Archive for February, 2012

I just read on Khoi Vinh’s twitter a link to a DesignStaff post on hiring a designer and how to review portfolios. I think what DesignStaff has to say about how professionals review portfolios could be very insightful and helpful for us in portfolio class. Khoi Vinh is an amazing designer (used to be Creative Director at NY Times) and now a daily read for me over at his subtraction.com . Check out and follow @khoi and @DesignStaff though!

Hope this is insightful!
Jordan 

CRU Dinnerware is looking for interns. Well, they call them “Ambassadors.”

As an Ambassador at CRU, you are given a tremendous amount of responsibility, so we take your application very seriously. We look for CRU Ambassadors who are passionate about offering our luxurious items and have proven success in college. Participants in this program will organize and execute projects in the following departments:

•Event Planning

•Online Marketing

•Retail Marketing

•Social Media

•Networking

http://cru-intl.com/index.php

He’s so good!

One of my best friends from highschool, Emmanuel Carrillo (click to see his portfolio website), recently sent me a message about this Portfolio Handbook he and a few classmates put together.  They made it to sell and raise money for their senior show.  Eman is an Industrial Design major at the University of Cincinnati but is currently working in Boston at some place that does some cool stuff. I love Industrial Design and I’m really glad that he got to pursue that, he has a huge fascination with shoes and wants to design the heck out of them.

It’s free to download the PDF of the book and I would recommend checking it out. It offers some great insight from current students, alumni, as well as professors.  My favorite part of the book is the letters of advice from previous students and the letters from professors telling “what they wish they had known.” So go download it and check it out!

Alumnus and friend Jason Booker shared this with me, and let me pass on to you: He compiled a list of prospective employers in graphic design, advertising, and media in the DFW area. Use this to your advantage as you create a list of possible places you want to apply for a job. Click on image to access map.

Well, you probably remember the wonderful work of Jessica Hische from our persuasive class last semester. In case you’ve forgotten, it’s always good to see her work again.

Above is a collection of designer’s monogram from Dribbble.

http://www.squarespace.com/

http://virb.com/

http://cargocollective.com/

Lateral Thinking, by Edward de Bono

ACU Library call no. 153.35 D287L

Paul Rand, by Steven Heller

ACU Library call no. 745.4092 H477P c.1