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Modes of Criticism One
Modes of Criticism

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

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Books by Ellen Lupton
Incoming 2.0…

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…

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Alex Moya - A Hair Story
A Hair Story

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.

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Parting It Out by Ian Lynam
Parting It Out Kickstarter

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

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Krewe
An Interview with VCFA faculty member Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton

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

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Gluekit comes to VCFA's MFA in Graphic Design Residency
Incoming…

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.

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Migration, Poetry, Typography and Blues

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

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Kanga by Ziddi Msangi
Kanga as a form of visual communication

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.

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Empty by Yoon Soo Lee
My Korea Study by VCFA Faculty Member YoonSoo Lee

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.

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VCFA in Best of Central Vermont
Best of Central Vermont!

Best of Central Vermont magazine profiled Vermont College of Fine Arts in its Winter 2014 issue, and the results are in: “High marks for a young college.”

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Clatter of the Snow Queen by Natalia Ilyin
Clatter of the Snow Queen

A “Choose your own adventure” essay by VCFA faculty member Natalia Ilyin.

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Bethany Koby in the news
Bethany Koby in Wired and the Telegraph

VCFA faculty member Bethany Koby has been making a number of appearences in the media lately…

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Poster design for the Foundation Studies Triennial Exhibition at Rhode Island School of Design, 2011.
An interview with Matt Monk

VCFA MFA in Graphic Design Co-chair Ian Lynam sat down with Matt Monk, Dean of VCFA and faculty member in the Graphic Design Program to talk about how one goes about starting an MFA Program.

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Mike Scaringe motion graphics work
Process: Michael Scaringe motion graphic work

VCFA MFA in Graphic Design student Michael Scaringe spent a good chunk of the Fall 2014 semester putting together dozens of motion graphics experiments as a large part of his semester study, resulting in this off-kilter and eclectic collection.

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Japanese Graphic Design Magazine History by Ian Lynam
Misruptions / Disruptions

Ian Lynam introduces one of his latest projects — an interactive timeline of Japanese graphic design magazines.

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