Editor’s Note: Please enjoy this selection of photos taken by friend of the department, Lasse Krug. They were taken at the “Ugly is Beautiful” exhibition at the Pictopia Festival in Berlin this past March. Thanks, Lasse!
Category Archives: Current Students
Wendy Popp and students help kids with figure drawing at SOI
Editor’s Note: This entry is brought to us by Adjunct Faculty Wendy Popp, who participated in a cool project with the NYC Department of Parks and the Society of Illustrators.
Two weeks each year, the Society of Illustrators, in conjunction with the NYC Department of Parks, sponsors eight figure drawing classes for gifted 8- to 12-year-olds. Each class, lasting 1½ hours, is led by an Artist member who instructs the students in basic drawing skills from the urban centers of a few boroughs. I was invited to be a guest instructor on Friday, April 17th and I invited my students to participate. Ema ( I Chieh ) Chen and Emily Trenk are the sophomores who volunteered, and they were very generous with their time and creativity and the kids responded to their presence and expertise. I gave the students some information about children’s book illustration, signed a few books. We thought about skateboard deck design and worked with them conceiving ideas and executing their sketches as a theme for the session. We worked in conte crayon and pastel.
Thanks for sharing, Wendy! And thanks to Emma and Emily for volunteering their time and efforts to such a wonderful cause.
Illustrated Sound contest with Geneva Sound System
You Jung Min - Wave of Music
Noel Claro‘s Beyond the Page class has collaborated with Geneva Sound System to create unique GelaSkins for their product. There will be a contest to vote on which one should be put in production. You Jung Min’s contribution is above and a gallery of all the finalists is below. Also, here’s the official information about the contest, exhibition, and opening reception:
ICFF – Illustrated Sound
Reception: Saturday, May 16, 7-9pm
Installation up: May 16-19Design Within Reach pairs sound with color as Parsons illustration students move “beyond the page” to illustrate a one-of-a-kind vinyl skin created for the Geneva Sound System, a modern “hi-fi” with a CD player, FM radio and iPod dock all encased in a piano-lacquered wooden box. Experience the intersection of music, illustration and design, and enter to win the medium Geneva with its unique Gelaskin.
RSVP for the reception to tflsoho@dwr.com.
Also, you are invited to vote for your one favorite design and get a chance to win a GenevaSound Medium for yourself. Go here and vote by 11:59 p.m. on May 19th!
Congrats to all the participants and good luck with the contest!
DWR Tools for Living Window Painting tomorrow!
Illustration students from Noel Claro‘s Beyond the Page class are taking part in an exciting project tomorrow at the SoHo Design Within Reach store. Here’s the official press release from DWR:
Design Within Reach is once again collaborating with Parsons The New School for Design and its acclaimed Illustration Program. In celebration of the upcoming International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), Parsons students will paint iconic tools on the windows of the DWR: Tools for Living store. They’ll draw on the visual vocabulary of the existing store identity but apply it with a twist, using bright window decal paints and hand-drawn letterforms. The result will be a bold reinterpretation of the store’s inventory.
The collaboration is part of Parsons’ Beyond the Page illustration course, which explores the application of illustration to contexts other than the printed page. Through in-class exercises inspired by a range of references and visits with artists in the field, students are exposed to a well-curated sampling of the increasingly diverse world of illustration. The class also designs objects and products featuring the students’ illustration work, providing them with real-world creative experience.
The students will paint the windows live during the event on May 7 and the display will be up through May 19th. . Join us to witness their work and place your vote for which student’s illustration will be selected to become a custom “skin” for a medium Geneva Sound System unit [editor’s note: more info on this tomorrow!], to be revealed during ICFF.
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: DWR: Tools for Living
Street: 142 Wooster Street
City/Town: New York, NY
Make sure to stop by and check it out. Also, come back here tomorrow for more information about the Geneva Sound System project!
Art T/K: Parsons Illustration Senior Show on May 11th
ART T/K
Monday, May 11 5 p.m..-11 p.m.
Parsons The New School For Design, Illustration Program
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
66 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Admission: Free and open to the public
Parsons The New School for Design presents a one-night curated exhibition of work based on the theme of “obsession” from 35 graduates of its BFA illustration program. The show will feature thesis work as well as other pieces exploring this theme.
ADC Young Guns Competition Call for Entries!
Visual arts, media, and design today are in a state of daily evolution, cross-pollinating ideas between their many disciplines. Industry categories that once defined the creative professional–photography, illustration, graphic design, architecture, fashion, advertising, the list goes on–have expanded to include newly synthesized versions of these fields. These days, a spirit of hybridization is on the rise, bucking tradition to fuse any number of creative pathways in search of a new direction. At the forefront of this ongoing revolution, the minds of ambitious young visionaries are at work and in play.
ADC Young Guns exists to identify the vanguard of creative professionals who let loose their imaginations, shattering conventions and breaking boundaries with a dash of brilliance and personal flair. Those of you who’ve set your minds to making a name for yourself, raising new standards from within cubicles, conference rooms, cramped apartments, and studios across the world–this is your chance to put those battle cries in action. If you’re age thirty or under and have two years of the working life under your belt, they’d like you to show them what it’s all about.
On a quest to identify the brightest young professionals across myriad creative disciplines, ADC Young Guns has become more than just a competition–it now comprises a community network of rebels and prodigies, unsung heroes and rising stars. Over the years, our roster has grown to include six classes of exceptional talent, among them Stefan Sagmeister (YG1), Rei Inamoto (YG4), James Victore (YG1), Ryan McGinness (YG2), floto+warner (YG5), Alexander Gelman (YG1), Deanne Cheuk (YG4), Todd St. John (YG1), Scott Stowell (YG3), and Mike Mills (YG1). Old Young Guns serve as the jury and select the fifty new creative wonders that form each new class of ADC Young Guns.
WHO CAN ENTER?
Entrants must be 30 years of age or younger when the entry site opens on March 19, 2009, and must have been working professionally for at least 2 years (both full-time and freelance work qualify). A proof of age will be required in the form of a Passport, State ID or drivers license from all entrants.
If you are a student with two years of the working life under your belt, you are also eligible to enter. Previous ADC Young Guns entrants ARE eligible to enter, but past ADC Young Guns winners are NOT eligible to enter subsequent cycles of the competition.
ADC Young Guns is an international competition open to all who qualify.
SUBMIT:
6-10 pieces of professional and personal work. A maximum of 3 pieces can be personal work. The rest must be professional, published work. Unpublished and client-rejected spec work counts as personal work.
Work entered does not need to have been created in a particular year – entries will be judged as a portfolio of work. Choose wisely. Pick projects that showcase the full range of your skills. Submissions need not conform to any specific media categories. Your submitted portfolio may feature work in one medium or several.
ENTRY DEADLINE: May 13, 2009, 11:59 PM EST.
ENTRY FEE: $135 USD.
Ready to prepare your portfolio? Review the Entry Instructions first.
Questions? Please contact info@adcyoungguns.org or visit their site.
Good luck!
Follow-up: More Images from the Bologna’s Children’s Book Fair
Editor’s Note: Here’s a selection of photos from the Hi-Q Project and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair taken by friend of the department, Julie Sodre. Thanks, Julie!
Summer Reading Preview: Mussino’s illustrations
Summer reading enthusiast and Illustration Alum/Adjunct Faculty Les Kanturek found an interesting blog post about Attilio Mussino’s illustrations for this year’s summer reading book: Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Here is is favorite snippet:
Ironically, the story of a wooden puppet who would go on to lead an independent life beyond his creator became reality as Collodi didn’t live to see the success of his allegorical writing.
Check out the full entry here. You can also access a full collection of pages (like the one above) from a Mussino-illustrated version of Pinocchio at this site–it’s a good source of inspiration and illumination. We should be receiving the books soon and we’ll let you know all know when you can come pick them up. Watch your email, please!
Les will be working on a blockbuster display of Pinocchio-related illustration and ephemera so watch out for that too.
Call for entries: MINI design competition
Creative Briefing/Some Tips For You
Reinterpret the topic “MINIMALISM” in an artistic and philosophical way by designing a sheet for the MINI Wall Calendar 2010.
Twelve winning jury-picked designs will become part of the MINI Wall Calendar 2010 that will be available worldwide to celebrate MINIMALISM, MINI environmental initiative.
MINIMALISM is the communicative umbrella for all activities of the MINI Brand, which contribute to reducing CO2 emission and fuel consumption. MINI has made several new advancements designed to reduce environmental impact and increase fuel efficiency. MINIMALISM includes features such as aerodynamically enhanced bodies, low rolling resistant tires, light weight engines, engine stop-start features, brake energy regeneration systems, optimal shift time indicators and electronic power steering systems.
The inspiration for the name came from the Minimalism movement in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features.
For this special competition your designs do not have to work as a background for MINI Space, and they should not include the MINI logo. We will, however, be providing you with official MINI artwork that must be incorporated into every design. You MUST use at least one of the provided images from the “Required Silhouettes” folder. You can tease, stretch, crop, copy, colour, and otherwise alter the artwork image as long as it finds it’s way into your design in some way. It is there to serve as the foundation of your design. We have provided some other design elements that you can use as you like, they are in the “Optional Forms” folder.
Remember to use your space creatively, but this time, think about how your design could work as a stand-alone printed image. Please do not include the month name or numbers in your design. MINI will do that for you after the winners have been chosen.
The MINI Space Team and MINI Design Team will act as the jury and select the twelve winning designs. Only published designs will be awarded.
We are accepting all forms of still media, but for this competition unaltered photos will not be accepted as final designs.
Your name, country of origin, and the title of your design and description of your motive, along with a link to your MINI Space profile will be mentioned in the calendar.
To sum up:
– Create a page for the MINI Wall Calendar 2010 by interpreting the topic MINIMALISM.
– The design can be made out of any type of still media (photographic, illustration, graphic, etc.) as long as you have the rights to all design elements that you use. Remember, unaltered photographs will not be accepted as final designs.
– Designs should work as stand alone designs.
– Check out a sample of what we are looking for here.
– You must include at least one piece of official MINI artwork in your design.
– Do NOT include: Logos, Calendar numbers, Days or months
Technical Specs:
– Your first upload image should be 1280×1075 pixels in size and JPG format.
– If your design gets selected by the MINI Design Team we need your artwork in the following printable format: 500mm × 420mm, 300dpi, eps or psd files.
Prizes:
Top twelve jury prizes: Apple aluminum 13-inch Mac Book 2.0Ghz AND Your Design and credits in print in the MINI Wall Calendar 2010 with a print run of planned 30.000 calendars worldwide.
Deadline:
Upload at least one (and up to 9) designs until the 8th of May 2009, 11:59am GMT.
Go here for ALL the details.
Kid Koala’s “Music To Draw To” in BROOKLYN!
1) LOUD PARTY: get up! get down! indoor block party LOUD shake it loose turntable dance party at a concert venue or club in the town. bring your dancing shoes and some smiles and come on down and make some noise. The NEW YORK LOUD Indoor block party May 3rd at Le Poisson Rouge.
2) QUIET WORK: Music to Draw to… soiree. Our little event from Montreal is going to see the world. This event will be a little quieter… 5-hour set of quiet time tunes to work to… Bring your sketchbook, yarn or that lump of clay and come on down and get some work done. Baked goods will be provided. uiet people are invited. o dancing. $5 bucks includes a free cup of hot chocolate and a pencil. The NEW YORK “Music to Draw to…” event May 4th in Brooklyn at House of Yes (7pm-midnight)
For more info:
http://nufonia.com/ice-cream-news/loudpartyquietworknewyork/