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Final Portfolios!

Almost all work from Advertising One, Typography One and Graphic Design One is posted on flickr. I still have to grab work from the cds that were turned in this week and post, but for now go have a look at what has been posted and also take a look at the The Mississippi State Graphic Design Pool. The process photos are excellent to see. The final project photos are just as rewarding.

I will be posting over the break and expect new course work for spring of 2007 to be arriving at the turn of the new year. Up on deck: Print Production, Graphic Design History and Typography Two.

AIGA kids, be thinking about the 2nd Annual Southeastern Student AIGA Invitational!

Great Semester!
Good Holidays everyone!

CALL FOR ENTRIES!

CMYK is having a call for entries!

CMYK would like to invite you to enter its Call For Aspiring Creatives 37.

Save the mailing and printing costs and upload as many as 15 pieces of work for an opportunity to be published in CMYK 37, as well as have your work showcased on cmykmag.com (new site launching in January 2007).

Entry Deadline is Friday, December 8, 2006.
Enter online here: CMYK Contest Entry

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TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AD FED COMPETITION!
Students entry information can be found HERE.

Submit entries to Jamie Runnells by Thursday, Dec. 7, 3pm.

You must register online and print out forms, work does not need to be mounted but should be in envelopes (preferably clear).

$20.00 entry fee

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Creative Quarterly is also have a call for entries. Deadline: January 31st, 2007

FINALS WEEK SCHEDULE!

Advertising One:
Tuesday, December 5th 8-11/ Final Crit on Social Campaign
Thursday, December 7th 12-3/ FINAL PORTFOLIOS DUE!

Graphic Design One:
Thursday, December 7th 3-6/ FINAL PORTFOLIOS DUE!

Typography One:
Tuesday, December 5th 3-6/ Final Crit on CDs (bring in prototypes)
Wednesday, December 6th 3-6/FINAL PORTFOLIOS DUE!

One note about final portfolios: you may choose to either burn a cd of all of your projects or you may bypass burning a cd and simply upload your entire class portfolio to your flickr account.

CASTLES to MOUNTAINS: UHAUL SHOW

MSU Graphic Design Student Will Bryant is having a UHAUL show!
Wednesday, November 29th in Garner Circle (the parking lot between the art buildings) at 8pm.

Will Says: A UHAUL Gallery. Seriously. Artwork from an independent study with Kate Bingaman. Castles to Mountains is a vision for a band that is not yet fully developed. Angry ipods, lightning bolts & nature's finest magical moments are found in Castles to Mountains.

STRONG DESIGN: MSU SENIOR SITE

The Mississippi State Senior Portfolio Site: MSU Strong Design is UP! LOOK AT IT! These kids are giving their final porfolio presentation Saturday, December 2nd at 8:30 am in Stafford 200. Please go and watch them...esp those that will be going through this process in the next couple of semesters.

CONGRATS: Alison, Carey, Darcy, Elizabeth, Jenny, Jermane, Keith, Lindsay, Megan, Nathan, Frank and Wesley! YAY!

AIGA MEETING!

Flier by Will Bryant and message from AIGA president Wesley Stuckey:

It is time for us to have another AIGA meeting this Wednesday night. We are going to meet in Stafford 200 at 8:30, just like our last meeting. With the end of the semester nearing it is just a little easier for us all to meet a little later. We are going to be talking about the open studio night on Thursday, and about what we need to do till the end of the semester. PLEASE try to come and make some decisions about the rest of the semester.

again, please attend!

You Need This!

Attention All Classes! Please purchase a 13x19 Itoya portfolio to hold your project printouts for the entire semester. The Chalet should carry them. You may also order them online at Dick Blick:Itoya Art Portfolios. You might want to go in on an order with some of your classmates to save on shipping.

Editorial Spread: Graphic Design One

Design a 2 page Profile of a person that would serve as visual lead in to an editorial story about that person in a magazine.

Minion font

Please download the Minion font for your Smithsonian posters. Make sure you get the fonts for macs.

GD ONE: Exhibition Poster

Design a poster or a serieis of posters for an exhibition.

The exhibition would take place at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History during the summer of 2008. (FYI the smithsonian history museum is closed for renovation until 2008). The posters would promote the exhibit and also be suitible for framing. Be sure to visit the Smithsonian website to better understand the design problem.

Read introduction to Shelf Space: Modern Package Design, 1945-1965, Kid Stuff: Great Toys from Our Childhood , In the Groove: Vintage Record Graphics 1940-1960 , Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design, Masters of American Comics and Photobooth.