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Watch: The Wisdom of Lettering Artist Simon Walker
In the third installment of On Design, the Learning Studio’s joint collaboration with ACU Art & Design, we sat down with the lettering artist and designer Simon Walker.
You’ve probably seen Simon’s work—his eye-popping lettering adorns the cover of a recent Brené Brown book, as well as plenty of magazine spreads and many of the food and drink labels you’ll come across on a casual grocery store run. Before going into business for himself, Simon got his start as a designer at the Austin agency GSD&M.
Following a recent lettering workshop with ACU Art & Design students, Simon was kind enough to sit down and share his wisdom with us.
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FilmFest archive now online
Thanks to student media specialists in the Learning Studio, the FilmFest archive is now online. The blog contains lists of participants and winners going back to 2004 with links to all films on the FilmFest Vimeo channel. The blog is built on the same WordPress system...
Touring the Southwest with Summer Academy
This summer the Learning Studio worked closely with students in ACU's first Summer Academy. High school students from around the country joined us in Abilene for 9 courses that included Digital Media, Film & Faith, and Photography. Students in select classes...
Faculty end semester with Digital Storytelling
Thanks to a great group of faculty, we ended our first year with a great storytelling and media training experience. We welcomed back Mary Ann McNair from the Center for Digital Storytelling to work with ACU faculty Al Haley and Jennifer Shewmaker facilitating the...
Digital Storytelling resources
In the Learning Studio this week, we're working with a dozen faculty and MaryAnn McNair from the Center for Digital Storytelling. This is our third three-day workshop and we're honored to continue this work with this program. Images Creative Commons Image Search...
Interactive Design projects
As the semester winds down, we always enjoy seeing the students and faculty coming through our doors in the final days. In addition to a growing number of students producing digital storytelling projects, we've been happy to see groups using the collaborative spaces...
Starbucks Giveaway: Call for Media Projects
We love seeing what you create in the Learning Studio! That's why from now through Wednesday, we'll give you a coupon for a free drink at Starbucks when you bring us class media projects you created using the Learning Studio. We'd especially love to see video...
Mobile Media tools for checkout
Thanks to the widespread use of checkout cameras in our first year, this summer we will pick up additional HD camcorders and DSLR cameras for campus checkout. But that's only half the story. This fall returning students will have access to additional gear to support...
Tenure and Promotion portfolios on WordPress
Since 2009, over a hundred faculty per semester have built course blogs on WordPress to host discussions, share content and announcements, or have students post projects. ACU Blogs has proven to be a flexible platform for teaching in many disciplines across campus and...
Advanced Composition student projects
For the second year, Dr. Cole Bennett's ENGL 325: Advanced Comp students premiered their Literacies projects in the screening room. The course introduces students to "theories of literacy from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, paying particular attention to...