HLN/ Daily Share Results

Paige and myself will go over all this with you on Monday.


Monday, 12/15
2:30 - Meet/sign in at CNN Center concierge desk
3:00 - 4:00 Run through
4:00 - 5:00 PRESENTATION
5:00 - 6:00 RECEPTION

2 minutes to present each concept
1 member will present the work digitally.


Finalists:
FAST FORWARD  -  Jelin, Combs, Kim
#THE DAILY BARK - Jelin, Combs, Kim
HERE HERE THERE THERE  - Jelin, Combs, Kim
EMOJI NEWS    Wakamo_-Cato_Preston
HALF FULL    Wakamo_- Cato_Preston
FLORIDA MAN  - Splitlog, Head, Phan
SHARE THE GOOD. -  Splitlog, Head, Phan
COMMENTS.MOV  - Graham, Vichhika, Vanna
NEWS SOLD SEPERATLY  - Graham, Vichhika, Vanna
PURRSPECTIVE  -  Oreta, Katie, Ashley
BACK/WERD    -  Oreta, Katie, Ashley

HAIKU REVIEW    Burton, Nelson, Luza

TBD – Joyce Waters Marshall (Vine or platform specific?) 

This Just In: New Media Production Center at GSU

ATLANTA—Georgia State University will revitalize an area adjacent to Woodruff Park by creating a media production center for education, research and entrepreneurship and partnerships with the Georgia film, music, games and arts industries.
The media center will house the university’s new Creative Media Industries Institute, an interdisciplinary institute introduced this fall to build on the university’s strengths in media production, research, design, the arts, music management and digital publishing by preparing students for careers that transcend traditional degree programs.

A $22.8 million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation—the largest in the university’s history— will fund, in part, the renovation of three-story structure formerly owned by SunTrust Bank at the corner of Edgewood Avenue and Park Place and major facility and streetscape improvements to the surrounding area.

“This is a transformative gift for our media and creative arts programs and will accelerate our ability to incubate new media companies,” said Georgia State President Mark Becker. “It is also a major step forward with our Woodruff Park District plan that is helping to reshape downtown.

The media center will complete an academic corridor Georgia State has created on Park Place across from Woodruff Park. The university’s purchase of 55 Park Place has created new homes for the Robinson College of Business and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Georgia State’s College of Law will relocate to a newly constructed building at Park Place and John Wesley Dobbs Avenue in the spring. The College of Arts and Sciences is in its new home at 25 Park Place on the same corridor from Edgewood Avenue to John Wesley Dobbs Avenue.
“The clustering of these programs around Woodruff Park will create an exceptional setting for educational and entrepreneurial collaboration,” Becker said.
“We are excited that Georgia State University and the Woodruff Foundation are investing again on the east side of Woodruff Park in a major way,” said A.J. Robinson, the president of Central Atlanta Progress.  “This is happening at a time when real estate on the southern end and the western side of Woodruff Park are undergoing new renovations and new uses. Throw in the opening of the Atlanta Streetcar and it’s easy to say that the development around the park is at an all-time high. Georgia State continues to lead the way on adaptive reuse of downtown buildings.”
David Cheshier, chair of the Department of Communication, said, “This gift will enable us to launch new programs focused on media arts entrepreneurship, enterprises where artistic vision can build Georgia’s creative culture and expand the infrastructure for sustained economic development. The research labs we’re building will connect our programs to developments in virtual and applied reality technologies, media data analytics, games and interactive media, and audience research. We will build an iconic presence for creative industry programs in the heart of campus, visible to everyone who visits Atlanta and takes the Streetcar.”

In addition to the commitment from the Woodruff Foundation, the Georgia Research Alliance has made a financial commitment that will be used to help equip Georgia State’s Creative Media Industries Institute.
“The Georgia Research Alliance is proud to support the Creative Industries Institute at Georgia State University.” said C. Michael Cassidy, president and chief executive officer of the Georgia Research Alliance. “The media industry in Georgia is experiencing tremendous growth and it is essential that we aid in providing opportunities for research, preparing the workforce and launching new companies.  As an early investor in Georgia State’s Digital Arts and Entertainment Laboratory, we have seen significant results from Georgia State’s digital and film programs. We believe the Creative Industries Institute will be a major step forward in supporting this rapidly growing industry.”

Internship at PASTE Magazine

Anyone interested let me know ASAP!

PASTE MAGAZINE SPRING INTERNSHIP:

Pastemagazine.com

Located in Decatur:

Our office is pretty small and tight knit, and design interns work closely with me to create infographics and other projects. I like to let them pitch projects they want to work on, so they’re motivated, but in a direction that helps them build specific design skills. Every other week I also do design challenges with my interns, from chalkboard lettering to branding a small business or building a simple parallax site. I also work with them towards the end of the internship to help them apply for jobs and/or more internships. 

A few candid pics from the Critique

So many wonderful new creations for the Olive Oil/Wine/Sake/Beer Re-Design by each of you. Lots of creativity and conceptual thinking going on in this project and I couldn't be more happy for those of you who really did outdo yourselves in this annual packaging design assignment.  There are more images of your bottles coming soon. 
As always if you want me to take down any images just let me know.

The Daily Share Project: Deadlines Changing again....for the better

Just wanted to let you know that the deadlines have changed somewhat for The Daily Share project with HLN.  Now, you will present your ideas to the President of CNN HLN at CNN Center on Monday December 15th.  It was bumped back because he is traveling and cannot be at the previously scheduled critique.  This is great news for you and your teams because it gives you more time to digest what the CNN HLN team will tell you this coming Wednesday at 2:30.  It's imperative that you have your concepts realized both in terms of speaking about them and also in presenting some kernel of an idea to them visually. Each team will present 6 concepts for franchises. The more you invest now the more they will buy into your concepts....

What you and your team will be doing on Wednesday is called "The Pitch" and that is when you give them a surefire idea that they can't do without. Make it your best idea and the rest will be simply creating further information for those ideas.   

They may choose all 6 of your ideas or only a few.  Strive for all 6 to be chosen!


ALSO,
Fantastic job in creating and presenting your Re-design bottle/packaging project!
I'm so glad that Matthew Suber, Justin Godbey and Bobbi Sweeney were there to listen and see you present your work. Some of the work truly was incredible and was some of the best I've ever seen. No kidding!

Great Job! 

FYI: PayPal at Color Comps Inc.

Stan,

The students can go to the web site: colorcompsinc.com and there is a buy now icon that will take them to Paypal.  I wrote the price on the envelopes.

Color Comps

The rubdown transfers from Color Comps is in route to my house. I'll make sure I get them to 468 like we talked about sometime later today. (after 6pm)  Take your time and again, let them be at room temperature when you use them. Don't be in a hurry. 

Cut around the area you want to rubdown. Clean the area you are going to put them on.
Line them up correctly. Even tape the down around the edges and then letter by letter begin to 
rub them down with a burnisher or something that has a dull but sharp edge. Once it's down, 
use the waxy side of the paper they come with and just place that over the rubdown and rub over it again.The waxy surface will seal the transfer to the bottle/area you wish.  Try not to scratch it afterwards. good luck everyone.

Invited Critique Guests: Justin Godbey and Matthew Suber

I wanted to let you know that I have invited Justin Godbey and Matthew Suber to your critique on Wednesday. I think it's always a good idea to get your work in front of professionals who can lend some words of wisdom to your design and process.  Both guest are alumni of our program and I'm so happy they will be with all of us on Wednesday.

Justin, whom many of you might have had in your 3000 level classes, is currently lead designer at CNN International. He has also worked at Hothead Studios. He and his wife, Shauna (also an alumni of our program) are about to visited by the Stork.

https://www.behance.net/JustinGodbey 

Matthew Suber has worked as a production designer at CNN Digital, a mobile designer for SapientNitro, a User Experience Director at MOWGLI, LLC, and currently Co-Founder of the Ampersand Group, Inc. and Co-Founder of Split located in Atlanta. Matthew is currently seeking paid interns for his company (10 hours/week for 3 months.)

http://soundslikesuper.com
http://www.payandsplit.com
https://www.facebook.com/payandsplit

Courtesy Nick Morrison

Congratulations Evan!

Congratulations Evan on your terrific illustrations that won an Honorable Mention for the 2015 College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Art Award!  The catalog was created by Bobbi Sweeney who is a senior in the graphic design program.  Evans work will hang in the Dean's Office throughout the next year which is a great reminder to those in the College of how talented our students are in the Graphic Design Program.