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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.

January 27, 2015

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.”

January 27, 2015

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

January 26, 2015

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

January 25, 2015

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.

January 23, 2015

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.

January 23, 2015

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

January 23, 2015

This post is a follow-on by Aaron Winters to a brief but really very spot-on comment Frank Chimero made in regards to making sense of being a contemporary designer.

January 23, 2015

Chris Ro is a designer and educator at Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea. Chris was a visiting designer at VCFA’s October 2014 residency where he and Yunim Kim did an amazing presentation about their observations about graphic design, Korea, and the liminality of aspects of culture. Much of this was culled from this amazing essay which Chris wrote a few years ago and which we are happy to share with you here.

January 23, 2015

VCFA Co-chair and faculty member Ian Lynam just designed custom digital typefaces for Whole Foods and artist Miranda July.