Rick Valicenti is coming! Lecture and Workshop

As mentioned previously, this year's Clarvit Design Week Keynote speaker is Rick Valicenti!

Rick Valicenti is the founder and design director of Thirst/3st, a communication design firm devoted to art, function, and real human presence. He has been influencing the design discourse internationally since 1988 and is a leading presence in design as a practitioner, educator, and mentor.

The White House honored Valicenti in 2011 with the Smithsonian Cooper­​Hewitt National Design Award for Communication Design. In 2006, he received the AIGA Medal, the highest honor of the graphic design profession for his sustained contribution to design excellence and the development of the profession. 

Valicenti is a former president of the Society of Typographic Arts (STA) and is a member of the AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) since being invited in 1998. In 2004, he was recognized as a Fellow of the AIGA Chicago and was awarded the AIGA Medal in 2006.

Over the past 30 years, Valicenti has publicly presented his work through lectures, workshops, and critiques on the design industry to more than 100 professional and college audiences on five continents. He has edited a 356­​page monograph on the Thirst work titled, Emotion as Promotion, published in 2005 by the Monacelli Press.

Valicenti and Thirst's work is included in the permanent collection of the Cooper­Hewitt National Design Museum and the 2006 Triennial, Design Life Now, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Library of the Museum of Modern Art. The work continues to advance the public design discourse while pushing the boundaries of graphic and intermedia design.

Rick Valicenti will be speaking on Thursday, April 10th in The Art Gallery at 6:00pmHe will also be giving a workshop for students on Friday, April 11th from 10:00am to 3:00pm.

An Event Update!

There has been a slight change to our second and third Clarvit Design Week lectures.

The Christie Liberatore and Katie Friedgen lectures will now be combined into one event on Monday, April 7th at 6:00pm in Rm. 2322 in the Art/Sociology Building.

Dinner will be provided for attendees by the department.

Feel free to check out Christie and Katie's websites to learn more about their work!

2014 Clarvit Design Week Lecture Series

This year, we have quite a few distinguished speakers coming to the University of Maryland for Clarvit Design Week. Below is a bit about this year's speakers and their lectures:


Our keynote speaker for this year is Rick Valicenti, presenting his lecture Still trying to get it right! Three decades of design practice. 

Rick Valicenti is the founder and design director of Thirst/3st, a communication design firm devoted to art, function, and real human presence. He has been influencing the design discourse internationally since 1988 and is a leading presence in design as a practitioner, educator, and mentor.

The White House honored Valicenti in 2011 with the Smithsonian Cooper­​Hewitt National Design Award for Communication Design. In 2006, he received the AIGA Medal, the highest honor of the graphic design profession for his sustained contribution to design excellence and the development of the profession. Valicenti is a former president of the Society of Typographic Arts (STA) and is a member of the AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) since being invited in 1998. In 2004, he was recognized as a Fellow of the AIGA Chicago.

Over the past 30 years, Valicenti has publicly presented his work through lectures, workshops, and critiques on the design industry to more than 100 professional and college audiences on five continents. He has edited a 356­​page monograph on the Thirst work titled, Emotion as Promotion, published in 2005 by the Monacelli Press.

Valicenti and Thirst's work is included in the permanent collection of the Cooper­Hewitt National Design Museum and the 2006 Triennial, Design Life Now, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Library of the Museum of Modern Art. The work continues to advance the public design discourse while pushing the boundaries of graphic and intermedia design.

Rick Valicenti will be speaking on Thursday, April 10th in The Art Gallery at 6:00pm

He will also be giving a workshop for students on Friday, April 11th from 10:00am to 3:00pm.

To view his work or the work of the practice, you can visit his or the Thirst website. 

Our first speakers of the series are Matthew Mangan and Sam Rooeintan from Marstudio.

Marstudio is a Graphic Design Agency and Creative Marketing Firm all in one. Working with clients from all over the D.C, Maryland, Virginia area, they offer a range of services from print design, to branding, to web design, attracting clients both big and small.

A University of Maryland alumnus, Matthew Mangan is Marstudio's Studio Director. Mangan runs daily studio operations such as sales consultations, networking events, and project management on top of researching and meeting with potential clients.

Sam Rooeintan is the Creative Director and Vice President at Marstudio. A graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the College for International Studies, Rooeintan has worked for companies like the Discovery Channel, CoStar Group, and Network Solutions. His multinational design experience gives him a unique perspective when designing for clients in the DMV.

Matthew Mangan and Sam Rooeintan will be speaking at 6:45pm on Tuesday, April 1st in Rm. 2322 of the Art/Sociology Building. 

To learn more about Marstudio, Matthew Mangan, or Sam Rooeintan, you can visit the Marstudio Website.



Our second speaker of the series will be University of Maryland alumni, Christie Liberatore. 

After graduating from the University of Maryland with a BA in Studio Art, concentrating in Graphic Design, Liberatore took part in The School of Visual Arts' Masters Workshop, extending her studies to Rome. After practicing in Washington D.C. for a bit, she is now working in Philadelphia.

Christie Liberatore will be coming to present her work on Sunday, April 6th at 6:00pm.

To see some of Christie Liberatore's work, you can visit her website.

Our final speaker is another alumni of the university, Katie Friedgen.

With a BA in Studio Art, concentration in Graphic Design, and a minor in Art History from the University of Maryland, Friedgen went onto receive a Certificate of Web Design and Development from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Since then, she has interned at the Consero Group LLC, worked as a Creative Associate at United By Blue, as a Freelance Designers and Photographer, and is currently a Front-End Web Developer for Anthropologie. 

Katie Friedgen will be presenting her work on Monday, April 7th at 6:00pm. 

To see some of Katie Friedgen's work, you can visit her website.

Before the Keynote lecture and our alumni lectures, on March 8th from 11:00am to 1:00pm, AIGA Portfolio Review Day will be held in the University's student union for students in the Graphic Design concentration. 

About Brian Verhoeven

Brian Verhoeven is the Manager of Information Architecture at Forum One, where he works with clients to develop an optimized user experience that balances an organization’s mission and the needs of its target audiences. Recent clients with whom Brian has worked include The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, The Food and Drug Administration, Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Conservation International, KaBOOM!, McCormick & Company, Pew Charitable Trusts, Enough!, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. 

Brian was an interaction designer at The Washington Post before joining Forum One. In this role, he assisted with the design of the Post's classified self-service application. He also designed its subscriber self-service website, available to hundreds of thousands of users. He also played a key role in developing the online community for the Strom Thurmond Boys & Girls Clubs Leadership Institute at Clemson University. 

Brian earned his bachelor's degree in English at Virginia Tech and master's in professional communication at Clemson. He belongs to the Interaction Design Association and The Information Architecture Institute. At home, he is either cooking something for his family or riding his Trek bicycle.

Brian Verhoeven's lecture will be 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 17 in the Design Studio.

About Ocean Eiler

Ocean Eiler is a Designer, Developer, DJ and Rock Climber. He has been a photojournalist, a president of a non-profit, and, for a brief time, a piercing apprentice. Ocean's colorful background has allowed him to dabble in a lot of mediums of communication.

Currently, as the Senior Designer for PBS KIDS Digital, Ocean has molded this ambiguous title to translate to: UX design, web design, frontend development, Flash development, video editing, audio FX creation, soundscape mixing, print design, game development, mobile development and a touch of management. His teams’ work has won a variety of awards for children's media and has allowed him the opportunity to speak in educational settings about Designing for Children. 

Born from second generation Photographers, Ocean had access to a wealth of art supplies and an artistic community. This foundation set the ground work for what would follow. 

Shortly after graduating from Ohio University, with a dual degree in Interactive Multimedia & Graphic Design, he took a job in Switzerland working for Fransican's International. After a year in Switzerland where he learned how to rock climb, how not to speak French and a little PHP, Ocean returned to the States. The years since he has worked for: WOUB (a local PBS Station), Pixel & Ink, Inc. a start up in Alexandria, Virginia, Matrix Group International and finally PBS KIDS as a Web Designer / Flash Video Expert. During this time he co-founded a rock climbing stewardship non-profit called Mid Atlantic Climbers and has continued to DJ drum & bass since 1997.

Ocean Eiler's lecture will be 6 p.m., Monday, April 8 in the Design Studio.

PBS KIDS GO! Home page

Fransicans International: 2003 Human Right Hand Book

From The Annex: Red Lion Junglist T-Shirt Design

Ocean Eiler "Headshot with Friends"

Below are some helpful links for where to find internships:

http://www.careers.umd.edu/CareerLinks/Interns.cfm

http://www.internships.umd.edu 

http://www.idinterns.com/

http://dc.aiga.org/jobs/

http://baltimore.aiga.org/jobs/

http://www.creativehotlist.com/

http://www.dcadclub.com/

http://www.dcinternships.org/

Internship Information Event

Design faculty, recent graduates and current students come together to share practical, useful information about internships: why to get them, where to get them, and how to get them. Bring your questions for this information session.

This event will take place 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 5 in the Design Studio. Pizza will be served.

Parking Information for James Victore Lecture

James Victore's lecture will be in the Art-Sociology Building, marked in yellow on the map and located on the southwest end of campus. After 4 p.m., most on-campus lots are free and do not require parking permits. The closest free places to park are Lots 1, JJ, Z and 1b, marked in green on the map.

More directions to campus cam be found here: http://www.umd.edu/parking_info.cfm.

The lecture space is located off the atrium and is accessible through both the first and second floors of the Art-Sociology Building.

2013 Keynote: James Victore

The Department of Art is delighted to announce that James Victore will be this year's Clarvit Design Lecture Series keynote. 

To say that James Victore is not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill designer is akin to saying that the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao is no ordinary architectural structure. James Victore is a self-taught, independent artist, graphic designer, design educator and speaker. His work is infused with passion, conviction, and a no-holds-barred attitude. He designs on his own terms and eschews technological gadgetry and clients when appropriate. In short, he is hell-bent on world domination. 

Victore’s clients include Moet & Chandon, Aveda, Bobbi Brown cosmetics, Esquire, TIME and The New York Times. HIs work has been Emmy nominations and Gold and Silver Medals from the New York Art Director’s Club. His posters have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and are in the permanent collections of the Palais du Louvre, Paris, the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, the Design Museum in Zurich and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. 

Victore lectures and teaches regularly around the globe and he is a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His book Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss? was released by Abrams in 2010.

James Victore's lecture will be 6 p.m., Thursday, February 28 in the Art-Sociology Building, room 2203.

The 2013 Clarvit Design Lecture Series events

Below is the schedule for the fourth annual Clarvit Design events. This year’s events will occur over the course of two months to allow for more student participation. All events will be held in UMD Design Studio (Art/Sociology Building room 2322) unless otherwise noted.

6 p.m., Thursday, February 28 Keynote by James Victore in the Art/Sociology Building, room 2203. The lecture is free and open to the public.

10 a.m.-3 p.m., Friday March 1: Workshop with James Victore. Lunch will be provided.

10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 2: 2013 AIGA Portfolio Review Day More information here and here.

6 p.m., Tuesday, March 5: Internship information session. Co-sponsored by UMD AIGA

6 p.m., Monday, April 8: Clarvit Design Lecture by Ocean Eiler, Senior Interactive Designer at PBS Kids. Co-sponsored by UMD AIGA.

6 p.m., Wednesday, April 17: Clarvit Design Lecture by Brian Verhoeven, Information Architecture manager at Forum One communications. Co-sponsored by UMD AIGA

Ken Carbone's Keynote and Workshop

Ken Carbone gave a lively and engaging keynote for our third annual Clarvit Design Week.



He shared a range of work from his career and a range of hair styles. Here he is above with Carbone Smolan Agency partner Leslie Smolan. The two began the design firm more than three decades ago.

Carbone Smolan won an international competition to create a signage system for the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Now that the project is complete, Ken likes to say that he has more pieces of work in the renowned museum than any other artist.

After the keynote, Ken went straight to work meeting with the participants of the workshop he conducted as part of his visit.





After glimpsing his many sketchbooks and hearing more about his sources of inspiration, the students began preparing their response to his workshop assignment.



The students showed sketches to Ken for feedback and then began creating their posters. They had a tight time frame, less than 24 hours, to work on the project with our keynote. They continued to give each other feedback to finish the poster projects.







During the workshop, Ken critiqued the students' works and gave them feedback for changes.





Workshop participants from left are Aurora Colón, Benjamin Seydewitz, Kelsey Marotta, Alex Dinsmore, Ken Carbone, Kristen Young, Deanna Romero, Sabrena Sesay, Michael Cantor and Emily Hein.

Thursday with John Foster

Thursday morning John Foster critiqued the work of Professor Jim Thorpe's ARTT352 class. The students were drafting different imagery options for an annual report. It will be interesting to watch how John's fresh perspective will influence this in-progress work.



After critiquing their work, John proceeded to share his work with the students.





The common adage of genius being one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration rang true for this project. John quickly developed the concept for this cover, but finding just the right book to make the concept come to fruition proved a much more difficult task.



John has used many different aesthetic styles in his work from photorealism to hand lettering to mixed media.

Wednesday with Polygraph

On Wednesday it was Polygraph's turn to share their design experiences with our students. Gavin, Lindsay, and Jason showed the work that they did before they joined design forces to establish Polygraph. We were honored to be their first invited presentation. With all of the great work they are doing, it certainly will not be their last.













Enzian is an original typeface inspired by the beautiful form and complex persona of Blackletter script in Germany. It was awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design by the Type Directors Club.







They even brought "fresh off the press" work that they just completed for the Art Director's Club of Metropolitan Washington.

Tuesday with Lynn Kawaratani

On Tuesday Lynn Kawarantani who shared her philosophy about exhibit design with students. She shared the impression that Charles and Ray Eames' "Mathematica" exhibit had on her both in terms of her personal mathematical understanding and for the potential of an exhibit to be engaging and informative, no matter what the subject.



Lynn stressed the importance of making your information relatable to the various exhibit audience members and to be open to feedback and edits during the design process. Here an illustration of a human is juxtaposed with other animals to show scale.