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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”.

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!

March 9, 2015

VCFA faculty member Yoon Soo Lee is currently on sabbatical, not that anyone can tell from the sheer volume of writing and work she has been getting done! She recently wrote this amazing guide to functional criticism in the classroom—an invaluable tool for design educators everywhere.latest Nike release | adidas Campus 80s South Park Towelie […]

March 7, 2015

traversingwithonions was an interdisciplinary collaboration and a visual and conceptual phantasy conceived by Sondra Graff as a second semester VCFA project. 
(above photo: Ellen Crane, performers: Celeste Hastings & Maia Wechsler)

March 7, 2015

Recent graduate Lesia Kuziw has designed the graphics for one of Burton’s super-successful line of youth backpacks for 2015.

February 21, 2015

VCFA faculty member Natalia Ilyin on what the meaning of “good design” really might be.

February 20, 2015

A new international design journal launches with an essay by VCFA GD Co-chair Ian Lynam.

February 8, 2015

Yet more über-exciting news—the second announcement of our visiting designers/critics for the upcoming Spring 2015 VCFA MFA in Graphic Design Residency! Survey says…

February 4, 2015

A video VCFA now-alum Alex Moya using lettering made from hair to tell a story about what it means to have or not have body hair.

February 4, 2015

Kickstarter campaign for Ian Lynam’s new book on graphic design, Parting It Out.

February 4, 2015

Ian Lynam interviews faculty member Tasheka Arceneax-Sutton about her practice, teaching, and the lack of diversity in graphic design.

January 31, 2015

OK, folks… we have some exciting news—the first announcement of our visiting designers/critics for the upcoming Spring 2015 VCFA MFA in Graphic Design Residency.

January 30, 2015

MoMA and Phillips Collection Exhibition Catalog, Jacob Lawrence: Migration Series designed by Faculty member Silas Munro.

January 30, 2015

This post is a transcription of a brilliant lecture by VCFA faculty member Ziddi Msangi about his visual research and exploration of the form and meaning of the African garb, kanga.

January 27, 2015

In October of 2012, I decided to study Korea: my curiosity, the long lost memories, the Korean sentiment, how I am Korean, and how I am not Korean. I started a journal where I wrote exclusively in Korean. New connections were made, and what I thought was going to happen did not happen. Deep seeded experiences of gender and race floated to the top. And the content was negotiated through the study of the Korean language and Korean typography. I will share with you the process of what has happened so far.