Graphic Design Upcoming Events & News

Graphic Design News

Dept. of Visual Arts Scholarship Application Deadline
5pm, January 22nd, 2010.
Information and Rules here. [pdf]

Pioneers in Design will be having a sale of student produced gift wrap
on December 1 & 2 / 11am to 1pm. Foyer of Fine Arts Building.

Lab Hours Posted
The Fall 2009 Graphic Design Lab Hours have been posted.
Monday & Wednesday -  5-7pm
Tuesday & Thursday - 12-2pm & 5-7pm
Friday, Saturday & Sunday - 11am - 2pm
Click here for a pdf of the scheduled times.

Jana Perez’s Blog: Daily Design Fix

Inspire[d]esign Lecture Series:
Robynne Raye / Modern Dog Design
Kathy Thomas / Director of Marketing, Half Price Books, Inc.
Wendy Pedrero

Graphic Design Program

Program Description

The Graphic Design major (formerly Advertising Design) not only prepares students for a variety of careers in advertising and graphic design, but also encourages involvement in a community of design where fellow students foster collaboration, civic engagment and community contribution. Students employ professional practices and experience simultaneous projects and deadlines,gaining self-reliance, self motivation and time management skills that lead to careers. Through a rigorous investigation of concepts, typography, relationships between text and image, critical thinking and visual communication theory, students develop a wide range of valueable skills. Additionally, students explore all artistic disciplines for inspiration and apply ideas from those to their problem-solving process.

Graphic Design Collaborations

• Career Services
• Donna Ferrato Lecture
• Don't Dress for Dinner 
• Field of Spears
• Italian Night Poster

Graphic Design Facilities

The Graphic Design department manages the Visual Arts lab facilities. The VA lab offers students the latest Adobe Creative Suite CS4, Flash and Dreamweaver software. The lab has 20 brand new iMacs with 2G RAM and hard drive space. Two of the iMacs form a video editing area with Final Cut Studio Pro, Adobe After Effects, and a 3 Terabyte external hard drive for storage. Along with video editing capabilities, a Sony video camera with cordless mic are available for use. Connected to the VA Lab is the print room which contains Epson 2200 and Epson Pro4800 printers as well as an Epson 9000 large format printer. Various papers and ink are also provided to students through course fees.

Pioneers In Design (PID)

Graphic Design student interest organization.
Contact: Jonathan Thompson / jtdesign7@yahoo.com
Advisor: Jana C. Perez / jperez5@twu.edu

Graphic Design Links

Graphis Magazine
Hoefler & Frere-Jones Typography
I Love Typography