This past summer at Art Center, I participated in a sponsored transdisicplinary class through our Designmatters program. We created 25 posters for the 61st DPI NGO conference in Paris, France celebrating the 60th Aniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. I was honored to have 6 of my designs chosen by jury to be part of the final show, which can be seen on my website.
Tonight, I attended the local reception and show opening at the Pasadena Central Library. The mayor various Pasadena Socialites and various county and state representatives were in attendance. It was great to be a part of such a great project. There is so much emphasis (at least for me) at Art Center about making strong design work that builds a great portfolio that will open doors and land me a great job. It was refreshing to "use my design powers for good" and remember that communication can help people and be a force for real change in the world.
For me the most exciting part of the evening was one one of my instructors set me up with a writer from PRINT magazine to do a brief interview about our class project that may run in their next issue. Fingers crossed and knock on wood about that happening. The other part was when i was interviewed on camera for local Pasadena TV. Yeah um that was kinda sorta fun but i felt a lot like Ricky Bobby....."i'm not sure what to do with my hands" kinda thing.
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