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November 20, 2013

An examination of irony in contemporary culture by VCFA faculty member Natalia Ilyin.

November 18, 2013

Tokyo-based designer and faculty member, Ian Lynam, just recently returned from a visit to South Korea, where he spread the word to students of design about the MFA in Graphic Design at VCFA.

October 29, 2013

Brian Bednarski’s light-based installation using both IFTTT and WeMo to remotely activate and glow as individuals communicated with each other and shared VCFA work over the internet.

October 29, 2013

A look at Brian Bednarski’s amazing thesis project, “Out of Disorder”.

October 27, 2013

VCFA alumnus Aaron Winters‘ 52-page perfect bound quasi-parody-scientific journal discussing polarities. In this issue: Optimism vs. Pessimism. The Journal of Perspective Equilibrium was completed during Aaron’s second semester at VCFA. It is a wildly compelling read that explores the extremes of design thinking in contemporary society. Read the whole issue on Issuu!affiliate tracking url | NIKE

October 5, 2013

The MFA in Graphic Design sends its first graduates into the world of design in October. As a tribute to the hard work, enthusiasm, skill and talent of the students, the class presents a website with a preview of the thesis work that will be on exhibition on the Vermont College of Fine Arts during the October residency.

August 28, 2013

Moji no Hakkutsu is a zine of photos of vernacular signage, lettering and street typography in the south of Japan.

August 27, 2013

Letterfirm, an exhibition of international expressive typography in Portland featured the work of a number of VCFA graphic designers.

July 19, 2013

Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, faculty, MFA in Graphic Design at VCFA, and assistant professor of graphic design at Southeastern Louisiana University gave public lectures this past spring titled “Where’s the Black in Graphic Design?”

June 23, 2013

Julie Sittler, ’13 GD, is one of featured artists in the Glass Art Society’s juried International Student Online Exhibition 2013.

June 13, 2013

VCFA student Troy Patterson wins social design award, Design Ignites Change

May 29, 2013

VCFA alumna Kerri Augenstein’s illustrations were used in a recent Brain Pickings post about Marguerite Dumas by Maria Popova,

May 7, 2013

Ian Lynam on Cuba and how we, as humans, forget more than we will ever remember.

January 27, 2013

“Passion”. What does this term really mean, anyway? Natalia Ilyin breaks it down for the people.

December 29, 2012

VCFA Co-chair Silas Munro on the state of the art fair banner.