Yes, that’s right. I said it.

AIGA JWU Chapter t-shirt contest

What is it?

Our chapter is asking you, the talented up-and-coming designer, to submit an entry for our annual t-shirt design contest. T-shirts will be hand screen-printed and distributed to the rest of the group as a bad-ass uniform.

When is it due?

Sunday, October 23rd

What are the parameters?

All designs must be designed in illustrator as a single (one) color vector. You can use this American Apparel T-shirt template to prototype your design. (Construct your design in illustrator, and import it as a smart object into this PSD).

It’s also necessary to use the AIGA logo, feel free to get creative.

Where do I submit it?

All entries should be saved as a JPG and emailed to Professor Jimenez at Karynje{at}gmail.com by Sunday. October 23rd.

How do you guys decide the winner?

The submissions will be voted on by the executive board, as well as some faculty members, and the winner will be announced at the next AIGA meeting.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below, or email rob{at}roberskine.com

Best of luck!

Credits to Sarah Lister for the awesome poster design

While AIGA’s executive board has a meeting tonight, our good friends at Ad Club over in the College of Business are hosting a screening of Art & Copy.

Be sure to check out this industry leading documentary at 6pm in the Advertising Lab on the 4th floor of the College of Business.

“Art & Copy is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time — people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for “Just Do It,” “I Love NY,” “Where’s the Beef?,” “Got Milk,” “Think Different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them…” – from IMDB

Credits to Michelle Nutter for this awesome poster.

We’ve got a lot of exciting stuff planned.

Special guest lecturers from industry professionals from around the RI area.

Visits to letterpress’s and book binderies. Trips to visit other cities and conferences.

Competitions to test your ’snuff.

And Bowling just for funsies.

If you have any questions about joining or becoming a member feel free to leave a comment below, send me an email (rte116(at)jwu.edu), or come to our first meeting. Which, by the way, is at 6pm on Tuesday,  September 13th in the WTCC. We’ll be holding elections, making jokes, and discussing plans for the upcoming year.

Robin James Ramos

Johnson & Wales University is proud to welcome Robin Ramos as a distinguished visiting professor for 2010-2011. Come see him present, Monday, February 7th 2011 at 9:30am in the Yena Presentation Center.

Robin is a currently a Design and Brand consultant based in the NYC metro area. He was also a Senior Art Director for NBC Universal, while there he was in charge of the design for its promotional and print material of on-air content. He was also a senior designer for DC Comics in their brand and licensing department. He’s also been in publishing, corporate signage and worked for a small ad agency in NYC. He received his BFA from School of Visual Arts in NYC.

Please RSVP on facebook — it’s going to be an inspiring event.

On February 17th, an art auction and benefit concert will be held raising money to support victims of the recent Queensland Australian floods.

Join a growing collection of concerned visual artists, designers and musicians by contributing an artwork to the auction.

All auction funds will be donated directly to the disaster relief effort established the Queensland, Australia Government.

http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

We are seeking artworks no larger than 24″ addressing an optional theme of Global Creative Unity.

Works received by February 14th, 2011 will be included in the auction.

To arrange delivery or for more information, please contact me.

Brian Alves
(401) 829-8750
balves@jwu.edu

Connect with the Artists for Australia Facebook forum to stay up-to-date.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_193797970637250

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Works may be mailed to
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Professor Brian Alves
Computer Graphics & New Media
School of Technology
Johnson & Wales University
8 Abbott Park Place
Providence, RI 02903

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Works may be delivered directly to
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Johnson & Wales University
School of Technology
138 Mathewson Street
Providence, RI 02903

Professor Karyn Jimenez will be giving a detailed and instructive demonstration on a very popular form of hand printing, lino-blocking and spray paint stenciling, Tuesday December 14th at 6:00pm in Westminister Conference Center in the Academic Center. Also be sure to come hungry cause there will be free pizza.

This will be a very informative and creative event that will help in future projects. It’s good to break away from the printer and do something with your hands, the results are amazing and it feels incredible to see the end result.

Lino-blocking, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum(sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel or gouge, with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show printed. The linoleum sheet is inked with a roller (called a brayer), and then impressed onto paper or fabric. The actual printing can be done by hand or with a press (from wikipedia).

More information will be posted after the event in case you weren’t able to make it.

Here’s a sneak peak of some of Professor Jimenez’s demos: