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Join the first ever meeting of The Parsons Typography Club this Thursday, 7pm!
Free pizza and hobnobbing with fellow type fetishists! What could be better?!
Thursday, February 7th at 7pm
79 5th Ave, 16th Floor
The first meeting will be an introduction for people who are interested in typography, and a way to discuss potential themes and direction for future PTC meetings.
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Pictoplasma Returns to Parsons! Starting This Friday!
THE WORLD’S LEADING CONFERENCE ON CONTEMPORARY CHARACTER DESIGN AND ART FINALLY RETURNS TO NYC WITH AN IMMERSIVE WEEKEND OF ARTIST TALKS, SCREENINGS, PRESENTATIONS AND LOADS OF CHARACTER!
February 8-9, 2013
Hosted by Parsons The New School for Design
Tishman Auditorium, 66 W 12 St, 10011 New York
UP TO 250 PARSONS STUDENTS AND STAFF CAN SIGN UP FOR FREE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
WE WILL SEND YOU A REGISTRATION CODE AND TICKET PICK UP INFORMATION TO THE EMAIL PROVIDED.
THE RESERVATION SYSTEM WILL SHUT DOWN ONCE WE REACH CAPACITY.
In its 4th US edition, the Pictoplasma Conference originating from Berlin returns to New York to present a marathon of inspiring lectures, talks and panel discussions by some of the most outstanding artists, illustrators and designers pushing the edge of contemporary character visualization. The event offers the unique chance to learn from (and rub shoulders with) artists such as Gemma Correll, introducing her appealing zoo of doodled cats and hand drawn pugs (not drugs!); Mark Gmehling, indisputable master of contortionist 3D illustration and oversized murals; Julia Pott, responsible for some of the most beautiful illustration and animation depicting self-consciousness and awkward social constellations; Ryan Quincy, former Animation Director of South Park and father to a vast, hairy family of ever expanding critters; Andy Rementer, illustrator extraordinaire famed for his dead-pan humor and dude-style 70s comic imagery; craft artist Anna Hrachovec, who takes knitting to a place where no needle has gone before; Adrian Sonni, Argentinean creator of colorful cuteness with a dark twist; Jason Freeny, whose anatomical exploration of character toys uses reverse forensics to bring life to our childhood friends through eye popping illustrations and meticulously crafted sculptures.; David OReilly, whizz-kid animation director, uber-talent film maker and FREE FACTS twitter phenomena; and graphic artist Buff Monster, with an infinite output of his pink characters as paintings, graffiti or sculptures. Saturday morning Parsons students and alumni take the stage to present their work in a Pecha Kucha session hosted by Steven Guarnaccia, who will also moderate a panel with Taylor McKimens, Marc Rosenthal and Olimpia Zagnoli in the afternoon.
The Pictoplasma Conference invites a diverse audience of graphic designers, illustrators, animation filmmakers and producers, fine and urban artists and character connoisseurs of all shades to gather under one roof and dive deep into the world of character-related art and design. The presentations, panels and artist talks are accompanied by feature-length ‘Characters in Motion’ screenings, showcasing a selected mix of new and outstanding character-driven animation, motion graphics, music videos and shorts.
The event’s unique mix delivers tons of inspiration, while the lively exchange between the various disciplines highlights the importance of contemporary characters in today’s global visual understanding.
For more information and full bios, visit here: http://nyc.pictoplasma.com/conference
Details:
Conference takes place at Tishman Auditorium, lobby of 66 West 12th Street
Conference takes place at Tishman Auditorium, lobby of 66 West 12th Street
Schedule of Speakers and Events:
Friday, February 8:
3:00-4:00 p.m. – Doors open, attendee registration
4:00-6:00 p.m.- Welcome address, lectures by Buff Monster, Mark Gmehling
7:00-9:00 p.m.- Lectures by Anna Hrachovec, Adrian Sonni, Jason Freeny
9:30-11:00 p.m.- Screening – Characters in Motion 1
Saturday, February 9:
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Doors open, attendee registration
12:00-1:00 p.m.- Pecha Kucha / Parsons’ Pitch
1:00-3:00 p.m.- Lectures by David OReilly and Gemma Correll
4:00-5:00 p.m.- Lecture by Andy Rementer
5:00-6:00 p.m.- Panel with Steven Guarnaccia, Taylor McKimens, Marc Rosenthal and Olimpia Zagnoli
7:00-9:00 p.m.- Lectures by Ryan Quincy and Julia Pott
9:30-11:00 p.m.- Screening Characters in Motion 2
AIGA/NY @Parsons Lecture Series: Designer’s Debate Club #3
A limited number of complimentary tickets are available for New School students, faculty, and staff (NSU ID required).
The reservation system will shut down once we have reached capacity.
TIME AND PLACE
Tishman Auditorium
Lobby, 66 West 12th Street
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
6:30PM Check-in
7:00-8:30PM Presentation
In collaboration with Designer’s Debate Club, AIGA/NY is proud to announce the third session of this ongoing debate series!
Motion to be Debated: Formal design education is necessary for practicing designers.
So you spent 2-4 years of your life dabbling in “experimental” typography, producing faux packaging for high-end artisanal ramen (while subsisting on the low-end stuff), and pumping out unsolicited rebrands that would make any stodgy corporation look like a post-war era retro dream—and you got the portfolio to prove it.
Everyone is looking for a leg up, a workaround the mediocre middle. Is a formal design education the best way to get there?
Practitioners, professionals, thinkers, scholars. Hustlers, hackers, bootstrappers, ballers. It’s time to bring your A-game and settle the score. Is it the dawn of the DIYers, the age of self-taught talent? Is design education outdated, outmoded? Or does a formal design education still make the grade?
The Proceedings:
Opening vote: Audience chooses to side For the motion, Against the Motion, or Undecided.
Round 1 : Opening Statements
Round 2 : Rebuttal
Round 3 : Floor Speeches (Audience jumps in the Brawl)
Round 4 : Closing Statements
Closing Vote : Audience votes again and winner is measured by which side has swayed more votes.
Moderated by:
Scott Stowell, Proprietor of Open & instructor at Yale and SVA.
Arguing For the Motion:
Alice Twemlow, Co-Founder of SVA’s D-Crit MFA
Matteo Bologna, Founder and principal of Mucca Design
Mystery Guest, Chief of Radness at a Place
Arguing Against the Motion:
Able Parris, Associate Design Director of Big Spaceship
Peter Vidani, Design Director at Tumblr
Liz Danzico, Co-founder and chair of SVA’s MFA in Interaction Design
Aya Kakeda lecture
Aya Kakeda gave a wonderful, insightful, humorous, and inspiring presentation of her work, both commercial illustration and fine art, to this year’s Parsons Senior Illustration class on Friday, September 21st in Kellen Auditorium.
Aya is currently in a three-person show, “Creamy Cat”, at gallery onetwentyeight in NYC. It is up until September 30th. Check it out if you can.
Zachary Zezima illustrates the cover of American Illustration 31
The cover and end pages of American Illustration 31 was done by Parsons Illustration alum Zachary Zezima (2009). You can see more images on his blog. It was designed by Paul Sahre and Erik Carter. See it in book form here. Come celebrate its publication at the AI-AP Party on Friday, Nov. 9.
Zachary Zezima, American Illustration 31
You, Me & Charlie interviews Katie Turner
Check out the interview with the excellent Katie Turner, Illustration alum (’10), at you, me & charlie.
Katie Turner, Gimme Brains
Space//Form
Senior Thesis faculty Jordin Isip is included in Space//Form, a group exhibition curated by Sven Davis at Breeze Block Gallery in Portalnd, Oregon. The opening reception is Thursday, Sept. 6th, 6-10 pm.
Space//Form centers around notions of the architectural landscape. Over 100 of the most relevant young contemporary artists were each given an identical 10×10 inch panel and invited to create a work depicting their interpretation of space and form within either the constructed or the natural environment. Artists include: Adam Wallacavage, Alex Lukas, Chloe Early, Clayton Brothers, Doze Green, Eric White, Gary Taxali, Geoff McFetridge, James Marshall (Dalek), Jeff Soto, Jim Houser, Kozyndan, Kristen Schiele, Mars-1, Matt Leines, Maya Hayuk, Rich Jacobs, Rostarr, Tim Biskup, and Wayne White.
Parsons 2012 Zankel Scholar nominees
This past spring Juniors Franca Barone, Kristin Chae, Leigh Cunningham, Meghann Stephenson, and Janet Sung were selected by the faculty as our school’s nominees for the the Society of Illustrators Zankel Scholarship. The annual competition is open to full-time Illustration majors completing their Junior Year from schools throughout the United States. A renowned jury of illustrators chooses one student- the best of the Junior class- and financially supports the student’s Senior year with a scholarship of $20,000. We were very proud to have them represent the Parsons Illustration Program.
Please scroll down to see sample images from each student.
below: Franca Barone, Girl That Smokes (detail), Advanced Drawing, Jeff Quinn (faculty)
below: Kristin Chae, Troll Etiquette, Illustration Design Studio, Noel Claro
below: Leigh Cunnignham, Confession, Materials and Methods II, Chang Park
below: Janet Sung, City Murder, Junior Concepts 4, Guy Billout
below: Meghann Stephenson, January (left); February (right), personal
Chris Ware: Building Stories
Adam Baumgold Gallery and Carl Hammer Gallery (Chicago) present an exhibition of 126 drawings by Chris Ware to coincide with the release of his new book Building Stories. Over ten years in the making, several of the drawings from this series were first published in The New York Times Sunday Magazine and The New Yorker. Building Stories takes its final form as 14 discrete books and booklets collected in a printed box. The result is something utterly unique-part graphic novel, part sculpture, and part mobius strip. The show runs from September 8 – October 27, 2012.
Reception for the artist, Saturday, September 8, 5:00 – 8:00 pm.
Adam Baumgold Gallery, 60 East 66th St. NYC
