June 4, 2015
An interview with Portland musician, artist, disk jockey, and digital hustler Eric W. Mast, a.k.a. E*Rock!
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June 1, 2015
Within, we get the rundown from Julia Kahl, co-owner of Slanted about her take on graphic design publishing, type design, and the state of content today!
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May 27, 2015
A chat with the band Lullatone about music, design, and how the two intersect in their vibrant, Nagoya, Japan-based practice.
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May 26, 2015
VCFA MFA in Graphic Design alumna Julie Sittler has a new essay in Slanted #25. This issue of Slanted is based on the theme of “Paris”.
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May 26, 2015
Wendy Powell is featured over at the Crane & Co. website. Read all about it!
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May 25, 2015
VCFA Chair Ian Lynam chops it up with Sereina Rothenberger and David Schatz of HAMMER, an amazing design studio based in Zurich, Switzerland. We are proud to announce that HAMMER will be joining our October residency (October 11–17) as guests, giving a public lecture, leading a workshop, and participating as invited critics. In the second of this series of micro-interviews with important figures in visual culture, we find out the things that matter!
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May 21, 2015
VCFA student Erin Beckloff is in the final stages of her Kickstarter campaign for her documentary film Pressing On — a documentary about the survival of letterpress and the remarkable printers who preserve the history and knowledge of the craft.
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May 21, 2015
VCFA Chair Ian Lynam had the opportunity to rap with Thomas Knoll, the creator of Adobe Photoshop this week in Tokyo. In the first of this series of micro-interviews with important figures in visual culture, we find out some important stuff!
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May 15, 2015
4th semester and rising graduate class member Yael Campbell has spent the majority of the past two years at VCFA Exploring visual languages, meaning, and spatiality. A native of Israel living in Florida and teaching in the lauded graphic design program at Ringling College, Yael has been exploiting the visual and conceptual themes that underlie the difference in Latin and Hebrew letterforms.
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May 10, 2015
A new essay and lecture about the work of late British graphic designer Barney Bubbles.
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May 7, 2015
VCFA Faculty Silas Munro has work in the book Thought Experiments in Graphic Design Education.
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May 7, 2015
On April 16 through April 18, 2015, Christopher and Kathleen Sleboda of Draw Down Books led a workshop for VCFA’s Semester 2 students called “Spontaneous Form—Gesture Made Visual”.
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April 3, 2015
Join VCFA Co-chair Silas Munro, Director of Recruitment Ann Cardinal, Visual Arts Faculty Sabrina Fadial, and super-student Mike Scaringe at TYPO SF: Focus—the San Francisco edition of the series of amazing global typography conferences in 2015!
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