December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Watchdanielleatecosa:
Just returned from our aboriginal living skills course with Cody Lundin, which was a three day hiking and backpacking trip in the Verde Valley canyon. Quickly uploaded a video to give you a sense of where we were (more to come later!).
Before leaving, we were instructed to use the trip as a way to reconnect with nature and to observe. But further, I believe that the purpose of...
July 2011
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June 2011
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WatchStudent Lecture Series 2: Allison Tran’s “The Making of Neue”
This past spring semester we (IDSA/CMU and AIGA/CMU) hosted our second Student Lecture Series, where we invite current design students to present their work, internships, and design experiences.
Allison Tran (ID ‘12) presented her work on “Neue”, a fashion line that features laser cut fabrics, as...
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IDSA Summer Springboard Series →
IDSA is hosting a student-oriented webinar series featuring early career advice from young professionals. Each talk will happen every other Wednesday starting (today) June 8th at 5pm PST/8pm EST.
Two of the talks are from CMU ID alumni: Jason DePerro and Jason Howell, so definitely be sure to check this out!
Event Description: “Join us every other Wednesday evening this summer for an...
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Tarngblog: 5 Days of Smart (Part 1) →
Follow our former IDSA Vice Prez, Julius Tarng as he blogs about his experiences working at Smart Design in New York. Looks like he’s having a killer time!
tarngerine:
I have some time to kill at work, and I was given the OK to blog about my work experience today. This post is about the first five days I have spent at Smart Design NYC as an Industrial Design Intern, specifically about the...
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May 2011
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Because you want to.
The academic year is almost over. The seniors will be graduating imminently, and the work they’ve done — the countless hours — will soon become a memory. You’ve printed, sanded, modeled, and kerned your way to becoming a designer, and with any luck you’ll be awesome at it.
You do your best when you’re working on something you want to see done well. I hope you keep that in mind when you pick your...
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Congratulations to the 2011 Design Awardees!
aigacmu:
Congratulations to all of this years recipients of School of Design Awards. Each year, professors select students who have done outstanding work in their respective majors to award with a certificate (design by Dan Boyarski) and a book selected based on their interests. Scholarships are also awarded for students studying abroad, excellence in typography, innovative thinking, among...
April 2011
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Elections Today! 4:30pm A11 →
And the nominees are:
IDSA Co-Presidents Rachel Inman (5th Year Scholar) Linda Dong (‘12) IDSA Officers Sarah Read (‘13) Sarah Gao (‘14) Madeline Krick (‘14) Lauren Beckwith (‘12) Chris Ioffreda (‘13)
AIGA Co-Presidents Joanne Ong (‘12) Maya Irvine (‘12) Tommy Browne (‘12) Victor Ng (‘12) AIGA Officers Ahra Cho (‘12) Frances...
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IDSA/AIGA Student elections! →
It is time for the 2011-2012 elections!
For the following year, we will be electing the IDSA and AIGA boards together, and hopefully running the two organizations a little bit more collectively, with the two exec boards meeting together. Of course, we’ll still have separate events such as IDSA’s website redesign event, or AIGA’s Context info session, but for things like the student lecture...
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Footwear Sketching Workshop with D'Wayne Edwards... →
As a last minute addition to Sneakerology’s Lecture Series, we’re cohosting a special sketching workshop and portfolio review session with D’Wayne Edwards, former Design Director for Nike’s Brand Jordan. Do not miss this!
The workshop is happening in MM203 (the crit room right across from junior ID studio) from 3:30 - 5pm! Anyone is free to come and be sure to bring your...
March 2011
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SketchChair by Diatom →
Greg Saul and Tiago Rorke (both of whom studied abroad at CMU’s School of Design) have created an open-source software that allows anyone to design and print his or her own furniture. Sick.
You can help them out by supporting them on Kickstarter!
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Good Luck Everyone at Confluence!
Get ‘em jobs!
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CMU students win at AIGA Context!
Three CMU Design students took home Design Excellence Awards last night at the 2011 AIGA Context exhibition. This year’s show took place at 937 Liberty Avenue, just a few blocks from last year’s show at the SPACE gallery. The room was buzzing with students and professionals talking about current work and past projects. CMU was well represented with six students selected as finalists.
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IDSA Merit Awards This Thursday!
Every year, the ID Seniors present to five IDSA professionals to win the coveted IDSA Merit Award. This year’s awards are being held Thursday, March 17th @5:30PM in Maggi Mo Room 203. Come support your classmates - there will be pizza and drinks served too!
The Students:
Federico Rios
Paris Lowitz
Rachel Inman
Julius Tarng
Luke Martin
Jim Toggweiler
Nate Paffett-Lugassy
The...
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WatchVideo summary of the Portland Trip!
- “Walkabout” by Atlas Sound
- “Core77” should really read “Hand-Eye Supply”
February 2011
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Portland Firm Sign-ups!
The Portland trip is only 2 weeks away! We will have a meeting next Friday 4:30pm at A11 for you guys to sign-up for firms and pay for the hotel.
Important Info:
- The total cost of the hotel is $100. We prefer cash, but if check is necessary make sure it is made out to Linda Dong.
- You can only sign-up for firms once we’ve received your hotel payment!
- Firm sign-ups will go in...
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Put a Bird on it [Video] →
In honor of the Portland Trip and screen-printed birds.
January 2011
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Google Doc for Portland Trip Sign-up! →
Click the header to sign-up for the spring break IDSA/AIGA Portland trip!
Just as a reminder:
- The trip is from March 6th (Sunday)-March 10th (Thursday).
- The total for the trip will most likely be about $450. Airfare (around $350 roundtrip) and hostel (around $25/night)
- We’re looking to visit a lot of really sweet firms like Nike, Adidas, Ziba, Wieden+Kennedy, Core77 Store, Panic,...
You're an interaction designer, too.
At Confluence, you’re likely to encounter people who either a) want to define you, or b) want you to define yourself. This is natural, panic not. The answer to those questions may not come easily. ID at CMU attracts many different kinds of people. You might want to make toasters, cars, airships, toys, or even… “interactions.”
Interaction Design is a remarkably ambiguous field, and one that is...
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Design Stinking →
Yes Double-Plus. Finally some great sense put into the atrocity that is ‘Design Thinking’
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Tips on starting that portfolio...
…from your neighborhood Julius.
As all of you are gearing up for Confluence, keep some of these things in mind:
1. Have both a PDF and website is optimal for IDers. Some companies like PDFs, but more and more are digging the websites (especially if they’re nice and easy to use).
2. For websites, unless you are going to knock it out of the park and/or really want to learn HTML, go...