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July 10, 2015

Some amazing process work by VCFA MFA candidate Christopher Previte, highlighting his micro-stories and accompanying illustration/sequential narrative work.

July 9, 2015

Silas Munro was interviewed on Revision Path, a weekly interview show that focuses on showcasing some of the best Black graphic designers, web designers, and web developers from all over the world.

July 8, 2015

A field report from Aaron Wnters about he and Mike Scaringe’s experiences at OTIS College Of Art & Design DesignWeek 2015!

July 6, 2015

VCFA Chair Ian Lynam chops it up, both literally and figuratively, with Manuel Krebs of the Swiss graphic design studio Norm.

July 6, 2015

VCFA MFA in Graphic Design Chair Ian Lynam is about to have an exhibition titled Kit of Parts in Tokyo. The exhibition is also a launch for his new book, Parting It Out.

July 2, 2015

A look at Lisa Williams’ new website Graphic Design Women and her recent interview with Nikki Juen.

July 1, 2015

An interview with VCFA alumnus and practicing designer, writer and design educator Aaron Winters about school, after school, music and life. Includes intensely long reading list!

June 29, 2015

VCFA faculty member Natalia Ilyin on life, death and living.

June 28, 2015

An interview with Louise Sandhaus, designer, design educator and author of Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986, one of the absolute best books about graphic design lately.

June 25, 2015

This past May, VCFA faculty member Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton finished designing the third volume of Krewe magazine, which includes articles written by students from a journalism class at Tulane University and high school students from Sci High. All articles are about New Orleans, with a range of topics from female DJs, to gentrification, to kids maintaining a farm to the history of Voodoo. Krewe comes out at the end of every spring and fall semester.

June 23, 2015

The 11th installment of VFCA’s interview series with Creative Director, Film Director and Type Designer Jens Gehlhaar!

June 22, 2015

A look at the messy, yet detailed process of VCFA MFA in Graphic Design student Campbell McKeogh’s imagemaking process!

June 21, 2015

Chair Ian Lynam’s multidisciplinary design studio has just launched a new project for Adobe’s Typekit webfont service.

June 20, 2015

An interview with design critic and essayist Randy Nakamura about the state of graphic design today, design theory having hit a brick wall and, of course, feral cats.

June 20, 2015

VCFA alumnus Aaron Winters and MFA candidate Michael Scaringe will be participating in Otis College of Art and Design MFA Graphic Design Program’s 5th annual Design Week from June 21-27, 2015. They will be giving a public presentation on June 21, highlighting their experiences at VCFA in the MFA in Graphic Design Program.