a Ph.D. in English, from Florida State University and an MFA in Poetry from Georgia State. Her poems have been published in several journals, including The Comstock Review, Mississippi Review, Southern Poetry Review, and Atlanta Review. She is poetry editor at The Cortland Review.
May 11 2006
Tom Nynas grew up in Minneapolis and holds a bachelor's degree in visual design from the University of Minnesota. He is also a graduate of Portfolio Center. After school he had one interview and took a job at RBMM, the design affiliate of the Richards Group. During an eight year stay at RBMM, he did work that appeared in the Communication Arts Design Annuals, Graphis Design Annuals, Graphis Logo and Packaging books, The One Show, Print Regional annuals and case books, the Library of Congress, and his favorite prize, a judges choice in Type Directors Annual 25.
He's judged some shows as well, including the Philadelphia Art Director's Club and Logolounge vol.2.
He became a principal at RBMM and two years later ventured out on his own, only to be recruited by his favorite client two years after that. Suddenly he was the Director of Design at R&D Thinktank, an agency in Dallas built up and owned by Richards Group alum.
Very recently, R&D Thinktank dissolved into two agencies just seven months into his tenure. He now holds an identical position at the newly formed Cavalry Brand Development, a really nice place to work.
May 18 2006
Matt Rollins is Creative Director at ICONOLOGIC, a brand design firm in Atlanta. His newest client is Andre 3000.
His team's work for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games is on the cover of January's Communication Arts.
Matt used to run a small design firm called BASIS that did a whole lot of cool stuff but never made much money.
Before that, he spent eight years as Creative Director of EAI, a design firm in Atlanta (now called Unboundary).
Before that he was a designer at Frankfurt Balkind Partners in New York where he once spent a whole day designing a movie poster with Bill Murray. The poster turned out very poorly and it wasn't his fault: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/posters
He graduated from Portfolio Center in 1992.
June 2 2006
Lady Hardin is a regular performer in Atlanta and also hosts a number of spoken word events. She is the author of several chapbooks including "Soft Low Shoulder." She has given workshops in local schools, including working with Poetry at Tech in Athens. A regular at Java Monkey Speaks, her work has appeared in both anthologies. Don't miss this talented poet!
July 6 2006
About Bryony Gomez-Palacio:
For Bryony, life seems like one endless trip. She has lived in Mexico City, Atlanta, Chicago, and now New York. You can usually spot her as the one with the camera and the multiple questions. Curiosity, determination, and passion are what define her work and her unique approach. Creativity and the brain being key interests, she lectures and conducts workshops around the country. She is co-founder of UnderConsideration and the notorious Speak Up, as well as the design firm Nice. Currently, she divides her time in working for clients, pursuing her own ventures, and teaching. She has worked with clients of all sizes, from the local jeweler to Fortune 100 companies.
The ventures: UnderConsideration Dedicated to the progress of the graphic design profession and its practitioners; at times intangible, its purpose is to question, push, analyze and agitate graphic design and its practitioners. underconsideration.com
Speak Up The (in)famous online forum that has challenged the design profession with honest, daring and passionate dialogue. underconsideration.com/speakup
The Design Encyclopedia
A user-built source of reference material with the sole intention of defining, describing, chronicling and documenting the world through design in all its implications and manifestations, from the visual to the tactile, from the communicative to the evocative, and from the cultural to the commercial.
thedesignencylopedia.org
Nice A virtual design firm founded with Portfolio Center's very own Carmen Garcia.
July 7 2006
Laurel Snyder has recently published poetry in Post Road, Gulf Coast and Painted Bride Quarterly. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and was awarded a Paul Engle Fellowship. Her commentary has appeared on All Things Considered, while her chapbook "Daphne & Jim" won the Burnside Review Prize. She has also edited "Half/Life", an anthology from Soft Skull Press about Jews who have intermarried. She has completed one children's novel and maintains the website JewishyIrishy.com
July 27 2006
Since 1994, Oklahoma City based S design Inc. has provided strategy and innovation for a variety of clients both statewide and regionally.
S design specializes in brand and corporate identities, brand programs, and sales and corporate collateral. They design lasting communications that help clients create and maintain smart, consistent messages that result in increased brand value. S Design works with a wide variety of clients ranging from government agencies to larger regional corporations to mom and pop establishments.
Who they are as a team is inextricably connected with who they are as individuals. The S Design team comes from a variety of backgrounds and experiences with one shared passion: to create intelligent, relevant, honest and inspiring work that shapes the way people view and experience the world. In short, developing meaningful brands.
August 10 2006
Lisa Simpson is a graduate of the Norwich School of Art and Design in England. She began her career at Pearlfisher London, where she championed the global redesign of Diet Coke as well as playing an integral role in creating numerous award winning designs, including the global launch of Absolut Vanilia which won gold and best of show at the Food and Beverage awards.
She is currently the Creative Director at Pearlfisher New York and is responsible for the creative work for a variety of key accounts for the US market.
August 17 2006
Designer Matt Pashkow, better known as Pash, is a Los Angeles based creative director and design firm principal. The author of Inspirability, Pash is also a graphic design educator and lecturer, and he's on the Advising Board for the How Design Conference.
August 31 2006
Since 1991, Macquarium Intelligent Communications has offered innovation in the areas of Web development, interactive marketing, e-commerce, e-learning, animation, and more to world-class clients such as Bellsouth, Cingular Wireless, Delta, The Home Depot, UPS, and Yahoo.
September 1 2006
Join chapbook editor C. Cleo Creech, Theresa Davis, Lisa Allender and Franklin Abbott for an evening of poetry and awareness building at this special event, co-sponsored by Georgia Writers Association.
October 5 2006
PARISH KOHANIM’S passion, versatility, and commitment to photography has been the fundamental focus of his career for the last three decades. Winner of many national and international awards, he succeeded in building a reputation for his use of vibrant colors and stunning black and white imagery.
Parish has been a member of the Canon Explorers of Light since 1993. He recently was invited to join an elite group of five talented photographers to represent Canon Prograf Wide Format Printers. He is also working with Apple to help enhance and promote their new software program for professional photographers, Aperture, and is also on their Advisory Board.
Parish’s creative work is widely published and was featured on the cover of the February 2005 issue of Communication Arts Magazine, one of the world’s most prestigious photography journals. It also featured a ten-page spread on the inspiring story of Parish’s illustrious career.
The soon-to-be released GRAPHIS NUDES issue will also display a stunning nude by Parish on the cover, along with eight additional images of his within. Parish continues to reinvent himself through his art, imagination and love of beauty.
The Parish Kohanim Fine Art Gallery made its debut in 2003. Through this venue Parish produces exquisite fine art photographic images, while remaining committed to his commercial work. Parish continues to dedicate himself to his own vision and consistently challenges his creativity to produce new and beautiful art.
October 6 2006
No one has made dialect sound so regal, writes poet Daniel Roop. Creative Loafing describes him: a lanky African-American man with arms that stretch and sweep as his stories unfold. And this native Atlantan word musician, M. Ayodele Heath, has unfolded his stories of Southern identity on stages from Atlanta to South Africa. Ayodele, whose name means, a joy arrives in the house, has held fellowships at the Caversham Centre for Writers in South Africa and Summer Poetry at Idyllwild, California. Other awards include: WPBA Lexus Leader for the Arts, two-time Southeastern Regional Slam Champion, and Atlanta Bureau for Cultural Affairs Emerging Artist of the Year. Recently featured in TurnerSouths MySouth television ad campaign, Ayodele has also been featured at such venues as: the Turner Trumpet Awards, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the National Black Arts Festival, the University of Michigan, Music Midtown and the Alliance Theatre. Among Ayodele's publications: Crab Orchard Review, Mississippi Review, and Chattahoochee Review, and the anthology, Poetry Slam: the Competitive Art of Performance Poetry. He is presently an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at New England College and holds one of the McEver Visiting Writer Chairs in Poetry at Georgia Tech.
October 19 2006
Born and raised in Mexico City, Armin Vit is a graphic designer and writer (and former Portfolio Center faculty member) now living in Brooklyn, New York. He has written for AIGA’s VOICE, Emigre, Eye, Creative Review, HOW and STEP magazines, among others. He has lectured on topics ranging from Typography to Branding, in locations ranging from San Diego to Berlin. He is co-founder of UnderConsideration and founder of the (in)famous Speak Up, and most recently The Design Encyclopedia. Currently, he spends his daytime working at Pentagram. Feisty behind the keyboard, Armin remains timid at heart.
October 19 2006
"To A T: T-Shirt Culture...Cute or Couture?" An exhibit featuring tee shirt designs from around the world, including our own PC students' Epidemik Coalition. Opening Thursday evening, October 19, 6-9 p.m, at MODA. After party immediately following, at The Globe, Tech Square.
For those of you who have Sylvia's class and those who can't get a date for the opening, you can still catch the show until January 13, 2007.
October 25 2006
Photographer Jay Maisel's career spans 40 years. His name has become
synonymous with vibrant color photography that uses light and gesture
to create unforgettable images for advertising, editorial, and corporate
communications. His images appear in countless books and art collections.
Included among his many awards for excellence are the Art Directors Club
Hall of Fame, American Society of Media Photographers' Photographer of
the Year Award, and the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award.
Maisel is a modern Renaissance man and has on his premises large wood
and metalworking shops. He studied painting, drawing, and three-dimensional
design at Cooper Union and holds a painting degree from Yale. These days, he
continues his own education by teaching younger photographers--conducting
workshops, leading seminars, and lecturing around the world.
October 30 2006
From the Decoder Ring Design Concern web site:
Christian is busy. Has been since graduating from that lil' school with big ideas, Portfolio Center. He's interned for Michael Bierut at Pentagram NY; served as a founding member of John Bielenberg's experimental design collective, Project M; and worked for a number of prestigious firms— all within the lifespan of a good pair of Chuck Taylors (maybe two). This perpetual motion has earned him international awards from folks like The Art Directors Club of NY, Showsouth, and “Best of Show� at the 2006 Austin Addy Awards. Look for him in Communication Arts, Graphis, Step Inside Design, ID, Print, Metropolis or in person at your local dive bar. He’ll be the one standing— Christian doesn't sit down much.
November 3 2006
Delisa Mulkey is a PhD candidate at GSU and is shopping her first full-length book. Her work has appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, including Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, Nimrod, CAIRN, Rosebud, BOMB, The Literary Review, The Made Thing, and Orpheus & Company. She has received a Ruth Lilly Fellowship and published a chapbook, Peacock by Moonlight. In 2005 she won the Writer's Exchange contest sponsored by Poets & Writers.
Maudelle Driskell is completing her MFA at Warren Wilson College. Her work has appeared in Poetry, the Kenyon Review, and The Made Thing. She has received a Ruth Lilly Fellowship, awarded by Poetry magazine and the Modern Language Association. She has also been a featured reader at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, a winner of the Agnes Scott Writer's Festival, and has attended the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference.
November 9 2006
Portfolio Center and AIGA Atlanta invite you for an evening with Chip Kidd, who will present his talk, “A Number of People,� on November 9, at 7:00 pm, in the Los Angeles Room at Portfolio Center.
Chip Kidd lives in New York City, where he has designed book jackets for Alfred A. Knopf for over 14 years. He has designed over 1500 book covers, for everyone from Michael Crichton to John Updkike, and has been called the greatest and most influential book jacket designer in history.
In addition to being a designer, Kidd is a writer whose articles and essays have been featured in such esteemed publications as Vanity Fair, Vogue, The New Republic, and The New York Times. He has authored and designed countless award-winning books, many about design, and is currently at work on his second novel.
November 13 2006
Come out and support your boys alongside Michael Knight from Project Runway, Season 3, Pecan Pie Couture, and celebrity stylist Billie Causieestko. The event is sponsored by MODA and Alternative Apparel.
To register, or for maps/directions, click
November 16 2006
Craig Frazier, Designer
Craig Frazier has owned his own design firm since 1978. He has designed trademarks, brochures, annual reports, packaging, posters and advertising. He has received numerous awards and has been recognized internationally for his design. His work is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
He has been the subject of articles in Communication Arts (February 1991), Critique Magazine (Summer 1996, Autumn 1996), Graphis No.340 (July/August 2002) and Graphis No.348 (November/December 2003). He is a frequent lecturer and juror for design organizations and publications around the country. He has been an instructor at California College of Arts and Crafts, and a guest instructor at the Kent State Summer Graduate Program. He is on the Board of Advisors for The Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia and on the Board of the Illustrators Conference for 2005.
Craig Frazier, Illustrator
Craig Frazier's experience as a designer and communicator has contributed to his simple and conceptual style of illustration. Today, he is commissioned by national and international design firms, advertising agencies, and publications to create corporate and editorial illustrations. He is a frequent contributor to the NY Times Op/Ed page as well as Time Magazine, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Kiplingers, Bloomberg, The Boston Globe, Readers Digest, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Utne Reader and Atlantic Monthly. Amongst his corporate clients are Adobe, American Express, Boeing, Chevrolet, Deloitte, MasterCard, Navigant Consulting, Sappi Paper, The Royal Mail, U.S. Postal Service, and United Airlines.
Craig has designed three stamps for the US Postal Service. The “Nurturing Love� preprinted envelope was released in 2003,“Child Health� was released October 2005, and "True Blue Love" was released in January 2006.
Craig has published a 176-page monograph titled The Illustrated Voice, (Graphis Press June 2003.) He has published the children’s book Stanley Goes for a Drive (Chronicle Books) released Fall 2004 as well as Stanley Mows the Lawn (Spring 2005). The third Stanley book is scheduled for release in Fall 2006.
He is frequently published in the Communication Arts, American Illustration and the Society of Illustrators annuals. His illustration is featured on the cover of The Society of Illustrators Annual 41.
December 1 2006
Dr. Madelyn Hatter is the devious and charming alter ego of Megan Volpert, a queer intellectual stuck in the vulgarity of the nineties. Raised in the north suburbs of Chicago, she has been writing poetry forever and performing it since 2001. The love child of Joan Jett and Alix Olson, her witty left-wing banter and moderately obnoxious shenanigans have shared the stage with a wide range of poets: Ragan Fox and Buddy Wakefield, to Collin Kelley, Laura Mullen and Andrei Codrescu. The twenty-five year old Libra holds a Master of Fine Arts in poetry and performance studies from Louisiana State, and lives in Atlanta with her partner, Cowboi Mindy.
December 21 2006
January 2 2007
January 5 2007
Cecilia Woloch is the author of three collections of poetry, Sacrifice (1997), Tsigan (2002), and Late (2003). She recently won the Tupelo Press Chapbook Prize for Narcissus, which will be published in Fall 2007. Active in the Los Angeles literary community for more than twenty years, Cecilia has conducted poetry workshops for thousands of children, young people, and adults in venues and institutions throughout the United States and Europe, ranging from public schools and universities to prisons and hospitals. She is the founding director of Summer Poetry in Idyllwild. For more information, visit www.ceciliawoloch.com.
January 12 2007
January 18 2007
Erin Mills is a Recruiter in Hallmark’s Recruiting Studio for Creative Talent. After earning her BFA in Graphic Design from Iowa State University in 2004, she started her career at Hallmark in the Greetings Division. As a designer, Erin created Father’s Day, Easter, and Christmas product. Known for continually saying: “I enjoy people more than my computer,� she is thrilled to now be a part of the Recruiting Studio, recruiting other talented individuals for Hallmark’s many creative career opportunities.
January 25 2007
David Schimmel, President/Creative Director, And Partners
David Schimmel's talent and business acumen go far beyond his years. Considered one of the top American graphic designers under 30, he has been a design director at Young & Rubicam, launched his own firm at the tender age of 23, worked with many of the most world's most sophisticated clients and earned multiple awards for his work.
He graduated in 1998 from Washington University in St. Louis with degrees in art and business and was immediately hired by Y&R Advertising in a new position of design director. In this role he extended brand imagery from advertising to other target-directed media including collateral, corporate literature and packaging. David enhanced and integrated communications for top Y&R clients such as AT&T, Sony, DuPont, and Citibank.
But David wanted to do more than just extend an existing image-he wanted to create the core brand essence itself. Thus, in 1999, And Partners was founded to provide branding, corporate identity, literature, and collateral for up-market consumer and professional-service companies. The firm has since enjoyed steady growth and recognition while expanding it's offerings into multi-media and environments.
David serves on the advisory board of Portfolio Center in Atlanta, one of the nation's premier design schools, and teaches at The School of Visual Arts in New York City. A standing member of the New York City Board of Education's Advisory Committee in the area of occupational education since 1999, David was honored for his dedication to the Virtual Enterprise program.
He has been featured in industry-leading publications such as Communication Arts, Dynamic Graphics, Graphic Design USA, Graphis, HOW, I.D., PRINT and STEP Inside Design and was named among Graphic Design USA's "People to Watch" in 2003. In 2005, David was awarded a pencil from British Design and Art Direction, a Gold Pencil at the One Show and a gold ARC Award.
February 1 2007
Diane McKinnon is the VP of Integrated Marketing & Creative Services for SicolaMartin. She has more than 18 years of advertising, interactive marketing and design experience. Since joining the agency in 2002, Diane has expanded her role to oversee the creative, media and interactive departments. She leads these multidisciplinary teams in the development of integrated, high-impact brand communications and marketing strategies. Some of her recent client experience includes AMD, Blu-ray Disc, BMC Software, HP, Quark and Sybase.
Prior to joining SicolaMartin, Diane was the director of interactive marketing at Vignette Corporation, where she managed the development of all content, applications and marketing campaigns on the corporate website. She also oversaw the creation of videos, CD-ROMs and e-mail campaigns. Before Vignette, Diane was a producer at Human Code, where she focused on nurturing customer relationships, developing strategy, and managing project estimates, budgets and scheduling. She honed her multimedia developer experience at UT's MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and has a background in film and television art direction.
As part of the Young & Rubicam Brand, SicolaMartin leverages the support of an extensive global network of advertising and marketing agencies. They offer their clients the attentiveness and personal service of a smaller agency, as well as the capabilities and reach of a large one, for everything from advertising and brand development to e-marketing, interactive design, and media.
February 8 2007
Steve McGrew is a Creative Director at Philips Design. His current responsibilities include providing global creative direction for Philips Medical Systems, as well as overseeing internet and interaction design initiatives in North America.
Steve has focused his career on helping established brands extend their permission and equity in new ways through the use of digital media. This work has ranged from the experimental to strategic initiatives for fortune 500 firms, including HP, Sony, BP and, most recently, Philips. Prior to joining Philips Design, Steve worked for a number of design consultancies, including Studio Archetype, frog design, and Sapient.
During his career, Steve’s work has been recognized through exhibits, awards, and publications, including the ID Annual Design Review, Print Magazine, Communication Arts, the New York Festival of Short Film and Video, and the Smithsonian Institute.
In 1891, Gerard Philips established a company in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, to 'manufacture incandescent lamps and other electrical products.' That company went on to become one of the world's biggest electronics companies.
After leading electronic innovation for over a hundred years, Philips remains at the leading edge of the digital revolution, introducing world-class products that are helping to improve people's lives in the 21st century.
February 15 2007
Luba Lukova is a renowned artist and designer working in New York. Her distinctive art utilizes metaphors, juxtaposition of symbols and economy of line and text to succinctly capture humanity's elemental themes. The Bulgarian-born Lukova has won many awards including the Grand Prix Savignac at the International Poster Salon, Paris; the Golden Pencil Award at the One Club, New York; Honor Laureate at the International Poster Exhibition in Fort Collins, CO; and ICOGRADA Excellence Award. She is widely regarded for her New York Times Op-Ed illustrations and has received commissions from the Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, Adobe Systems, Sony Music, Harvard University. Visually engaging and powerful, Lukova’s work is exhibited around the world. Her solo exhibitions have been held at UNESCO, Paris, France; DDD Gallery, Osaka, Japan; La MaMa, New York. In 2007 her work will be on display at Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento, Italy and in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Lukova’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Bibliotheque nationale de France. In April 2007 Clay & Gold Editions will publish the first comprehensive book about her art.
February 15 2007
Epidemik Coalition tees will be on display at Octane Coffee Bar & Lounge at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 15. Come out and support EC.
February 22 2007
Quark was founded in 1981 in Denver, Colorado, and named after the subatomic particle believed to be the building block for all matter.
In 1987, with the introduction of QuarkXpress, the company revolutionized desktop publishing. Suddenly, precision typography, layout, and color control were accessible to designers everywhere, via their own computers, and at a fraction of the cost of traditional typesetting vendors.
Today, Quark has customers in over 100 countries worldwide and remains the industry leader by offering a product line that merges traditional print publishing with content management, personalization, and the tools for creating collaborative cross-media workflows.
Representing Quark, along with Davina Hicks, Scott Devore is a business development specialist for Education. He lives in Virginia and works with education customers in the Southeast. Previously, Scott worked as a digital imaging technician, customer service advisor, high school graphic communication instructor, and yearbook specialist. With his degree in Graphic Communications technology, Scott frequently presents at scholastic publishing workshops. Before joining Quark, Scott worked as a Herff Jones Yearbooks Publications consultant for six years.
Davina Hicks is a Technical Service Engineer, covering the South East territory, with eight years experience dealing directly with customers in the field, six of those years training, supporting and implementing desktop and enterprise solutions within the publishing industry. She has served in various capacities throughout her career at Quark since joining in 1998. In her current role, she works as a liaison with customers and directly with various levels of Quark's internal management team to help ensure that the customer’s voice is heard. In addition to training customers on new and existing products, she is also a regular presenter at tradeshows and events.
March 2 2007
Ann Fisher-Wirth is a poet and scholar who teaches at the University of Mississippi. Her books include Blue Window, The Trinket Poems, and Five Terraces. Ann's poems have appeared in many journals, among them the Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, Southwest Review, Valparaiso Review and the Florida Review.
Peter Pereira is a family physician in Seattle, and was a founding editor of Floating Bridge Press. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Prairie Schooner, The Virginia Quarterly Review, New England Review, Journal of the American Medical Association, and elsewhere. His books include The Lost Twin (Grey Spider 2000), and Saying the World (Copper Canyon 2003). What's Written on the Body is forthcoming from Copper Canyon in Spring 2007.
March 18 2007
Tania will read from her book Karaoke Funeral (Snake Nation Press, 2004), as well from her new manuscript, Nude Bowling at the Goodtime Boogie.
For more information or to get directions, go to JavaMonkey.
March 30 2007
Join speakers Hank Richardson, Stefan Sagmeister, and others, as designers from all over the country convene at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego for this year's AIGA Y Design Conference. For more information, click here.
April 2 2007
We look forward to seeing your shining faces!
April 3 2007
From the Turkel web site:
As CEO of the successful brand management firm TURKEL, Bruce has been creating and working with valuable brands for over 25 years.
Born and raised in Miami, Bruce studied design at the University of Florida and rushed to NYC to start his career. Preferring the sun to the subway, he returned to Miami and opened his own advertising agency built on the belief that marketing should be well-designed, simple, and should make a client’s products and services more valuable. Using this straightforward checklist, Bruce has worked with hundreds of clients, written thousands of headlines, and designed even more print ads, television spots, websites, and campaigns.
Besides all that, Bruce is a husband, father of two and author of three books—his most recent is Building Brand Value. Oh, and he is an avid harmonica player. Bruce tours extensively, spellbinding audiences with simple yet powerful brand building techniques.
April 6 2007
Melissa Range is the recipient of a 2007 “Discovery”/The Nation Award and a 2006 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award. Her poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in The Georgia Review, Image, The Paris Review, Poetry London (UK), and Western Humanities Review. She has been poet-in-residence at The Candler School of Theology at Emory University, the Emory University Ethics Center, and the Richmond Theological Consortium, as well as a fellow at Yaddo. Originally from East Tennessee, Range currently makes her home in Atlanta.
Jessica Hand is currently working on her MFA in Poetry at Georgia State University. She has appeared at various venues around the city, with featured peformances at Java Monkey Speaks, Art Amok and many others. She represented Atlanta at the National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX last year. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and the award-winning Java Monkey Speaks Anthology.
April 12 2007
Lorenc + Yoo is an environmental communications design firm with a thoroughly integrated approach and process. By utilizing the talents of every kind of designer from graphic to industrial, along with a diverse collective ranging from architects to strategists to marketing experts, they have produced award-winning design since 1978 for clients such as Habitat for Humanity, Georgia Pacific, Woodruff Arts Center, and Lifetime Television.
April 19 2007
By day, Portfolio Center alum John Givens is an art director for Underground Advertising. By night, he's a documentary filmmaker. Join us for a screening of his recent film, Working Title, followed by a discussion about the film and the creative process.
This from Working Title PR:
art·ist (ärtst) n.
1) One, such as a painter, sculptor, or writer, who is able by virtue of imagination and talent or skill to create works of aesthetic value, especially in the fine arts. One who creates a work of art.
2) A person whose work shows exceptional creative ability or skill: You are an artist in the kitchen.
3) One who is adept at an activity, especially one involving trickery or deceit: a con artist.
The definition seems so simple, but what does it really mean to claim the title “artist?� What does it mean to be an artist in a society that values easy classification, money as success, and a your–work– defines–you mentality? Who are you? I’m a lawyer. I’m a teacher. In this country, it seems the easier you fit into one box or the other, the better, but “artist� is a messy term, fraught with complicated judgments about what constitutes art, work, and success. If you’ve never sold anything, are you an artist?
Of course the struggle to define “artist� isn’t as simple as unraveling America’s complicated relationship with art, it is also an internal struggle, distinct to every individual that chooses to live and work under the rubric “artist.� Am I an artist? How do I know? How do I prove it (to myself and to others)? Working Title is a 55-minute digital video documentary that explores the complexities inherent in claiming the label “artist.� Following five diverse, self-proclaimed artists from a range of disciplines including music, painting, sculpture, and photography, the film seeks to explore how these artists relate to and challenge both their personal and cultural identities. All born and raised in the middle-class New Jersey suburb of Upper Montclair (the hometown of the filmmakers), the five artists share their personal narratives of growth and self-identification. Eventually the struggle of the filmmakers comes to light as they attempt to answer to the question themselves, “Am I an artist?�
Structurally, Working Title revolves around several themes that carry the narrative forward. Personal testimonials, quotes from famous artists, images of work from the featured artists, and secondary footage illustrating cultural definitions and societal pressures are woven together to create a holistic conversation between the artists.
May 3 2007
Alissa Walker has written about either design or Star Wars for Wired, Dwell, Fast Company, I.D., Metropolis, ReadyMade, Design Observer, the Los Angeles Times, HOW, Dynamic Graphics and STEP Inside Design. She is the gossip columnist for the California edition of The Architect's Newspaper and editor of the design blog UnBeige, which Newsweek named as one of 12 sites that "define cool." Alissa can be found on your iPod as the associate producer for the public radio show "DnA: Design and Architecture" and as a host of Core77's newly-launched Broadcasts. She has also appeared as a design expert on the HGTV show "Small Space, Big Style." Alissa lives and works in Hollywood, where she tends to a growing Gelatobaby and does not have a car. Seriously.
May 4 2007
STEPHEN BLUESTONE was born in New York City. His recent volume "The Laughing Monkeys of Gravity" was nominated for the National Book Award in Poetry. "The Flagrant Dead," his latest book, has been called “original and beautiful” by Gerald Stern. Bluestone has won The Greensboro Review Poetry Prize, The Thomas Merton Prize, two Hopwood Prizes, and second prize in the Robert Penn Warren Competition, in addition to an NEH Award and a Pushcart Prizes Special Mention. He teaches English and film in the College of Liberal Arts at Mercer University.
MIKE DOCKINS poems have appeared, or are forthcoming, in The Gettysburg Review, Crazyhorse, Gulf Coast, Paragraph, The Greensboro Review, Faultline, The Cream City Review, and many other journals. A recent Pushcart prize nominee, Mike currently lives in Atlanta where he co-founded and co-edits Redactions: Poetry & Poetics. His first collection of poetry "Slouching in the Path of A Comet" is now available from Sage Hill Press. Dockins work was also selected by editor Heather McHugh for the 2007 edition of Best American Poetry.
May 4 2007
There will be a showing of student work at Octane Coffee Bar & Lounge, beginning May 4 and continuing through the end of the month. The opening reception will be May 11 at 7 pm.
May 31 2007
Maureen is Associate Director, Package Design, for Aveda. She will discuss some of the lessons she's learned while at the company, about life choices and how being a creative shapes her decisions. The focus will be on "green" living and designing--how doing what's right isn't always what's easy.
June 1 2007
Travis Wayne Denton - Mr. Denton is the Associate Director of Poetry at Tech, and his poems have appeared in Greensboro Review, Rattle, The South Carolina Review and many others.
Katie Chaple - Ms. Chaple teaches at the University of West Georgia, and her poems have appeared (or are forthcoming in) Antioch Review, 32 Poems, Crab Orchard Review and many others.
June 4 2007
June 10 2007
The Creativity, Business & Technology Conference for Graphic Designers will be held in the beautiful Hyatt Regency, right here in our own backyard of downtown ATL. June 10-13, the city will be alive with the likes of us. Go to be inspired, go to learn, go to make friends. Just be sure to go.
For information and registration, visit www.howconference.com.
June 11 2007
Location: Woodruff Arts Center
Date: Mon, Jun 11
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:15 PM
Members: $75 / Student Members: $45
Non-Members: $100
For more information, click here.
July 6 2007
A night of political and moving poetry from two nationally recognized poets. Sheema Kalbasi is an Iranian poet and activist now living in America and fighting for the right of oppressed women in her home country. Theresa Davis is Atlanta's own outspoken poet who writes about love and politics with a razor sharp accuracy. You don't want to miss this evening of poetry! Open mic sign up begins at 7 p.m.
July 19 2007
Portfolio Center President Hank Richardson will present an encore presentation of his How conference speech on building the perfect portfolio: THE BOOK ACCORDING TO HANK. This is a must-see for anyone who missed the conference, whether you're a student or a professional.
Seminar begins at 10 a.m. in the Los Angeles room at Portfolio Center. The public is invited.
August 9 2007
Prior to founding her company, Elizabeth Benator spent 10 years gaining experience on every side of the fashion industry. A designer by training, she was the fashion design career advisor at Parsons School of Design from 2003-2006, acting as a liason between the students, alumni and industry hiring managers. She has specialized in recruiting designers for the fashion industry for the past 8 years.
Following her design career, Elizabeth's design recruitment experience began in house at Abercrombie & Fitch. After Abercrombie, she gained executive search experience at two New York City-based creative recruitment firms before moving into her role at Parsons. In her own practice, she takes care to approach her partnership with candidates and clients in a hands-on, boutique way, paying special attention to the unique needs of the designers and design teams. She considers the time she spends with each designer critical to her understanding of their professional needs.
August 23 2007
Tribal DDB Worldwide has helped build Brand Demand for some of the most popular companies in the world, including Pepsi, Volkswagen, Johnson & Johnson, and McDonalds.
Matt Smith is an Associate Creative Director for Tribal DDB Dallas. In his role, he oversees the creative and strategic development of every interactive initiative for Pepsi, Diet Pepsi and all subsequent brand extensions. Since becoming a part of Tribal DDB in 2005 as a senior creative, Matt has helped craft, expand and define the online presence of Pepsi, culminating in 2007 with the largest interactive campaign ever created for the beverage giant.
August 30 2007
Luba Lukova is a renowned artist and designer working in New York. Her distinctive art utilizes metaphors, juxtaposition of symbols and economy of line and text to succinctly capture humanity's elemental themes. The Bulgarian born Lukova’s has won many awards including the Grand Prix Savignac at the International Poster Salon, Paris; the Golden Pencil Award at the One Club, New York; Honor Laureate at the International Poster Exhibition in Fort Collins, CO; and ICOGRADA Excellence Award. She is widely regarded for her New York Times Op-Ed illustrations and has received commissions from the Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, Adobe Systems, Sony Music, Harvard University. Visually engaging and powerful, Lukova’s work is exhibited around the world. Her solo exhibitions have been held at UNESCO, Paris, France; DDD Gallery, Osaka, Japan; La MaMa, New York. Currently her work is on display at Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento, Italy and in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Lukova’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Bibliotheque nationale de France. This year Clay & Gold Editions will publish the first comprehensive book about her art. At her lecture Lukova will present the newly published 2008 Social Justice calendar featuring her socio-political posters. The calendar will be available for sale at the venue.
August 30 2007
From the Breather website:
Breather brings together artists, architects, interior designers, graphic designers, landscape architects, and other individuals concerned with design and its effects. The unique benefit comes from the interdisciplinary cross-pollination in both the audience and the presenters. Members of the design community are invited to "take a Breather in Decatur," to be stimulated outside their usual routines, and to benefit from the ideas and practices of other design disciplines.
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October 11 2007
Make your reservations now for the AIGA Next conference in Denver, October 11-14. Join designers from all around the world as they convene to explore the value of design and seek to answer the question, What's next?
Incidentally, three of our alumni are speaking at the conference--Ally Lack, Pam Zuccker, and Alissa Walker, as well as a former teacher and current spouse-of-alum (he's married to Bryony Gomez-Palacio), Armin Vit.
Students, don't miss this opportunity to expand your design knowledge and network with your fellow designers. The experience will be invaluable to your education--and more fun than you can imagine. To offset the cost of attending, consider volunteering; that way, you can give as you get.
October 13 2007
Candler Park Fall Festival, October 13-14. Come out and support recent PC design grad and artist Mary Campbell at her first art market since finishing Portfolio Center.
October 19 2007
Please join us Friday night at 7:30 as we celebrate the graduation of the spring and summer 2007 classes.
October 26 2007
Portfolio Center graduates will show their work from 11:00 am - 7:00 pm at the Center for Architecture.
October 27 2007
POETRY ATLANTA PRESENTS THOMAS LUX, TRAVIS DENTON & TANIA ROCHELLE AT WORDSMITHS BOOKS IN DECATUR. Poetry Atlanta begins a new quarterly series of readings in partnership with Decatur's Wordsmiths Books, 141 E. Trinity Ave. in downtown Decatur. Hosted by Collin Kelley. Event begins at 2:00 pm.
November 8 2007
John is a partner and co-founder of C2, in San Francisco, with Greg Galle and Erik Cox, and founder and director of Project M, a summer program in Maine that is designed to inspire young designers, writers, photographers and filmmakers by proving that their work can have a positive and significant impact on the world.
Since 1991, John Bielenberg has produced an ongoing series of projects under the pseudonym Virtual Telemetrix, Inc. that address issues related to the practice of graphic design and Corporate America. Projects have included the “Quantitative Summary of Integrated Global Brand Strategy� booklet and video produced for the 1998 AIGA Brandesign Conference, the 1997 Virtual Telemetrix Annual Report satire of corporate branding and “ceci n’est pas un catalog� which parodies designer products. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has acquired 6 of the VT projects and staged a Virtual Telemetrix exhibition and mock IPO (Initial Public Offering in 2000.
In addition, John was recently nominated for 2 National Design Awards from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, has served on the AIGA National Board of Directors, and is an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
John is a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique International) and is Vice President and Director of the Pop!Tech Institute, which explores the impact of technology on people.
November 15 2007
Scott Hull, founder of Scott Hull Associates, carries business cards that read "Visual Ambassador," and that's how he introduces himself. For over twenty years, Scott has looked beyond the traditional artists’ rep model, choosing illustrators not only for their artistic finesse, but also their professional demeanor.
A designer-turned-entrepreneur, Scott understands both the demands of creativity and the importance of interpersonal relationships in a working partnership. That's why the 25-plus illustrators on Scott's team are customer-focused professionals who are as skilled with people as they are with images.
Scott Hull Associates is proud to provide innovative visual storytelling in partnership with global advertising agencies, design firms and Fortune 500 companies. SHA artists have appeared in Time and Barron’s and contributed to books such as the “Harry Potter� series. In addition, SHA artists have worked on CDs and video games and developed environmental graphics for museums, restaurants and major league ballparks.
Clients range from start-ups to well-known brands like Target, Microsoft and Disney. SHA serves clients with national needs like Leo Burnett or Dreamery Ice Cream and those with a local or regional audience such as Whole Foods or the Children’s Museum of the East End.
Scott is an involved member of the AIGA and American Association of Museums, and frequently acts as an advisor to colleges and universities. He is also a contributor to such books as Fresh Ideas in Promotion, Artist’s and Graphic Design Market, and The Power of Logos.
November 17 2007
Food, fun, and the work of local artists. PC instructor Anne Elser's hand-bound books will be featured at the sale, from 1-6 pm at 434 Superior Avenue, Decatur Avenue.
November 22 2007
December 13 2007
Check out Jon Selikoff's recent post featuring packaging projects by Portfolio Center students and recent graduates Mary Campbell, Claire Courtade, Audrey Gould, Adam Jesberger, Jason Puckett, Rachel Strubinger, and Katie Vinci.
The Dieline, the web's leading package design blog, is a great resource for professional designers, design students, or anyone with a passion for packaging.
December 17 2007
School will be closed December 17-31.
January 3 2008
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January 10 2008
Joe Duffy, Principal and Chairman
One of the most respected and sought after creative directors and thought leaders on branding and design, Joe has led awarding winning branding efforts for some highly admired companies including BMW, Coca-Cola, Sony, McDonald’s and Starbucks. His work is regularly profiled in leading business, marketing and design publications and has been exhibited around the world. Joe has served as founding chair of the Environmental Committee of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and on the boards of the AIGA, the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul MN, and the Minnesota State Arts Council. He is a member of the board of The One Club and has led their student design competitions in China for the past five years. He has been awarded the Legacy Medal from the AIGA for a lifetime of achievement in the field of visual communications and his first book, Brand Apart, was released in July 2005. In 2006, Joe was featured in Fast Company as one of the “fast 50� most influential people in the future of business.
Joseph Duffy
Joseph graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the College of Visual Arts in 2000, after which he spent several years working at Fallon in their Art Production and Interactive Design departments on accounts such as BMW USA, BMW Motorcycles, Timex, EDS, The Islands Of The Bahamas, and Purina. At this time he also worked for Duffy on design projects when they needed additional help.
When Duffy decided to split from Fallon in 2004, Joseph was asked to jump ship and follow the family name. As one of the designers on staff, he has worked on numerous accounts, including Aveda Men, V.I.O., Kerzner, The One Club China, 501FIT, Pioneer Brand, and Brown-Forman.
Joseph’s work has been recognized for design excellence by Communication Arts in 2001, 2004 & 2007 as well as in Print’s Regional Design Annual in 2005 & 2006. His work on V.I.O., SeaFire, and The Kerzner Marine Foundation will also be featured in the 2008 Graphis Logo Annual which is due out later this year.
January 24 2008
Herman Ellis Dyal, of fd2s, Austin, is a designer, strategist, and registered architect with more than 30 years of experience. Prior to founding fd2s (originally Fuller Dyal & Stamper) in 1985, Dyal worked as an architect for Philip Johnson & John Burgee, Architects and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. He received a master of architecture degree from Tulane University and a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He has served as a Visiting Artist at the University of Houston School of Art and a Visiting Critic at the Rice University School of Architecture.
Dyal's work has received numerous honors and has been published in Communication Arts, Graphis, Print, How, Texas Architect, and various publications of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. He has been twice recognized by the American Center for Design.
His recent work at fd2s includes overseeing the development and implementation of wayfinding strategies for world-class institutions such as the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the creation of identities and environmental graphics programs for major retail and mixed-use projects in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.
Dyal is the Austin director of Pecha Kucha Night, the Tokyo-based forum for architects, artists, and designers.
January 29 2008
David Butler, Vice President, Design, The Coca-Cola Company
David is responsible for global design at The Coca-Cola Company. This includes setting the global standard for design, building a global design function and strengthening Coke’s internal design culture and reputation. He began his career as a graphic designer developing identity systems and print communications and then focused on digital media with the rise and fall of the dot-com era. He went on to build a global design planning group with Studio Archetype/Sapient. Clients and collaborations include the International Olympic Committee, UPS, Gucci, CNN, Cartoon Network, Bank of America, Catepillar, United Airlines and AT+T. David is a frequent lecturer, adjunct professor and member of the Board of Advisors at Portfolio Center. His work has been recognized by leading design and business publications including Communication Arts, AIGA, The Type Directors Club, The One Show, ADDY awards, Design Management Journal and Time Magazine. He holds a BA in Mass Communications from the University of South Florida.
January 31 2008
We look forward to an exciting and dynamic line-up of seminar speakers for Portfolio Center's winter quarter. The roster, so far:
January 10 Joe and Joseph Duffy, Duffy & Partners, Minneapolis
January 17 David Butler, Coca Cola NA, Atlanta
January 24 Herman Dyal, fd2s, Austin
January 31 Jose Reyes, metaleap, Atlanta
February 7 Rick Cusik, Hallmark, Kansas City
February 21 Ken Carbone, Carbone Smolan, NYC
February 28 Andrew Tesnar, LPK, Cincinnati
January 31 2008
Jose Reyes founded the Atlanta firm Metaleap Design in 2002. His impressive client list includes Aflac, Delta, Dixie Crystals, and Paste Magazine--for which his work has earned him several national awards, including recognition in Communication Arts. Jose doesn't like to limit himself to the label 'Designer,' preferring instead to be considered "the visual-arts equivalent of a soundtrack composer," synthesizing words, information, and ideas.
February 7 2008
Rick Cusick was born in Stockton, California and began his professional life designing illuminated signs for Ad/Art, Inc., who provided much of the signage for casinos in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Reno. He studied lettering with James Lewis at San Joaquin Delta College and Mortimer Leach at Art Center College of Design. He has worked for Hallmark in Kansas City since 1971 as a lettering artist and book designer, and is presently Manager of Font Development there. In 1996 he designed the typeface Nyx for Adobe.
Cusick was design and editorial consultant to TBW Books of Woolwich, Maine, where he was responsible for With Respect...to RFD, a festschrift for Chicago calligrapher Raymond F. DaBoll; a collection of essays and calligraphy by influential Reed College professor Lloyd J. Reynolds, and The Proverbial Bestiary, featuring drawings by Warren Chappell with Cusick's calligraphy. He has taught at the University of Kansas and in 1992 began a ten-year stint as art director of Letter Arts Review. Cusick is also proprietor of Nyx Editions; is a member of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale), the American Printing History Association, and a corresponding (honorary) member of Bund Deutscher BuchkĂĽnstler.
February 14 2008
BRUCE CROCKER Design Director Modernista
Since 2003, Bruce Crocker has been the Design Director at Modernista, a full-service advertising agency with offices in Boston, Detroit, and Amsterdam. Bruce works with a team of 12 designers that have created a wide range of design solutions for companies including HUMMER, Cadillac, TIAA-CREF, Napster, Gap, Budweiser, Product (RED), Converse, and BusinessWeek magazine.
In 1986, Bruce founded Crocker Inc., an award-winning design firm and brand think tank based in Boston. Bruce has also held Art Director and Creative Director positions at both large and small advertising agencies including BBDO/NY, Cipriani/Kremer and Altman & Manley. His responsibilities have included print, broadcast and multimedia productions.
Bruce has provided a full range of services including strategic planning, direct mail, advertising, product/package design and development, web design, corporate identity, annual reports, and magazine design. He continues to consult with companies and organizations to help them build their brands through strategic design.
Bruce’s work in support of his clients has won many national and international awards from such organizations as The Boston, San Francisco and New York Art Director’s Clubs (including gold awards), Communication Arts, Graphis International, The American Center for Design, The Clio Awards, and Best of Show AIGA Brand Design.
He has lectured to numerous business organizations and educational institutions on brand design and creative brainstorming and has taught advertising and design at the Art Institute of Boston. He has also been chosen to judge many notable design competitions.
Bruce’s interests include vintage sports car racing, too many used books, and drumming.
February 21 2008
From the Carbone Smolan Agency web site:
Ken Carbone is among America’s most respected graphic designers, whose work is renowned for its clarity, intelligence and longevity. He has built an international reputation creating outstanding programs for world-class clients, including Tiffany & Co., W.L Gore, Herman Miller, PBS, Christie’s, Nonesuch Records, the W Hotel Group and the Clinton Administration. His clients also include celebrated cultural institutions such as the Museé du Louvre, The Museum of Modern Art, The Pierpont Morgan Library, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art.
These clients are evidence of his multi-disciplinary experience with large scale, complex projects and expert knowledge of art, architecture, retail merchandising, entertainment, music, science and technology. Often international in scope, these projects have also enabled him to hone the cross-cultural sensibilities necessary to work successfully in today’s global business environment.
In addition, Ken is the author of The Virtuoso: Face to Face with 40 Extraordinary Talents , published by Stewart Tabori & Chang. The book’s emphasis on human achievement in all walks of life reflects his wide-ranging curiosity.
He frequently speaks to audiences across the country about the value of strategic design and communications in the corporate, consumer and cultural sectors. He has presented at events sponsored by Inc. Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, HOW Magazine, the American Center for Design, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and the Luxury Marketing Council, and has lectured at both top business schools and art colleges. He is currently an adjunct professor in the MFA Program at the School of Visual Arts, New York City.
Ken is a member of the prestigious Alliance Graphique International (AGI), and of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). His work has been recognized by the AIGA, Print, Graphis, Idea, Communication Arts, ID, the New York Art Directors Club, and is included in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. In addition to his design career, he has been an avid guitarist for over 40 years.
February 29 2008
A total of 10 scholarships will be awarded each year: 5 in March and 5 in September. Applications must be received by 5:00pm Friday, February 29, 2008; the scholarships will be awarded at the first Student Board meeting following each application deadline, and winners will be notified by e-mail. A student may only receive this scholarship once, regardless of amount of scholarship.
March 1 2008
José Reyes, Creative Director of Metaleap Design, gave a seminar at PC last week, speaking about his life, his work, and the idea of "3rd place"—a social surrounding separate from the two usual social environments of home and work. Where José spends most of his time outside of home and work, is in starting the new arts series Fringe. The next Fringe concert is coming up, Saturday, March 1st at 8pm. Student tickets are only $5 in advance, $10 at the door, and are available via FringeAtlanta.org.
Fringe is about art—about crossing social, cultural and ethnic divides through music by purposefully melding different worlds to create something entirely new. Each concert is a jam-packed arts event, including live chamber music, DJ, visual art gallery, independent short film and documentaries of the performers.
"[Fringe] reminds young audiences that classical is kick-assical." —Paste magazine "Chamber music for the iPod generation!" —Georgia Music magazine “One of the most radical classical groups in the country.� —Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We hope you will take the opportunity to experience this unique mixture of the arts, right here in Atlanta. Buy your tickets in advance, as the concert is expected to sell out.
FringeAtlanta.org
March 4 2008
From the AIGA-ATL website:
The Buzz is going Trivia in March. We are kicking-off a trivia night version of the Buzz at Manuel's Tavern!
Are you the one everyone calls on to name that font? The go-to guy/gal for solving that CSS mystery? A gold mine of design "little known facts"? A design history groupie? This night is for you! Grab your friends and design knowledge superstars - it's time to show your skillz and bask in the glory. Sign up now to take the prize this Tuesday night!
See you there!
March 15 2008
April 3, Tom Wright, Neenah Paper:
Tom Wright is the senior director design and advertising for Neenah Paper, a leading manufacturer of premium uncoated writing, text and cover papers. Neenah Paper has helped define some of the world’s most recognizable identities and was named one of Graphic Design USA’s Top 100 Designer Friendly Companies. It is credited with many industry firsts, including introducing the first mill brand watermark; the first Writing, Text and Cover paper to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and introducing a radically different paper
April 10, Melissa Jun, New York Times:
Melissa Jun is Design Director for the New York Times, where she created their first in-house design group to oversee branding and marketing, as well as established and developed brand guidelines, advertising campaigns, event, product, online and consumer marketing. Before joining the New York Times, Melissa worked with Michael Bierut at Pentagram Design, where clients included the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and McGraw-Hill Publishing.
April 17, Chip Kidd:
Chip Kidd has worked for Alfred A. Knopf since 1986 and is considered one of the best and most influential book jacket designers in history. Besides being an award winning designer, he’s a writer who has written about design and popular culture for publications such as Vogue, the New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly and has authored several books and a national bestselling novel, Cheese Monkeys.
April 24, Victor John Penner:
Photographer Victor John Penner has been recognized regionally and internationally in Applied Arts, Communication Arts, Graphis, PDN, Photo Media, the Mead Show, the One Show, and the Black Book's AR 100 Show, among others. Penner co-created the Jones Soda brand for Urban Juice & Soda, which has been shown at the Ansel Adams Center for Photography in San Francisco and at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York City.
May 1, Rei Inamoto, AQKA:
Rei Inamoto is one of the most award-winning professionals in the interactive marketing industry today, having won multiple golds at Cannes Cyber Lions, Clio Awards, and One Show, to name a few. In February 2008, Rei was named in "Creativity 50," one of the most innovative and influential individuals in the creative industry. Rei is Global Creative Director at AKQA an international digital advertising agency. His global clients include Nike, Xbox, and Coca-Cola.
May 5 (Monday evening), Jay Maisel:
Jay Maisel's photography career spans 40 years. His name has become synonymous with vibrant color photography that uses light and gesture to create unforgettable images for advertising, editorial, and corporate communications. His images appear in countless books and art collections. Included among his many awards for excellence are the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, American Society of Media Photographers' Photographer of the Year Award, and the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award.
May 8, Joseph and Nancy Essex, SX2:
Nancy Denney Essex, co-founder and Design Director for Essex Two, is a visual communicator and designer. Extremely active in AIGA, during her three-year term as president of AIGA/Chicago, Nancy guided the chapter in tripling its membership. She has served a term as chair of the President’s Council on AIGA’s national board. In 2002, AIGA/Chicago awarded Nancy its Above and Beyond Award for exceptional volunteer service. She is also Secretary of the board of directors for Evan’s Life Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to reaching out to at-risk children.
Joseph Michael Essex is co-founder of Essex Two. He has received hundreds of awards from major communication publications and organizations in the US, Europe and Asia, including medals from the New York Art Directors Club. The AIGA / Chicago presented him its Above and Beyond Award for his extraordinary service to his profession and the organization, and its highest honor, the Fellow Award for significant personal and professional contributions to raising the standards of excellence within the design community. His fine art and commercial posters are in museum collections throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
May 15, David Hewitt, Sapient:
David Hewitt is the Group Creative Director with Sapient Interactive, the largest independent interactive agency in the world, whose clients include top brands like AT&T, Coca-Cola, Motorola, MTV Networks, and Sprint. His work has been recognized in numerous publications, including Wired Magazine, Print, and Communication Arts, and his experience spans all mediums from print to interactive and motion. Most recently, David has led work in the mobile industry, designing prototypes for emerging devices as well as helping to launch Sprint's new mobile broadband service XOHM.
May 22, Brian Collins:
Before starting his own experiential design firm, Collins, which is part of the Interpublic Group, Brian Collins was the Chairman and CCO of the Brand Integration Group, Ogilvy and Mather, in NY. His work for Ogilvy included the design for the Hershey store in Times Square, the design of the new Motorola brand, the new Kodak logo, and the redesign of Sprite for Coca-Cola. Collins's numerous honors include being named one of five "American Masters in Design" by Fast Company in 2005, and receiving the National Organization for Women's 2006 Image Award for the work his team did on Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty.
April 2 2008
John Colasanti, CEO Carmichael Lynch, Tues., May 13 @ Manuel's Tavern, 6-9PM. Click to register.
The Atlanta Ad Club Silver Medal Awards Luncheon, with featured speaker John Boone of Boone Oakley/Charlotte, Tues., May 20 11:30-1:30, at 103 West. Click to register.
The Four A's is hosting a seminar on April 2, "How To Provide Non-Traditional Marketing Solutions To Clients." Should be righteously good. For more details, click.
April 3 2008
Tom Wright is the senior director design and advertising for Neenah Paper, a leading manufacturer of premium uncoated writing, text and cover papers. Neenah Paper has helped define some of the world’s most recognizable identities and was named one of Graphic Design USA’s Top 100 Designer Friendly Companies. It is credited with many industry firsts, including introducing the first mill brand watermark and creating the first Writing, Text and Cover paper to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
April 10 2008
Melissa Jun is Design Director for the New York Times, where she created their first in-house design group to oversee branding and marketing, as well as established and developed brand guidelines, advertising campaigns, event, product, online and consumer marketing. Before joining the New York Times, Melissa worked with Michael Bierut at Pentagram Design, where clients included the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and McGraw-Hill Publishing.
April 18 2008
April 23 2008
From the AIGA-Atl website:
Astonishingly, Stefan Sagmeister has only learned twenty or so things in his life so far. But he did manage to publish these personal maxims all over the world, in spaces normally occupied by advertisements and promotions: as billboards, projections, light-boxes, magazine spreads, annual report covers, fashion brochures, and, recently, as giant inflatable monkeys. In this presentation Sagmeister throws his diary, a lot of design, and a little art together with a pinch of psychology and a dash of happiness into a blender and pushes the button. It tastes surprisingly yummy. Stefan Sagmeister is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world working today. Since 1993 Sagmeister Inc., has focused on all things printed, including posters, brochures, books, and graphics and packaging for music clients. Sagmeister’s award-winning work has been recognized in national publications such as The New York Times, Time, Rolling Stone, and Wired. He’s created iconic album covers for Lou Reed, the Talking Heads, and the Rolling Stones. Born in Austria, he now lives in New York City.
April 24 2008
Victor John Penner has NEVER been convicted, but has been recognized regionally and internationally in Applied Arts, Communication Arts, Graphis, PDN, Photo Media, Print and award shows for British Design & Art Direction, Fox River Paper, Graphex, The Mead Show, Potlatch, The One Show and the Black Book's AR 100 Show where Victor's work has been voted "Top Ten Photographed" 17 times and has garnered a coveted "Judges Award."
In addition, the Jones Soda that Victor co-created for Urban Juice & Soda has been shown at the Ansel Adams Center for Photography in San Francisco and at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York City, as well as being included in the book "lovemarks" by Saatchi & Saatchi CEO, Kevin Roberts.
Victor is a frequent guest speaker and occasional workshop leader, his "scared straight" approach will make you second guess your career choice.
May 5 2008
Portfolio Center is sponsoring a blood drive with the American Red Cross on May 5, from 10am-3pm. If you are eligible to give blood, we really need you. As if the thought of doing a good deed weren't enough incentive, prizes and gift cards in excess of $700 have been donated by the following local businesses:
Binders
Black Bear Tavern
Central City Tavern
Chic-Fil-A
Fellini's
Image Link
Mellow Mushroom
Octane
Sam Flax
Vita
And to further sweeten the deal, refreshments will be provided by Panera, Firehouse Subs, and Piece of Cake.
Just email liz@portfoliocenter.com to sign up for a time slot in 15 minute intervals from 10am-3pm. Please spread the word to any PC outsiders who you think may be interested as well. We really want this drive to be successful and need your help!
Also, if you can't give blood but you can give time, student volunteers are needed to man the canteen. Again, email Liz.
May 5 2008
Jay Maisel's photography career spans 40 years. His name has become synonymous with vibrant color photography that uses light and gesture to create unforgettable images for advertising, editorial, and corporate communications. His images appear in countless books and art collections. Included among his many awards for excellence are the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, American Society of Media Photographers' Photographer of the Year Award, and the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award.
May 6 2008
The Modern Atlanta Home Tour focuses on showcasing exemplary examples for living modern through lifestyle, architecture, interior design, and landscaping. Homes range from the classic postmodern to the state-of-the-art contemporary.
Find all the info here.
May 8 2008
Essex Two is a Chicago-based design and branding consultancy founded by Nancy Denney Essex and Joseph Michael Essex.
Nancy Denney Essex, Design Director for Essex Two, is a visual communicator and designer. Extremely active in AIGA, during her three-year term as president of AIGA/Chicago, Nancy guided the chapter in tripling its membership. She has served a term as chair of the President’s Council on AIGA’s national board. In 2002, AIGA/Chicago awarded Nancy its Above and Beyond Award for exceptional volunteer service. She is also Secretary of the board of directors for Evan’s Life Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to reaching out to at-risk children.
Joseph Michael Essex is co-founder of Essex Two. He has received hundreds of awards from major communication publications and organizations in the US, Europe and Asia, including medals from the New York Art Directors Club. The AIGA / Chicago presented him its Above and Beyond Award for his extraordinary service to his profession and the organization, and its highest honor, the Fellow Award for significant personal and professional contributions to raising the standards of excellence within the design community. His fine art and commercial posters are in museum collections throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
May 15 2008
David Hewitt is the Group Creative Director with Sapient Interactive, the largest independent interactive agency in the world, whose clients include top brands like AT&T, Coca-Cola, Motorola, MTV Networks, and Sprint. His work has been recognized in numerous publications, including Wired Magazine, Print, and Communication Arts, and his experience spans all mediums from print to interactive and motion. Most recently, David has led work in the mobile industry, designing prototypes for emerging devices as well as helping to launch Sprint's new mobile broadband service XOHM.
May 23 2008
Before starting his own experiential design firm, Collins, which is part of the Interpublic Group, Brian Collins was the Chairman and CCO of the Brand Integration Group, Ogilvy and Mather, in NY. His work for Ogilvy included the design for the Hershey store in Times Square, the design of the new Motorola brand, the new Kodak logo, and the redesign of Sprite for Coca-Cola. Collins's numerous honors include being named one of five "American Masters in Design" by Fast Company in 2005, and receiving the National Organization for Women's 2006 Image Award for the work his team did on Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty.
May 23 2008
All attendees will receive an original, event-specific Hatch print with admission! Lecture and Book Signing at Zoo Atlanta, 7-9 pm.
This AIGA-ATL event is sponsored by Mac Papers. Books and original Hatch prints will be available for purchase. Cash only.
AIGA Student Members: $10 AIGA Members: $15 Advance / $25 At-Door Non-Members: $25 Advance / $35 At-Door
Doors 6PM, Lecture 7PM
For more information, please contact Beta Vitale at: beta.eldridge@gmail.com
May 29 2008
From the Epidemik Coalition Website:
Here’s a teaser photo of our completed Medusa Armada installation that will be on display this Thursday the 29th at Halo Lounge. We need you all to come out to show that Atlanta has a great design scene. Your response could lead to more similar nights with even more artists participating.
Come by between 6 & 10pm for Free Admission. Or come later and pay a cover charge. Mention the blog and we’ll buy you a drink!
June 7 2008
The next Student Board meeting will be held at the Center for Design Study, Saturday, June 7, 1:30-3:00. Free.
June 30 2008
Welcome new and returning students. Here's to a great summer quarter at Portfolio Center.
July 17 2008
Established in 1998, the award-winning Studiocom is a full-service interactive agency headquartered in Atlanta, with offices in Los Angeles, California, Boston, and Bogata. Their impressive client list includes Cingular Wireless, FOX, Philips, Sony, the American Cancer Society, and Coca-Cola, to name just a few.
July 18 2008
Digital Kitchen is a creative agency that focuses on film production, experiential design, motion graphics, brand identity, and interactive work for marketing and entertainment. From their studios in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles, DK has created experiential campaigns for Target and Microsoft, broadcast spots for hundreds of leading brands, interactive work for AT&T, Budweiser, and Mercedes, the Emmy Award-winning main titles for "Dexter" and "Six Feet Under", a series of manga comic books for Nike, and the live show content for The 2008 Webby Awards, to name a few highlights.
July 24 2008
For more than 20 years, VSA Partners has been crafting the voice and vision for organizations and their brands. It has worked in more than 33 industry sectors and has been engaged by 23 of the top Fortune 100 companies or their international equivalents. The firm’s work is seen annually by nearly 12 million investors and corporate audiences, and has been recognized internationally for creative excellence by peers, the media and awards competitions.
July 31 2008
Brian Dougherty, of Celery Design Collaborative, presents "Design Backwards, A New Direction for Sustainability," a Green Salon event sponsored by AIGA, Mohawk Fine Papers, and Portfolio Center.
July 31, 7-9 pm. Doors open at 6:30. The public is encouraged to attend.
Brian Dougherty is a founding partner at Celery Design Collaborative in Berkeley, California. This small studio has been doing cutting-edge green design and brand strategy work for a wide variety of green businesses and major corporations such as HP, eBay and Mattel. Celery was named to I.D. magazine's 2007 ID40 list of influential designers, and has been recognized with the Environmental Leadership Award from the AIGA. Dougherty is author of the first book to focus on sustainable design, Green Graphic Design, publishing in August 2008 by Allworth Press, available for pre-order on Amazon.com. The book explains how to incorporate a series of simple, eco-friendly changes in selecting paper, printing methods, binding, packaging, shipping and budgeting that can provide increased profit, creativity and meaning in an design project. Extensive listings of websites, paper suppliers and other resources included. Celery publishes an annually updated Ecological Guide to Paper that compiles recycled and tree-free paper choices, including links to companies and products. Dougherty is a founding member of the board of advisors for the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design and a frequent lecturer on the ecological innovation in communications design, including the Leadership in Paper and the Environment series co-sponsored by the Forest Stewardship Council. Celery opened a small European outpost in Paris in January 2008. Visit www.celerydesign.com or email Brian Dougherty at Brian@celerydesign.com.
Excerpts from “Celery Design Lives the Green Message,� (Package Design Magazine, November 2006) by Brian Dougherty
[In 1997], I started a design firm called Celery with two friends in an apartment in San Francisco. We wanted to do thoughtful, green design - quirky and interesting, yet also eco-friendly. The word "celery" seemed like the perfect representative for those qualities. I felt then, as I feel now, that good design is a powerful way to make the world a better place. And since I couldn't find any established graphics studios doing it, I figured that starting my own studio was the only way I'd be able to do "green" for a living.
Prior to starting Celery, I worked as a packaging designer at a software company. We mainly created oversized boxes for CD-ROM games. I had lots of ideas about how we could make our packaging more eco-friendly—like using recycled paperboard, shrinking the box, eliminating the plastic jewel case—but none of them fit easily into "the way we do things." These efforts taught me early on that it's not easy to change the status quo. It also taught me that most people don't think that concern for the environment fits into their job descriptions.
Everyone at that software company acknowledged the wastefulness of the packaging arms race (ever larger packaging for ever smaller products) but none could find the time or guts to create a viable alternative. That attitude is slowly changing. Big retailers like Wal-Mart are starting to request right-sized packaging from manufacturers. Innovators like Apple are showing that small can be beautiful. Tighter government regulations, mainly in the European Union, are also putting the squeeze on super-sized packaging at many global companies.
As Celery celebrates its eleventh year as a design studio, the stars seem to be lining up for sustainable design. Big businesses are embracing "corporate responsibility" as a way to manage risks and find new market opportunities. Green brands like Whole Foods Markets and Toyota Prius are gobbling up market share, forcing competitors to react. The whole world is waking up to the immediate need for action to combat global climate change. And all of this activity demands design innovation.
August 1 2008
July 24 Michael Braley, VSA Partners, NYC
July 31 Brian, Celery Design Los Angeles
August 7 Zach Canfield, Goodby Silverstein, San Fran
August 14 Dick Frank, New York
August 21 Brian Singer @ Altitude SF 1000 journals
August 7 2008
Zach Canfield is a Creative Recruiter and Manager who has worked with Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for the past nine years. In addition to identifying and hiring top-notch talent, Zach also manages a creative internship program within the agency. In his spare time, Zach can be found twisting up the internet-waves with online web stunts such as the highly buzzed Help Me Get Random With Lady Sovereign and The 2 Husbands.
August 14 2008
Richard Frank shoots people on location for clients such as Pentagram, AT&T, Exxon, IBM, Liz Claiborne, the Kennedy Center, Esquire, Forbes, and the New York Times. His work has been published in venues such as Nikon World, Print magazine, and Photo Design and has been recognized by the Connecticut Art Directors Club, the New York Art Directors Club, IABC, and ID magazine.
August 21 2008
Brian Singer is the principal and creative director of Altitude Associates, a small design studio in San Francisco, collaborating with such folks as Adidas, Apple, Bent Brewing Company and Chronicle Books. Prior to starting Altitude, he had the honor of working with Morla Design, Pentagram and Chen Design, among others. His work has garnered recognition from Communication Arts, AIGA 365, Print, How, Graphis, Step, AR100, and is included in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
He is also known as “someguy,� the creator of The 1000 Journals Project, a global art experiment seeking to foster community and creativity among strangers. The project has reached over 40 countries and every US state. It was recently published as a compilation book and as a full length documentary which will be screening at film festivals and other venues throughout 2008-2009.
Brian’s projects have been covered in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Better Homes and Gardens and many others. He has taught in the graduate program at the Academy of Art University, and has served on the board of directors for New Langton Arts. He is currently the president of the San Francisco chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design.
August 22 2008
written by Jesse Lutz
“I've always been fascinated by what people scrawl on bathroom walls and in public spaces.�
Says Brian Singer, the principal and creative director of Altitude Associates in San Francisco. He is also known as "someguy," the creator of The 1000 Journals Project, a global art experiment. The project has reached over 40 countries and every US state. It was recently published as a compilation book and as a full-length documentary, which will be screening at film festivals and other venues throughout 2008-2009. The Atlanta screening will be Friday, August 22nd at 9:30pm. See www.docufest.com for details.
He started off by buying 1000 journals and putting them on park benches with a FedEx label pasted to the last page to ship them back. He now has over 850 of them.
Portfolio Center was given a journal that we will keep, and all the images will be scanned in so that they will be displayed on the 1001 website. The Art Institute also got one, and we are encouraged to contribute to theirs. Brian will be coming on August 21, and we want to have it filled in by then. You can do anything, there isn’t a theme. You can paint, draw, write, do something at home and paste it onto a page or paste photography (the pages are 8.5" by 11"). The only thing is that our Journal needs to stay on campus, and when you fill out a page place your name on it if you choose to, but be sure to write PC in the corner, especially if you contribute a page at Art Institute. We want to know which school each contribution comes from.
Current students, alumni, faculty and staff are called on to put their thoughts into it, and a $10 certificate to Starbucks to the person who fills out page 1! The website is www.1001journals.com to learn more.
August 26 2008
Location: Maggiano's, Buckhead
Time: 11:15 a.m.-1:00 pm.
Cost: Members $32; Student Members $32; Non-Members, $47. Event fee includes lunch.
For registration and more information, click here.
September 5 2008
Portfolio Center alum and artist Brett Deschene has a show opening on September 5, at the Tew Fine Art Gallery in Peachtree Hills. The show will run through October 7.
September 12 2008
September 16 2008
Carl Johnston began his legal career in 1985. He went on to found Johnston Law Group, LLC in Atlanta in 1998, a firm that specializes in the area of corporate and commercial law, primarily representing emerging growth companies. He will cover some of the basic legal aspects of starting, growing, and financing a business.
For more information or to register, click here.
October 2 2008
Portfolio Center is privileged to host photographer Gregory Heisler, who has shot influential figures such as Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Bruce Springsteen, Bono, and Michael Phelps for over 70 covers of Time magazine. Click here for more information.
October 9 2008
Steff Geissbuhler is one of the world's leading designers of logos and corporate identity programs. For more than 30 years as one of three partners at the former firm of Chermayeff & Geismar Inc., and now as the co-founder of C&G Partners, he has created identities for clients as diverse as NBC, Merck, Time Warner, National Public Radio, Telemundo, Union Pacific, Conrad Hotels, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Barneys New York, MercyCorps and the National Parks of New York Harbor. He is known for establishing close working relationships with his clients; many, including Crane Business Papers, Irwin Financial and Hypertherm, perpetually seek his advice and counsel.
In addition to creating brand identity symbols, logotypes, and programs, Mr. Geissbuhler is known for graphics and illustrations that express the character of large organizations. In addition to designing the main identity for The May Department Stores Company, and many of its individual department store brands, he also designed numerous annual reports, corporate brochures, signage, hangtags, and promotional advertisements. He designed the award-winning architectural graphics for the IBM building in New York City and the complete sign system for the University of Pennsylvania, as well as publications and print programs for such corporations as Mobil, Philip Morris, and Morgan Stanley. Other major commissions include the Smithsonian Institution's Bicentennial exhibition, A Nation of Nations, a traveling exhibit marking the 100th Anniversary of the American Chemical Society, and the identity for the New York Public Library's centennial celebrations. His cultural work includes the identity system, sign program, and print collateral for the New Victory Theater at Times Square, a poster series for New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs, and an identity and comprehensive graphics program for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In 2004 he designed a display of Olympics photography by Sports Illustrated, Faster, Higher, Stronger, the inaugural exhibit at New York's Time Warner Center.
A former President of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and twice a national board member, he is seen as a leader within the international design community for his role as U.S. President and Director of Education for the prestigious Alliance Graphique Internationale. In 2005, he was awarded the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Graphic Design, the most distinguished honor in the field of communication design.
Mr. Geissbuhler has served on the faculty at The Cooper Union, and as a visiting critic at the Yale University School of Art & Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Washington (Seattle), Maine College of Art, the University of Akron and Kent State University. He frequently lectures at design conferences, schools and universities.
Steff Geissbuhler received his diploma and masters degree in graphic design from the School of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland, in 1964. After working as a designer for the Geigy Pharmaceutical Company in Basel, he moved to the United States to join the faculty of the University of the Arts (formerly Philadelphia College of Art), where from 1973-1975 he served as Chairman of the Graphic Design Department.
Mr. Geissbuhler also worked as an associate designer with Murphy, Levy, Wurman, Architects and Urban Planners, in Philadelphia. He then became an associate with the design firm Anspach Grossman Portugal Inc. in New York, before joining Chermayeff & Geismar in 1975. C&G Partners was founded on June 1, 2005.
October 10 2008
Please join us as we celebrate our spring and summer 2008 graduates.
October 15 2008
October 17 2008
Who: Portfolio Center grads and grad-elects, presenting to representatives from the most respected firms and agencies in the country.
What: Portfolio Review
When: October 17, from 11 a.m. till 6 p.m.
Where: The New York Art Directors Club, 106 West 29th Street
Why: Because when we do something, we do it right.
October 23 2008
After a 21-year career at Fallon, most recently as the Executive Creative Director of Fallon’s Minneapolis headquarters, Bruce Bildsten launched Brew in the Fall of 2006 with Michelle Fitzgerald, former head of communications planning at Fallon. Brew is a new breed, collaborative agency, founded on the belief that media is creative and creative is media. Brew is working with companies like Nordstrom, Target, and Schwan’s foods, as well as special projects for brands like Verizon.
Bildsten is best known as the Creative director who led the creation of BMW
Films, the groundbreaking online films that discovered Clive Owen and featured noted
directors like Ang Lee, John Woo, and Tony Scott. Beside BMW, he has led creative for a
wide variety of important brands, from United Airlines to Citibank and PBS, and has
touched virtually every product category.
As the leader of Fallon’s Minneapolis creative department, Bildsten helped build a world renowned creative powerhouse. Bruce has won virtually every top creative award: from The One Show’s Best of Show and the Grand Clio, to the Cannes Film Festival’s first Titanium Lion, the Cannes Grand Prix, as well as two Emmys.
October 30 2008
Scottish-born photojournalist Harry Benson arrived in America with the Beatles in 1964 and stayed. Benson has photographed every U.S. president from Eisenhower to George W. Bush, was just feet away from Bobby Kennedy the night he was assassinated and in the room with Richard Nixon when he resigned, witnessed both the construction and demolition of the Berlin Wall, and covered the Gulf War and the struggle in Afghanistan. Among numerous honors, Benson has twice been named NPPA Magazine Photographer of the Year and twice received the Leica Medal of Excellence; in 2005, he received the Lucie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Portrait Photography. He has worked under contract for Life, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, and other publications, had 40 solo exhibitions, and released 11 books including Harry Benson’s Glasgow (Black & White, 2007) and Tivoli Gardens (Abrams, 2007).
October 30 2008
James Victore is a self-taught, independent artist and designer. Design clients include Moet & Chandon, Aveda, Apple, Fuse TV, TIME Magazine, Yohji Yamamoto, Yamaha, The New York Times, and The School of Visual Arts. Currently, Victore is designing a line of original, hand-painted surfboards for Design Within Reach and James recently started his own design workshop with two friends titled "Sahre Victore Wilker." Awards include an Emmy for television animation, a Gold medal from the Broadcast Designers Association, the Grand Prix from the Brno (Czech Republic) Biennale, and Gold and Silver Medals from the New York Art Director's Club.
Victore's designs are in the permanent collections of the Palais du Louvre, Paris, the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, the Design Museum in Zurich, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and soon the MOMA in New York City. The Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC is planning an exhibition of his work. His work is regularly featured in magazines around the world, and a monograph of his work will be published in 2009. He teaches graphic design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He lives, loves and works in Brooklyn, NY.
November 6 2008
From Ms. Tenneson's website:
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
"Every so often an artist comes along who defies the easy labeling that curators and critics feel obliged to stick on everything under their rapacious gaze. In spite of lacking obvious inspirations and role models, these artists manage to create deeply felt, radical works that an extraordinary number of viewers respond to with fervor and pleasure." - Karl-Peter Gottschalk, photography critic, on Joyce Tenneson
Tenneson is among the most respected photographers of our time, and has been described critically as "one of America's most interesting portrayers of the human character." Her work is a combination of portraiture and mythology-she is interested in discovering the archetypes of our being.
Tenneson's work has been shown in over 150 exhibitions worldwide, and is part of numerous private and museum collections. Her photographs have appeared on countless covers for magazines such as: Time, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Premiere, Esquire and The New York Times Magazine. She is also a much sought-after portrait photographer with clients in Europe, Japan, and the United States.
Ms. Tenneson is the author of thirteen books, her latest, entitled Joyce Tenneson: A Life in Photography, was published by Bulfinch Press in 2008. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award, for best applied photography. In addition, she has been named "Photographer of the Year" by the international organization, Women in Photography. A recent poll conducted by American Photo Magazine voted Tenneson among the ten most influential women photographers in the history of photography. Joyce lives and works in New York City.
Tenneson's portraits go beyond a surface recording of her subject's likeness. Her signature-style images attempt to show the inner person who hovers behind the facade. Says Tenneson: "I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a light up for my subjects to help them feel their own essence, and gives them the courage to collaborate in the recording of these revelations."
November 8 2008
FRINGE IS COMING NOVEMBER 8th! In its debut season and continuing into this year, Fringe has been recognized for drawing cool-seeking young audiences into classical music—often stereotyped as staid and boring—by its innovative packaging, turning the evening into an “art event� with music as the centerpiece. As Atlanta Journal Constitution critic Pierre Ruhe noted: “Fringe is on a path to reinventing the classical concert—not by updating the repertoire with contemporary music, but by how the old classics are offered once the lights go down,� also noting that the crowd was predominately under 40 years of age. “It’s impossible to imagine that aspects of the Fringe model won’t soon be copied by classical groups everywhere,� he added.
While the centerpiece of the evening will be The Vega String Quartet's, performance of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Quartet in C major (op. 59, no. 3) and Béla Bartok’s String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, an evening at Fringe is “mixed media� in every sense of the phrase. The Atlanta Film Festival will continue to curate short film selections, including two silent films in honor of Beethoven, while DJ Little Jen will be back to mix classical textures with beats during the laid-back, convivial pre-show and intermission. The event also includes a visual art exhibition by Japanese-born artist Yoko Iwanaga (www.yokoiwanaga.com), who recently received her MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design, while performances are preceded by commissioned pre-show documentaries, allowing audience members to get to know the musicians better before they’re brought out to perform. Re-living the performances after the event is no problem, since each ticket includes a free .mp3 download of the music, made available within a few days after the last note is bowed.
Tickets are available at www.fringeatlanta.org and are general admission. Students are $7.50, adults 12.50. Fringe has also made it possible for ticket goers to purchase a higher priced ticket in order to support Fringe in continuing to maintain program excellence at the concerts. Know that your donation is greatly appreciated.
November 13 2008
This event will take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Design Within Reach, 2451 Peachtree Road, Atlanta. Please RSVP to Atlanta@DWR.com.
Click here to learn more about the chairs and the class in which they are designed.
November 13 2008
Born to Chinese immigrant parents and raised in Florida, Jenny Lam grew up alongside her two siblings in the family restaurant business packing takeout orders, prepping vegetables for the dinner rush, and basically learning how to run a small business.
From there, it was a series of pursuits including music performance for classical violin, undergrads in both communications and business marketing, graveyard shifts as a pre-press production designer, a brief stint as an art director at an ad agency, and an attempt at an MBA which inadvertently led her to the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, GA.
She spent the first year of her Microsoft career at MSN as a user interface designer that quickly transitioned into the role as brand design steward for the software. Then, her design team was tapped to become the designers for the next and biggest project Microsoft would ever take on - Windows Vista. In 2005 she was made Creative Director of the design team with the enormous mission of making users fall in love with Windows again. Directing agencies and subsidiaries around the world as well as partnering with corporate marketing, engineers, and designers across the company, she studied the harmony of software and users; investigating how and why people love the things they use each and every day.
Her work on making Windows Vista more emotional, sensory and engaging has led to interviews on the BBC Money Program, the New York Times, and Wired Magazine as well as mentions in Fast Company Magazine, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and TechCrunch.
After the launch of Windows Vista, Jenny felt the urge to do bigger things at a way smaller scale. And in 2007 left the company with two engineers to start a software startup called Jackson Fish Market. Since starting the company Jackson Fish has launched 5 software products for the web, garnered press from the New York Times as the poster child for Seattle's "Silicon Valley" and last year was nominated for the category of Best Design in the TechCrunch Crunchies awards.
Jenny lives in Seattle with her fiancé Adrian who is also a self-proclaimed software nerd.
December 8 2008
December 11 2008
Portfolio Center writing instructor Tania Rochelle will be reading with poet Rick Campbell at A Cappella books in Little 5 Pts. Event begins at 7 p.m.
Acappella is located at 484-C Moreland Ave. NE., Atlanta 30307.
Click here for more information.
January 2 2009
Orientation begins at 9 a.m. in the Los Angeles room. Returning student registration begins at 1 p.m. Classes begin Monday, January 5.
January 5 2009
January 12 2009
Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel are partners in Winterhouse, a design studio in Northwest Connecticut. Their work focuses on publishing and editorial development; new media; and cultural, educational and literary institutions. Recent clients include The Poetry Foundation, The New Yorker, New England Journal of Medicine, Yale School of Management, Teach for America, Harvard Law School and the National Design Awards. They are recent recipients of a 1.5 million dollar grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to develop an initiative around design and social innovation.
They are also co-founding editors of Design Observer, the leading weblog for design, visual and cultural journalism online.
January 15 2009
Rodney Smith is a 1970 graduate of the University of Virginia and received a Master of Divinity in Theology from Yale University in 1973. While at Yale he studied photography under Walker Evans. Mr. Smith regularly teaches at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops in New Mexico. His teaching experience also includes an adjunct professorship at Yale. Clients such as The New York Stock Exchange, American Express, BMW, MCI Worldcom, The New York City Ballet, Starbucks, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Visa have commissioned Mr. Smith. His editorial clients include The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, W Magazine, Esquire, New York Magazine, Elegant Bride, and Conde Nast Portfolio and his fashion clients include Ralph Lauren, Neiman Marcus, Ellen Tracy, Bergdorf Goodman, and Saks Fifth Avenue. He has won multiple awards and photography contests.
Galleries such as Gallerie Zur Stockeregg, The Witkin Gallery, Robert Klein Galley, Fahey Klein Gallery, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Jackson Fine Art, and John Cleary Gallery have represented Mr. Smith. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Yale University Art Gallery, The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts (among others), have collected Mr. Smith’s work. He received a Jerusalem Foundation Fellowship in 1975, enabling him to live in Jerusalem for three months and resulted in his first book, In the Land of Light, published by Houghton-Mifflin Company in 1983. Doubleday published his second book, The Hat Book in 1993. In 2005, Mr. Smith published his third book, The Book of Books. His fourth book, The End, is due for publication in the spring of 2009. He lives with his wife and daughter in Snedens Landing, on the Hudson River near New York City.
January 22 2009
From Carla Frank's website:
Carla Frank is a visionary Creative Director specializing in content development, design, branding, product positioning, management and education. As the founding Design Director of O, The Oprah Magazine, Carla helped create the most successful launch effort in the history of the magazine industry. Carla has worked for numerous publications during her career, including Condé Nast Traveler Magazine, where she was the art director for more than 3 years. Prior to that she freelanced for publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Time, and many more.
Before moving to New York in 1994, Carla was the principal of her own design firm located in Baltimore, Maryland, which specialized in content and product development, publication design, packaging, corporate identity and retail exhibitions for a variety of clients.
Carla Frank received her BA degree from Pennsylvania State University, where she was recently honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award. She has been extremely active in her profession, serving on the board of directors for the Society of Publication Designers for 4 years, where among other things, she co-authored, Solid Gold: 40 Years of Award-Winning Magazine Design. She has been a chair person for the SPD gala and the ADC Student portfolio show. She has held a staff position at the School of Visual Arts and been a guest lecturer at Pratt, ICP and FIT. She has also been a key speaker/presenter for various conferences and professional gatherings and Carla's work has received numerous awards from design organizations and has been the subject of several magazine articles.
Personally, Carla travels at every opportunity which fuels her love for shooting street and travel photography. She feels the expansiveness of travel and culture is invaluable to her general sense of interconnectivity to the world and global markets.
February 5 2009
From the Reflectur website:
Mark E. Sackett–President/Creative Director
Mark has over 25 years of experience in the marketing, branding, and graphic design industry. Mark’s work is included in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress and has been showcased both nationally and internationally. He has won hundreds of Design and Creativity Awards and has been published in numerous design annuals, books, and publications such as Communication Arts, Graphis, American Corporate Identity, Excellence in Lettering and Typography, San Francisco Design, Hot California Design, How, Step-by-Step Graphics, and Print.
As a thinker, Mark is constantly looking for new and effective ways in which to interweave multiple channels of an organization. With an eye to effective brand integration Mark works with each client toward customer-for-life and loyalty programs which will enhance the bottom line. His love of consumer markets and his constant trends research has helped him create an integrated approach to his firm and offers that thinking to clients. His work and service in the non-profit sector, including Non-Profit Board service, has further allowed him to broaden his philanthropic thinking and create cause-related solutions for his most visionary clients.
His principal role is as Creative Director where he oversees every aspect of the creative and client process. Mark is a strategist and is a key part of every project as well as an award-winning designer and director. His combined design, art direction, and video direction skills have helped the firm win numerous awards both nationally and internationally
February 5 2009
Portfolio Center alum Alissa Walker, writer for publications like Wired Magazine, Good Magazine, I.D. , FastCompany, Dwell, Print, Metropolis, Core 77, The Architects Newspaper, ReadyMade, and her blog, Gelatobaby--and she herself having been the lifestyle subject of HGTV's show, Small Space, Big Style--will be conducting a special afternoon phone conference session on the 'art of storytelling' February 5th at 3 p.m, here at Portfolio Center.
She has requested in advance that anyone attending read the profile of Frank Sinatra by Gay Talese that was published in Esquire in 1966, which f.y.i. is widely considered to be the finest example of nonfiction storytelling in history. You can find it here.
For those wishing to receive "bonus points, maybe even a gold star," as she says...you will need to read the other six greatest stories Esquire ever published before arriving, which have just now been put online in their entirety... As Alissa imagines it for you,"as an amazing long afternoon of enriching reading"... .. here you go... Best Esquire Magazine Stories - Top Articles in History of Journalism - Esquire.
This is a great opportunity and will be a lot of fun. Alissa has a special way of sharing that makes you love writing and storytelling. You don't have to be a writer to learn something from her, either. You designers, art directors, photographers, and illustrators should come too.
See you Thursday afternoon.
February 12 2009
Location: Mac Papers' Creative Design Center Date: Thu, Feb 12 Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Members: $10 / Student Members: $5 Non-Members: $20
This class will enable you to make wise paper choices by giving you the knowledge, tools and resources needed.
Lunch will be served.
This event is sponsored and taught by Mohawk Fine Papers and Mac Papers.
Only 30 spots are available, so register today!
February 12 2009
Ed Murrieta was born and raised in East Los Angeles California. A product of Art Center College of Design, Ed worked as an Illustrator for the first years of his career. His client list included The NY Times, Psychology Today, Warner Bros. Records, California Magazine, and The LA Times, to name a few.
In 1985, Ed accepted an animation position with Walt Disney Feature Animation. Ed’s feature film credits include Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, and Atlantis – The lost City, as well as various Roger Rabbit shorts and commercials. After 6 years in Feature Animation, Ed accepted a position with The Walt Disney Studio’s Creative Services group. Working to create various Marketing, Publishing, and Merchandising programs, this group eventually became Walt Disney Consumer Products. Ed worked in the Consumer Products department for 12 years, eventually heading up the Winnie the Pooh property creatively.
After 18 years at Disney, Ed accepted an offer with the Warner Bros Stores, where he created merchandise with the Looney Tunes library of characters. After several years at Warner’s, Cartoon Network came into the picture. After previously working with the now Sr. VP of Cartoon Trade Creative, Ed accepted the 4th offer in 5 years to relocate to Atlanta and head the Character Art division of Cartoon Networks Creative Services. He and his family are now starting their 8th year in Atlanta.
Ed is currently the Sr. Creative Director of Character Art for Cartoon Network. His responsibilities include creating and overseeing all character art for Marketing, Sales, PR, Licensed Promotions, and artwork for Style Guides and show launches, and a variety of other miscellaneous Network creative needs. He has a staff of 8, 6 in Atlanta and 2 artists based at the Burbank studios.
February 19 2009
From Jamie Cook's website:
Like most artists, Cook loves the freedom his craft provides. Incorporating his love for travel he will shoot various places during his journeys in hopes of capturing the spirit of his subject. Upon returning to his studio he will spend time working on his computer manipulating the image to incorporate the feelings of the places he has visited. Often working with soft antique sepia tones, his images depict the serenity of the surroundings he has encountered. Drawn by the beauty and grandeur of a single object, whether it is a bridge, a fountain, a tunnel or a river, Cook will investigate all angles of the scene. This intense exploration has taught him to see things that others do not. Using a 35mm camera, Cook brings a unique perspective to these captivating landmarks. His peaceful compositions invite the viewer into a world where time ceases to exist and we are left to imagine for ourselves the circumstance that has brought us to this place.
Jamie Cook has participated in numerous shows and exhibitions including:
• Explorations in Photographic Art & Technology by The Atlanta Photography Group • To See a World by the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia • The Art of Photography by the Gwinnett Council for the Arts.
He has also had the honor of being the recipient of numerous awards in many different categories from photography to advertising and commercial film directing. Cook continues to explore various photographic techniques, captivating the world with his art and his imagination.
February 26 2009
Bill Mayer is an illustrator trained at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe and has appeared in major journal publications, including The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Wallstreet Journal and The Village Voice. Bill’s clientele includes most of the Fortune 500 companies in the free world. Clients such as Mattel, Hasbro, Dream Works, Cartoon Network, Levi's, Jose' Cuervo, Time Magazine, IBM, Delta Airlines, Yupo and RJR Nabisco reflect this. His "Bright Eyes" stamp series, designed for the U.S. Postal Service, was one of the most collectible stamp series of the decade. The Tour de France posters Bill produced for Eric Kessel / Kessel Kramer, Amsterdam, appeared on the cover of Archive Magazine. During the thirty years spanning his career, Bill has won hundreds of national and international awards, including many gold and silver medals from the Society of Illustrators in New York and in Los Angeles. In addition, Bill has received numerous Awards of Merit from many premier industry associations and publications, including Communication Arts, Graphis, Archive, Print, Ad Age, Regional, District and National Addy’s, The New York Art Directors Show South and many more.
Bill's website is currently under construction, but you can view some of his work here.
March 16 2009
March 28 2009
FRINGE: ATLANTA'S MOST ORIGINAL MUSIC AND ARTS SERIES RETURNS MARCH 28th! DOORS OPEN AT 7pm. CONCERT BEGINS AT 8pm.
Along with the art gallery, performer documentaries and short films curated by Fringe's 08/09 film sponsor, the Atlanta Film Festival, this concert will feature a Piano Trio, with Will Ransom (piano), Helen Kim (violin) and Roy Harran (cello) performing Piano Trio No.2 in E Minor, Op. 67 by Dmitri Shostakovich and Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn.
April 9 2009
The best way to learn about Michel Tcherevkoff is to look at his images.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear how Tcherevkoff thinks and works.
April 18 2009
From the AIGA-ATL website: Design program faculty and students from across the region are invited to participate in a discussion of educational needs and concerns in the Atlanta area. This will be an open forum with a focus on re-energizing the AIGA Atlanta Student Board.
Free. From 1-3 pm at the Art Institute of Atlanta.
Click here to register.
April 21 2009
From the AIGA-ATL website:
Religion has been a part of people's lives for thousands of years. So has design. We see design playing a central role in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics portraying man's connection with the gods and the afterlife. And when Gutenberg invented the printing press, it was the Bible that he is remembered for printing after all. Nowadays, what does the relationship between design and religion look like? Has it been forgotten or is it flourishing?
This rarely talked about topic has a great affect on both the Design and Religious community. So why does there seem to be such a significant disconnect? Often, the award-winning projects that you find in design annual publications do not include work created for the non-profit, religious community. Why? Is it not important enough to be considered or does it simply not exist? Is design seen as an integral part of communicating with parishioners, members, worshippers, and the community at large about religion?
If you're interested in these ideas or itching to share your theories, join us as we discuss our frustrations with, success in and suggestions for integrating Design and Religion.
Please feel free to bring any relevant material to share.
Click here to register.
April 23 2009
From the Glue website:
In the old west a company branded its livestock with a single visual mark to identify itself and stand out from the herd.
In the new west brand identity encompasses all five senses.
We specialize in the audio part- creating the distinctive sound of your brand.
Your company’s unique audio fingerprint, or AudioID™ as we call it, communicates who you are with tremendous power and focus. It does so using the pre-verbal language of music and sound to tap directly into the emotions of your target audience.
When this happens effectively, your customer has a direct experience of who you are and what you stand for.
The result? Your brand connects with people in meaningful and lasting ways.
Our AudioID™ brand integration plan combines marketing expertise with music and sound firepower. This integration includes all aspects of your touch points- from award-winning commercial work on your television to the sound of the seatbelt ding in your car.
April 23 2009
Get your James Victore original for $12--a screamin' deal.
See Patti.
April 30 2009
Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, and graphic designer. She is director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, where she also serves as director of the Center for Design Thinking. As curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum since 1992, she has produced numerous exhibitions and books, including Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office (1993), Mixing Messages: Graphic Design and Contemporary Culture (1996), Letters from the Avant-Garde (1996), and Skin: Surface, Substance + Design (2002). She recently has focused on bringing design awareness to broader audiences. Lupton is a 2007 recipient of the AIGA Gold Medal, one of the highest honors given to a graphic designer or design educator in the U.S.
For more information and registration, click here.
Lecture will be followed by a book signing.
May 15 2009
Marcus Hewitt Chief Creative Officer
Marcus joined Dragon Rouge as Chief Creative Officer for the USA in July 2007. He has over 20 years of experience as a design leader, building design teams for several of the world’s leading agencies.
Prior to Dragon Rouge, Marcus was the Chief Creative Officer and Managing Partner of Sterling Brands where he was responsible for directing all creative work, including: brand identity, packaging and corporate identity. Marcus was with Sterling for over 13 years and was responsible for the development of their award winning creative team.
Born and raised in the UK, Marcus started his career with Pentagram in London, and helped to establish the Michael Peters Group in London, Toronto and Los Angeles. He has been responsible for major new identity and packaging programs for clients including: Burger King, Givaudan Roure, ElPaso Energy, the American Architectural Foundation, Royal Philips Electronics, The Getty Museum, Toyota, Unilever, Gillette, and Diageo, to name a few.
He is an active member and past board member of AIGA/NY and an adjunct professor at FIT and the School of Visual arts, where he shares his passion for witty solutions and intelligently simple design. His design work has received numerous awards including Clios, Mobius, and PDC.
May 16 2009
For more information and to register for event, go to the AIGA-Atl website.
May 28 2009
From the UnderConsideration web site:
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
For Bryony, life seems like one endless trip. Having lived in Mexico City, Atlanta, Chicago, New York and now Austin you can usually spot her as the one with the camera and the multiple questions. Curiosity, determination and passion are what define her work and her unique approach. Creativity and the brain being key interests, she lectures and conducts workshops on the subject around the country. She is co-founder of UnderConsideration and the notorious Speak Up, The Design Encyclopedia, Brand New and most recently Quipsologies. Currently, she divides her time running UnderConsideration’s Department of Design, writing books, and pursuing her own ventures. All of this while taking care of daughter Maya.
June 18 2009
Reception from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. Free to members, $5 for non-members, $1 for students. Exhibit will go through August 1. Free artist lecture Wednesday, June 24, at 6:30 p.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, 75 Bennett Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
July 6 2009
Welcome new students! Orientation will begin at 9 a.m., but arrive early to look over materials. Registration for returning students starts at 1 p.m.
July 9 2009
Portfolio Center alum Tom Lunt is a writer and the founder of the Numero Group.
July 30 2009
Commitment, passion and love to elicit “simple beauty” is the paradigm of Parish’s intuitive philosophy of three decades of photography. Consistently original, diverse, inventive and timeless are the hallmarks of his photography. His use of colors, whether vibrant or pastel, as well as the representation of multitudes of tonalities in his stunning black and white images have become his distinctive and unique signature and style. Having an insatiable desire to search and expand his artistic horizons, he still remains true to his approach to simplicity and to the visual dialogue that is intuitive and innate. Parish is a self taught photographer, despite holding a degree in film. While creating his own art, he has created photography for hundreds of successful advertising campaigns for major clients both domestic and internationally. His large collection of Fine Art imagery celebrates the beauty of the human figure, flowers, painterly portraits and landscapes.
His work has been repeatedly featured in many major and prestigious publications worldwide, such as “Graphis Annual,” “Communication Arts,” “Graphis Nudes,” and “Digital Photo Pro,” to name a few. He has photographed portraits of celebrities such as Donald and Ivanka Trump, Kenny Rogers, Dylan McDermott, Robert Redford and many other luminaries.
He is honored to be a member of Canon’s prestigious “Explorers of Light” since l994. This group is comprised of 50 of the world’s premier photographers. He is also a member of Canon’s “Print Master” Program, as well as a member of APPLE’S Advisory Board for Aperture Software. APPLE has featured Parish’s work on their website, showcasing his illustrious career, which is also confirmation of his sustained creativity.
In his upcoming book, “Luminosa,” Parish has been collaborating with Cirque du Soleil performers (for two years), celebrating the beauty and astonishing capabilities of the human form. Parish lives, breathes and devours photography to pursue his dreams. He finds perfectionism is a transcending asset, enabling one to fly higher than ever.
August 19 2009
To Inform and Delight, a film about design hero Milton Glaser, will be shown Wednesday night, August 19, from 7 until 9. Before the movie begins, AIGA Atlanta will award Rick Anwyl its highest honor, making him an AIGA Fellow.
For more information and to make reservations, go the the AIGA Atlanta website.
August 27 2009
From the AIGA-Atl website:
Sappi Fine Paper, AIGA Atlanta and Mac Papers invite you to an entertaining evening on THE STORYTELLERS ART, a look at 40 years of narrative design, through the eyes of Kit Hinrichs, a partner in the international design firm, Pentagram. The presentation will feature a series of case studies demonstrating the power of visual storytelling.
The event will continue with an exploration of the new Sappi Standard #3: Varnish and Coating Techniques, presented by Kit Hinrichs and Daniel Dejan, National Print & Creative Specialist for Sappi Fine Paper.
Sponsored by Sappi Fine Paper Co-hosted by AIGA Atlanta and Mac Papers
Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:00 - 7:00 pm Reception 7:00 - 8:15 pm Presentation 8:15 - 9:00 pm Q&A, Ending Reception
Atlanta History Center Woodruff Auditorium, McElreath Hall 130 West Paces Ferry Rd NW Atlanta, GA 30305 www.atlantahistorycenter.com
Free Admission Register here or RSVP by August 21 Stephanie.Mitchell@macpapers.com 770.948.9959
August 27 2009
Paul Mobley began his training as a photographer at Detroit’s Center for Creative Studies, and continued in the New York studios of Annie Leibovitz and David Langley, where he apprenticed for many years before embarking on his own career. Mobley has successfully worked with a broad range of corporate, advertising, and editorial clients, including American Express, Sony, Citigroup, Ford, Compaq, Gourmet Max Factor, Chevrolet, Microsoft, and many others. Mobley lives in Michigan and New York City with his wife, Suzanne, and their two wonderful daughters, Camden and Paige.
In the photographic spirit of Richard Avedon’s In the American West comes Paul Mobley’s American Farmer: The Heart of Our Country with stunning interviews by Katrina Fried. Featuring more than 200 full-color and black-and-white portraits of farming families across the United States —from cattle ranchers to avocado growers—American Farmer tells the inspiring story of our heartland through the faces and voices of the people who live and work it.
August 29 2009
Help PC photography students get to NY for the Photo Plus Expo. Photography show and fundraiser at Milltown Tavern in Cabbage Town, from 6-9 p.m. Beautiful fine art prints will be sold for $10-$30. There will also be a silent auction of professional work by Jerry Burns and Michael West.
Milltown Tavern 180 Carroll Street
September 4 2009
From noon until one on September 4, Carl Marxer will discuss the best ways to put Twitter to work for you. Bring your lunch--downstairs at Portfolio Center.
September 14 2009
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
--Franklin D. Roosevelt
September 23 2009
From the website:
ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time -- people who have profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from the creative revolution of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for Just Do It, I Love NY, Wheres the Beef?, Got Milk, Think Different, and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion.
The film is playing at the Plaza September 18-24th. Special AIGA screening is September 23rd. Pay at the door. Presented in 35mm.
September 26 2009
Exhibition highlights include some of the earliest gold coins minted in the ancient world; gleaming pre-Columbian jewelry; and rare doubloons retrieved from sunken Spanish galleons. Compelling modern objects include Academy Award Oscars(R), Emmy(R) awards, and Grammy(R) awards, illustrating the powerful hold that gold continues to have on our imagination. Throughout the exhibition, visitors discover that gold has amazing physical properties such as extreme malleability, reflectivity and conductivity that make it invaluable for technological uses ranging from telephones and televisions to satellite circuitry and astronauts visors.
From September 26, 2009 through January 3, Fernbank Museum will also present Georgias Heart of Gold, a special photography exhibition developed in partnership with student photographers at the Portfolio Center to reveal Georgias unique, sometimes unexpected, and largely unknown relationship with gold.
GOLD is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in cooperation with The Houston Museum of Natural Science.
GOLD is included with Museum admission. Tickets are $15 for adults, $14 for students/seniors, $13 for children ages 3-12, and free for Museum members and children ages 2 and younger. Fernbank Museum of Natural History is located at 767 Clifton Road in Atlanta. Tickets and more information are available at fernbankmuseum.org or 404.929.6300.
October 2 2009
An Atlanta Celebrates Photography Event
ONE NIGHT ONLY: PORTFOLIO CENTER STUDENT COLLECTIVE GROUP SHOW @ AMBIENT + STUDIO Featuring work by: Various Artists
Exhibition Opening Reception: Fri, Oct 2, 8pm - 11:30pm
A collection of the best work from the elite students at Portfolio Center. One night only, at the largest daylight photography rental studio in Atlanta. Come see the products of the next generation of creative minds in the most incredible setting.
Ambient + Studio
585 Wells St. SW
Unit A
Atlanta, GA 30312
Fri: 5pm - 11:30pm
p: (678) 923-8020
web: http://www.ambientplusstudio.com permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/304 ACP Listing #: 077
October 8 2009
From the Robert Downs website:
For many an artist, creativity is in the genes. For photographer Robert Downs that creativity springs from both sides of parental well. His mother was a graphic artist and father was a photojournalist for more than forty years with the Atlanta Journal and Constitution—which is where they met.
"I used to beg my father to take me to work with him on the weekends," Robert remembers. "My job would be to carry all the staff photographers cameras to the football field and pick up film at half-time. My reward was I got to use a camera and dump my film in with the rest of the guys. Whether it was or cruel joke, or just fate, my shots started showing up in the paper. I was 13 when I scored the front page of the sports section. It was then I knew that I wanted to be a photographer."
Over the past 10 years, Robert Downs has sustained that dream—making a living combining art and commerce—with clients ranging from the Los Angeles Times and Sony Pictures to Kaman Music, Audix Microphones and Gibson Guitars. His work has been featured extensively on covers and editorial spreads for for Drum! and Traps magazines, plus a host of the worlds top drum companies such as DW, Pearl, Gretsch, DDRUM, Sabian, and Zildjian. Hes also photographed some of the top musicians and bands on the charts including Incubus, Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones, Tommy Lee, Public Enemy, Hatebreed, Cult, Linkin Park, and many more.
October 17 2009
Event from 7-10 p.m. at King Plow Arts Center, 887 West Marietta St., Studio E.
Read all about it in Access Atlanta.
October 22 2009
Info below from the AIGA-ATL website: Register here.
Join us for a Halloween-themed social event for AIGA members including food, beverages, paper carving contest, The Mohawk Show #10, and the Annual Report Show.
No costume required, however, all are encouraged to participate in a PAPER CARVING CONTEST. Use your imagination and create something seasonal out of paper (examples: Halloween mask, jack-o-lantern, etc.). Your entries will be collected upon arrival and judged during the event, with winners in three categories: scariest, funniest and most creative use of paper. Visit www.mohawkpaper.com today and order paper samples NOW to make your own paper carving.
Mac Papers Creative Design Center 460 Riverside Parkway Lithia Springs, GA 30122
December 17 2009
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January 13 2010
From the AIA Atlanta website:
Breuer’s architecture on the face of it experienced a radical shift over his long career, from the light weight floating volumetrics of his immediate post-Bauhaus designs, such as the Harnismacher House in Weisbaden, Germany of 1932 to the great civic monuments of his mature American period: St. John’s Abbey in Minnesota, the Whitney Museum in New York, and the Atlanta Public Library. Yet throughout the dramatic exploitation of the cantilever as the veritable experience of modernity remained constant. This lecture will explore the emergence of a new aesthetic of heaviness, of roughness, and of dramatic structural experimentation. And it will underscore how Breuer defined a new civic presence for architecture in an age of challenges to the city, one that is only slowly being reassessed and appreciated anew.
January 18 2010
Michael Gates Gill was a creative director at J. Walter Thompson for 25 years before the events that led to his best-selling memoir, How Starbucks Saved My Life.
For details, click here.
January 21 2010
Executive Creative Director Todd Simmons has been with the brand and innovation consultancy Wolff Olins since 2003, working for clients such as AOL, GE, Mercedes-Benz, and Starbucks.
January 29 2010
Psyche! One more step: Click here for information and registration.
February 3 2010
Location: Plaza Theater Date: Wed, Feb 3 Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Members: $8 / Student Members: $5 Non-Members: $15 / Student Non-Members: 15
From the AIGA-Atl website:
Kyle Cooper has directed over 150 film title sequences, and has been credited with almost single-handedly revitalizing the main-title sequence as an art form. He is the founder of two internationally recognized design and production companies, Imaginary Forces and Prologue Films.
Cooper earned a M.F.A. in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art, where he studied independently with Paul Rand. Cooper is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and holds the honorary title of Royal Designer for Industry from the Royal Society of Arts in London.
Past work includes title design for Seven, Dawn of the Dead, Braveheart, Superman Returns, Mission: Impossible, The Painted Veil, Donnie Brasco, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Mimic, Wild Wild West, Titus, Zathura, Iron Man, and Spider-Man 1, 2, and 3.
Plaza Theater, 1049 Ponce De Leon Avenue, Atlanta 30306 Doors open 6:00 pm, presentation 6:30 pm
To register for event, click here.
February 18 2010
From the Pentagram website:
Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, graduating summa cum laude in 1980. Prior to joining Pentagram in 1990 as a partner in the firm’s New York office, he worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates, ultimately as vice president of graphic design.
Bierut’s clients at Pentagram have included the Alliance for Downtown New York, Benetton, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Alfred A. Knopf, the Walt Disney Company, Mohawk Paper Mills, Motorola, MillerCoors, the Toy Industry Association, Princeton University, Yale School of Architecture, New York University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Sex, and the New York Jets. His projects have ranged from the design of “I Want to Take You Higher,” an exhibition on the psychedelic era for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, to serving as design consultant to United Airlines.
Bierut’s recent activities have included the development of a new identity and signage for the expanded Morgan Library and Museum; the development of environmental graphics for The New York Times Building; the design of an identity and public promotion for Philip Johnson’s Glass House; the creation of marketing strategies for the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation; the development of a new brand strategy and packaging for luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue; and the redesign of the magazine The Atlantic.
He has won hundreds of design awards and his work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, all in New York; the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.; the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany; and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Montreal. He has served as president of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1988 to 1990 and is president emeritus of AIGA National. He currently serves as a director of the Architectural League of New York and of New Yorkers for Parks. In 1989, Bierut was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale, in 2003 he was named to the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, and in 2006 he received the profession’s highest honor, the AIGA Medal, in recognition of his distinguished achievements and contributions to the field. In 2008 he received the Design Mind Award in the National Design Awards presented by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Bierut is a Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art. He is co-editor of the anthology series Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design, published by Allworth Press, and in 1998 he co-edited and designed the monograph Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist. He is a co-founder of the weblog Design Observer and his commentaries about graphic design in everyday life can be heard nationally on the Public Radio International program “Studio 360.” His book Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2007.
February 27 2010
From the MODA website:
MODA will present a photography exhibition developed by the Portfolio Center in conjunction with the Georgia Tech Industrial Design Program under the direction of Raja Schaar and Michael West. This exhibition will highlight, through one-of-a-kind displays, fascinating individuals and the objects they can’t live without.
LoveNests will showcase the lives of a colorful collective of Atlanta locals through design. The exhibition is a collaborative effort between Portfolio Center photography and Georgia Tech industrial design students. Through interviews, storytelling, and photography, the curators will delve into the personalities and histories of popular Atlantans and discover what objects define, inspire, and capture the essence of their individuality. Once this process is complete, the photographers and designers will work together to translate and engineer each person’s symbolic spirit, so to speak, into a three-dimensional representation. Structural, abstract, graphic and diverse, each Atlantan is tangibly personified at MODA through designed environments. LoveNests serves as an engaging, illustrative biography of our Atlanta favorites.
