Kutztown University Communication Design

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Upcoming Events and Accomplishments

Senior Portfolio Review

Thursday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m.
If you are a student please visit your site to register. If you are a business or professional interested in reviewing portfolios please visit this site.

Etsy — “A Day in the Life at Etsy...”

Thursday, April 25, 2013
6pm.
Sharadin Art Building

Jason Huff and Dylan Greif will talk about how they do product design at Etsy. They will start by explaining the unique culture at Etsy, review their design principles, and dig into our methodology. You'll see how they iterate our way to good design and continue to push for improvement in a endless, feedback-driven process.

Rob Weychert Lecture — “From Self-centered to User-centered...”

Friday, April 19, 2013
6pm.
Sharadin Art Building

This event will be open to the public. More details to come. To learn more about Rob, please visit his site at http://robweychert.com.

Designathon

Friday & Saturday, April 12-13, 2013
6pm-6pm.
Sharadin Art Building

Designathon is a 24-hour event where teams of volunteer Communication Design students along with professors and alumni, design and produce pro-bono creative works for non-profits.

For more information visit the site or to get a fax copy of the application form, please e-mail Professor Summer Doll-Myers at dollmeyers@kutztown.edu

PASSHE approves MFA in Communication Design!

The program is scheduled to begin for fall of 2014. More details to come in May of 2013 after NASAD plan approval process is complete.

Tom Whalen Poster Show

Monday, August 27 through May 2013
Sharadin 3rd Floor

New Faculty!

The CD department welcomes back Prof. Summer Doll-Myers and Prof. Ann Lemon and is pleased to have them continue their contributions to the advertsigins and design concentrations. We are also please to announce the tenure-track hire of Prof. Josh Miller in the interactive design concentration. We look forward to integrating Josh's creativity and expertise with web programming and experience in interactive installations to our curriculum.

AIGA Student Chapter website.

Check it out at www.kutztown.edu/activities/clubs/aiga/

Past Events

David Bullock Return of the CD Grads

Thursday, October 18
1:00-3:00 in the SUB Alumni Auditorium.

Ross Moody
55hi’s

Who is that gorgeous specimen? That's me. Hello, my name is Ross Moody and I am currently the one man operation behind 55 Hi's.

What is 55 Hi's? 55 Hi's (Fifty-Five Highz) began in 2010 as a simple means of spreading inspiring quotes and quirky ideas. It has since spiraled out of control—in the best way possible—into an online greetings collective, of sorts. A destination for graphic goodness, tasteful typography, and artful alliteration. At 55 Hi's, sincere life lessons are laid delicately onto French paper where they frolic joyfully, side-by-side with cards that become shot glasses. Why? Because both of those things will make you smile, and smiling is a nice thing. Design. Inspire. Smile.

Who are you? Well, like I said My name is Ross. I'm a Taurus and I like fun facts in organized bullets. Like this:

I've eaten pizza almost every day for the past 3 years.
I have been known to write some music from time to time.
I lost my state's semi final spelling bee in 5th grade on the word Glen. It's a small mogul or hill apparently. I gave it two n's
One day I am going to own a Dachsund named Benson and I'm going to give him treats.

and Deb Brandt (Schutt), owner of Moxie House LLC, a design and marketing studio based in Lancaster, PA.
Fig Lancaster
Moxie House

Almost 20 years ago, with a degree in Communication Design from Kutztown University, Deborah headed to New York City to launch a career in the luxury goods industry. After working for several years at a midtown design
studio, she became an Art Director at Ralph Lauren Fragrances, and then the Creative Director at Parfum Givenchy, part of the LVMH luxury goods group.

Ultimately wanting to make a local impact through good design, Deborah returned to her hometown of Lancaster in 1999 to start her own studio, Moxie House. With the mission, 'Design for Good,' Deborah and her Moxie House team brought fresh, unexpected, effective communication to small and mid-sized businesses in her community.

Through this work, Deborah recognized the need for a unified marketing piece that celebrated Lancaster's rapidly evolving downtown—and the Fig® communications package was born. Under Deborah's creative direction, Fig®, a hyper-local print, web and social media package, has offered both voice and vision for the City of Lancaster's revitalization over the past seven years. (In addition, Deborah and her team at Moxie House have packaged Fig® for other communities, expanding two years ago into Media and West Chester, Pennsylvania.)

Passionate about community, Deborah injects her work with an unabashedly positive voice that resonates with readers and clients alike. Making a home in Lancaster with her husband and three children, Deborah's career path has come full circle to a place of purpose and invigorating professional challenge that keep life interesting in the hometown she loves.

Chip Kidd Lecture

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 7pm.
Academic Forum 200.

Open to the public. For more information about book designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd visit these links

Time Magazine

Wiki Entry

Ken Barber of House Industries lecture

Friday, April 20, 2012
TBA.
Alumni Auditorium
McFarland Student Union Building

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