Author: hechafetz

Basic Typography’s Word Sculpture Assignment

Professor Joel Gendron’s Basic Typography class, which meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, recently completed their Word Sculpture (Type As Meaning) project.  The goal of this project was to create a word made up of a physical object to emphasize its meaning.  Students were asked to consider the physical texture and qualities of the materials used for their project.  This project was also required to be presented in either uppercase or lowercase Futura Bold. It is currently on display in the main hallway next to room 256.

Professor Jen Fuchel Attends The Ig Noble Prize Ceremony

Graphic Design Professor Jen Fuchel attended the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony on September 20th, donning a graphic design blog-worthy outfit.

The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony honors achievements that make people laugh, and then think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and  technology. A gala is held annually at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre.  Twelve hundred splendidly, eccentric spectators watch the winners step forward to accept their prizes.  The awards are handed out by genuinely bemused Nobel laureates.

For more information on the Ig Noble prize and winners, please visit http://www.improbable.com/ig/2012/ and  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/ig-nobel-prize_n_1902449.html

“It’s like the weirdest f-ing thing that you’ll ever go to… it’s a collection of, like, actual Nobel Prize winners giving away prizes to real scientists for doing f’d-up things… it’s awesome.”— Amanda Palmer

 

 

NESAD’s New Illustration Program Director

 New England School of Art and Design’s new Illustration Program Director, Lisa French, received the Best of Illustration Award from this years 24th Annual New Hampshire Creative Club.  The professional organization has an active regional membership of graphic designers, web designers, advertising creative and illustrators and the annual awards show is juried. Her winning illustration was created for identity and advertising purposes for the Mockingbird Trio, a group of Boston-based professional musicians.  The illustration, which included hand-lettered type, was produced with gouache and charcoal.

French also received Awards of Excellence for two additional works: a book cover illustration, Corpse in the Crystal Ball, and a food label for Woodchuck Coffee Roasters, both commissioned pieces.

For more information on the 24th Annual New Hampshire Creative Club, please visit http://www.nhcreativeclub.org/