For the exhibition, a jury of Parkland design faculty selected the best student work from the current school year. The exhibition gives students a chance to present their work in marketing communication, branding, advertising, and design to industry professionals and the community.

Exhibition Dates: May 17–June 17
Reception: Thursday, May 20 from 6–8pm in the Gallery Lounge
Musical performance by Jordan Kaye
Awards Ceremony at 7pm

The Parkland Art Gallery is located at:
2400 West Bradley Avenue
Champaign, Illinois 61821-1899
Gallery office 217/351-2485
www.parkland.edu/gallery

Summer Hours:
Monday–Thursday 10am–3pm and 6–8pm

The authors, John Jennings and Damian Duffy (J2D2), will be speaking at Parkland College this Friday about the craft of graphic novels and their use as political engagement.

Friday, April 23
11 – 11:50 a.m.
Parkland College
Library International Lounge

The event is free and open to the public; no registration is necessary.

John Jennings, illustrator and designer, is an associate professor of graphic design at UIUC. Damian Duffy, writer and letterer, is a PhD
student at UIUC. Their new book, Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, Art and Culture, will be coming out in June.

Learn more about J2D2 and their visit at http://www.parklandreads.org/?p=1061.

April 19, 2010 @ 1 PM
School of Art + Design
Room 229
408 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign

Brian is also author of the book Green Graphic Design and a recognized leader in green design. He is a founding member of the board of advisors for the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design, and lives and works in Berkeley, California.

The event will take place Friday, May 14, 2010 at the Beach House in Decatur (In Nelson Park on Lake Decatur — 2301 East Lakeshore Dr., Decatur, IL).  Appetizers will be served, and the cash bar will be open at 6 p.m.  Awards will be presented at 7 p.m.

Eligibility requirements for the Decagon Awards are simple: Entries must be marketing communications materials (print, signage, internet, radio, etc.) printed, published, erected or aired for the first time between Jan. 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2009.  The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 9, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.  Entry fees are $50 per submission for Non-Members of the Decatur Ad Club ($35 for Members).  For every 9 submissions, the 10^th one is free.

To request more information, you may contact Francine Acuña Moyer via e-mail at francine@cmsdecatur.com.

Julian Dibbell, author/contributing editor of Wired:
The LOLcat, the/b/tard, and the Well-wrought Urn:
Internet memes as distributed design
Tuesday, March 9 at 5:30pm
Siebel Center Auditorium, Room 1404
Siebel Center, 201 N. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana

From Rickroll to Fail blog to Numa Numa guy, the ephemeral bits of textual and visual culture known as Internet memes have taken up residence in the margins of our online lives
and will not go away. This talk attempts to understand why, outlining the rudiments of a basic memetic literacy and exploring the social and aesthetic practices that bring memes into existence, keep them in circulation, and make them so improbably compelling.

Julian Dibbell is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and technology journalist who specializes in information technology. He is a contributing editor for Wired magazine. His
writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, Le Monde, TIME, Harper’s, Rolling Stone, Details, The Nation, and many other publications. His 1993 article for the Village
Voice, “A Rape in Cyberspace,” is the most cited, reprinted, and assigned essay ever written on identity and the Internet. In 2004, he co-founded the game research collective Terra Nova.

All designmatters3 events are free and open to the public.

For more information contact Traci Pines at tpines@illinois.edu

Designmatters3 is a lecture series to promote design thinking that integrates design, business and technology in the creation of innovative products, services and experiences. Organized by the School of Art + Design, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Colleges of Engineering and Fine and Applied Arts; School of Art + Design, Technology Entrepreneur Center; College of Business, Department of Human Factors, Autodesk. and the MS in Technology Management Program. Jullian Dibbell is a George A. Miller Visiting Professor of Media.

Jon Kolko of frog design: How to graduate from college and get a sweet job making boatloads of money
 and building really cool products
Monday, March 1 at 5:30pm
Krannert Art Museum Auditorium, 
Room 62
500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign

It has never been a better time to be a designer, and even in the present economic state of the world,
it’s a wonderful time to be joining the design workforce. Jon Kolko will discuss the state of design 
and HCI talent in the United States, and will describe the specific methods, capabilities, 
and portfolio materials necessary to secure a high paying job at a leading product design consultancy.

Jon Kolko is an Associate Creative Director at frog design in Austin, developing interaction design 
solutions ranging from consumer products to design management strategies. He has worked for 
AT&T, HP, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ford, IBM, Palm, and other Fortune 500 clients.
His current research investigates the process of design synthesis and the creation of meaning.

All designmatters3 events are free and open to the public.

For more information contact Traci Pines at tpines@illinois.edu

Designmatters3 is a lecture series to promote design thinking that integrates design, business and technology in the creation of innovative products, services and experiences. Organized by the School of Art + Design, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Colleges of Engineering and Fine and Applied Arts; School of Art + Design, Technology Entrepreneur Center; College of Business, Department of Human Factors, Autodesk. and the MS in Technology Management Program.

Lupton’s talk is part of UIUC’s DesignMatters Lecture Series.

Thursday, Feb 18, 2010
5:15pm
Plym Auditorium 134 Temple Hoyne Buell,
611 Lorado Taft Dr., Champaign, IL

Ellen Lupton is a designer, writer, and curator. She will talk about different models of authorship and what they mean for designers working today. What does it mean to be an author? Do authors originate content, or do they create distinctive formal languages? Lupton will talk about different paradigms of authorship in relation to her own work. Along the way, you’ll learn about crimes against typography, the D.I.Y. revolution, how to publish your own book, how to make your bed, and whether your bra fits properly.

Ellen Lupton is curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City and director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (MICA). She has produced numerous books and exhibitions, including  Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office (1993), Graphic Design: The New Basics, and Skin: Surface, Substance + Design (2002). Her book Thinking with Type (2004) is a basic guide to typography directed at everyone who works with words.

A frequent lecturer around the U.S. and the world, Lupton will speak about design to anyone who will listen.

Criteria for making a nomination can be found here. The nomination process is open to all Champaign County residents.

The final deadline for nomination is February 15, 2010.

This year’s celebration will be held:
February 25, 2010
5:30-7pm
iHotel & Conference Center

Thank you to our sponsors: The Champaign County EDC, The University of Illinois Office of Technology Management, Corporate Relations, The Research Park and Enterprise Works.

The fee per workshop is art/design Weiskamp can use for promotion, or $25. For those paying $25, please bring a check made out to Weiskamp Screen Printing on the day of the event. For those creating art/design for Weiskamp, see the specifications at the bottom of this email and the attached images for reference.

Contact info:
Carol Blumthal
Weiskamp Screen Printing
312 S. Neil St.
Champaign, IL 61820
217-398-8428
email@weiskamp.com
 

DATES & DEADLINES

DEMO DAY: Sunday, February 7
Weiskamp provides the art and you learn how to print
Saturday, February 20
Art due to Weiskamp Thursday, February 18
Saturday, March 6
Art due to Weiskamp Thursday, March 4
 

PRINT SPECS

• Please limit designs to 1 or 2 colors. There will be a range of ink colors to choose from at Weiskamp, including metallics.
• Art should be an ai file, or psd file at 300dpi, actual size.
• There will be 2 paper sizes: 11″ x 17″ or 12″ x 15″. You can choose to print whatever you want in that space
• There will be no bleed. Keep your art at least 1/4″ from the edge of the paper.
• Weiskamp will provide white or manila paper. You are welcome to bring your own.

Email art to art@weiskamp.com
 

WEISKAMP ART SPECS

If you are creating a piece of art for Weiskamp instead of paying the fee, please read the following:

• The piece for Weiskamp is in addition to the one you will create for yourself. Design something for you AND something for Weiskamp.
• Design the piece to fit on an 11×17 or 12×15 poster
• You may include one block of the following text on your piece, or leave room for Weiskamp to add the text themselves:
  Weiskamp Screen Printing
  512 e Green Street
  Champaign il, 61821
  217-521-9921
  
  OR
  
  Weiskamp Screen Printing
  312 S. Neil St.
  Champaign,IL 61820
  217-398-8428
• See attached examples to get an idea of what Weiskamp is looking for.
• As always, email us at info@thecudo.org with any questions!
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We really appreciate all of the support and feedback we’ve received, and are looking forward to planning even more exciting events! With over 400+ people attending, we are extremely grateful for all of the help we’ve had with spreading the word. Keep up the Pecha Kucha spirit!

We’re already working on PK Vol. 3, so if you’re interested in becoming a presenter, joining the PK C-U team, or want to help out in any way, let us know! Contact: pechakuchaCU@thecudo.org

Keep an eye open for the presentations online, news, pictures, and more updates. Again, thank you for helping us pull this off, this event would not be possible without all of the help and support from the community!

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