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Design Graduate Show, April 23-28, 2009 |
The School of Design will
host its annual exhibition showcasing some of the best student works from the Graphic Design, Game Design and Design Management
students.
Exhibition Dates: April 23-28, 2008 (9 am to 5 pm)
Reception: Thursday, April 23, 2009 (6 pm - 8 pm)
Location: School of Design, 230 Richmond Street East
Please RSVP by April 17, 2009 with rsvp@yeso9.ca
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School
of Design Grand Opening Night November 14, 2008
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The official opening of 230 Richmond Street East, home to the School of Design, Institute
of Entrepreneurship and Community Innovation and Continuing Education takes place on Friday, November 14, 2008.
The evening starts with a Welcome Address by President Anne Sado and Paul Rowan,
Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, School of Design.
The Guest Speaker for the evening is Dean Martin, Creative Director of Cundari sfp. Dean
will be discussing the theme of creative hubs and industry trends in design.
A panel of industry leaders will have an opportunity to respond and provide their views.
The panel members include:
- Nicole Vallée
President
Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD Ontario)
- Brian Howlett
President
The Advertising and Design Club of Canada (ADCC)
- Thomas Dannenberg
Past President
Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications (CAPIC)
This will be followed by tours and interactive stops throughout the building including NOXON
Exhibition, Button Press Demos, Caricatures and Live Drawing and Guitar Hero with a reception to follow.
Please R.S.V.P. November 7, 2008. |
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Designing
Experience. Can Design Improve Our Behaviour? October 29, 2008 |
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Please note: This event has been cancelled. |
Art
Showcase course (Art 1023) |
Course showcases top industry talent: Art and Design Foundation
students with Professor Elve Foote-Weelink (left), and speakers Richard St. John (third from left) and Don Fraser (right)
in the Art Showcase course.
The Art Showcase course (Art 1023) brings a series of notable speakers into the college to inform students
about career possibilities and paths. St. John and Fraser kicked off the series with a lively session about college survival
skills. Fraser, a former Durham College professor, gave out practical tips for succeeding at college, while St. John spoke
about how to succeed in life, based on interviews with successful people. Students need to find their passion, work hard, push
out of their comfort zone, and always look for new ideas, he said in a fast-paced, humourous presentation.
"If you're a c' student don't panic," St. John said, "because the word success has two
c's and no a's." |
Design
Award of Excellence 2008 |
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The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario announced the 2008 annual student awards. George Brown graphic
design student Kristina Camara won this year’s "Shikatani Lacroix Award for Packaging” for
her project Take Your Time.
Honourable Mentions also went to George Brown graphic design students Noriko Fukui and Pamela Lucian. |
Report
Homophobic Violence, Period |
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The RHVP – Report Homophobic Violence, Period – Campaign is an initiative of the Toronto
Police Services Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) Community Consultative Committee in partnership with
numerous organizations in the Toronto LGBT community, youth and health services and the City of Toronto.
The George Brown College School of Design is especially pleased to be partnered in this project, as the students participating
in the 3rd year work-study design program, StudioLab, were given the opportunity to design and produce the graphically powerful
poster and brochure components of the campaign, as well as contribute graphic content to the RHVP Public Service Announcement.
In consultation with Toronto Police Service Liaison Officer, Constable Thomas Decker, and the various LGBT organizations directly
involved in the project, and with guidance from instructor Jenny Lemieux, StudioLab students Justin Lee, Akua Agadzi, Francis
Luta, Nick Keogh, Joseph Liu and Elena Kromska developed the final graphic and distinctive “RHVP” text concept
to powerfully convey the message of the campaign – that all hate-motivated crime is a serious offence and any victims
and witnesses to such events should report them, and feel completely confident in doing so, to Police and the various other
services available to assist them in the reporting process.
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This campaign successfully culminated in an exciting media launch at Toronto Police Services headquarters on Friday, June
20th marking the commencement of Pride Week, with a full display of RHVP campaign material and StudioLab students in attendance.
In September, Toronto Police Services and LGBT organizations hope to gear up the RHVP Campaign again in Toronto District
School Board high schools.
For more information visit the Toronto Police Services website at http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/rhvp/ |
Upcoming
Seminar: The Whole Brain Designer - February 13, 2008 |
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 What
is the “Whole Brain Designer”? Join Paul Rowan, co-founder of Umbra and the Umbra Concept
Store, to learn more about using design in business. Paul will also describe “design assessment” as illustrated
through innovation, saleability, manufacturability, sustainability, form packaging and gross profit.
The Whole Brain Designer seminar is hosted by the School of Design and
takes place on February 13, 2008 at the Berkeley Church (315 Queen St. East). Seminar starts at 6 pm and is open to design
and business students. Please rsvp by February 6, 2008 using the online form.
Read more about the event and Paul Rowan. |
Class
of 2007 Year End Show |
Best of 07 Show and Awards.
On April 25, 2007 the School of Design hosted an evening at the St. Lawrence Hall to highlight the works from their top
graphic design students in the Class of 2007.
The School of Design partnered with the Consulate General of the Netherlands to feature guest speaker Max Bruinsma from
Holland. Mr. Bruinsma is an independent design critic, editor, curator and editorial designer. He is former editor of Eye,
the international review of graphic design in London.
The lecture was followed by the awards program for the graduating students in Graphic Design.
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Cathy Ferris, Design Manager at Umbra with Gertrude Wong, recipient of Umbra Award of Excellence |
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Luigi Ferrara, Director, School of Design with Rachel Roberts, recipient of Albina Skibicka Memorial
Bursary for Editorial |
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Max Bruinsma, guest speaker |
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School
of Design at George Brown College is Ranked Among Top Design Schools in the World by BusinessWeek |
The School of Design at George Brown College was ranked as one of the
best design programs according to the BusinessWeek survey of the world’s best design schools.
The Second Annual BusinessWeek survey highlights the growing role that schools contribute in supplying
creative managers to industry. The School of Design at George Brown College was the only Canadian design school to make the
list of 60 international institutions. The list highlights design programs that incorporate business strategy and business
programs that teach design as a tool for strategic advantage.
The School of Design offers programs in graphic design as well as post-graduate programs including Design
Management, Game Design and the Institute without Boundaries. The Institute without Boundaries provides students with an opportunity
to pursue hands on learning in the area of sustainable housing which includes student led research with industry partners such
as the Harbinger Foundation and Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation.
Find out more about the BusinessWeek
rankings. |
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George
Brown College hosts VORTEX 2007: Game Competition and Seminars - March 15, April 18, May 2 and May 30, 2007 |
Come Play with Us!
Join us for the launch of the VORTEX 2007: Game Competition.
Learn more about the VORTEX 2007: Game Competition and your chance to win the 2007 VORTEX Prize! Categories
include: mobile, internet, personal computer and console.
Bigger than ever this year, VORTEX 2007 focuses on the evolving world of video game trends, development
and production across a variety of platforms. Join us for a series of seminars and coaching sessions starting with Trends in
Gaming: Virtual Worlds, Social Gaming, Alternate Realities on March 15, 2007. Test the Game Mods created by
students in the Game Design Program at George Brown College and meet industry leaders.
Seminar dates: March 15, April 18, May 2, May 30 (6pm - 9pm)
Location: Institute without Boundaries (209 Adelaide St. East)
For more information, please visit www.vortexcompetition.org.
VORTEX 2007 is a partnership of George Brown College's School of Design, Women in Film and Television-Toronto,
and the McLuhan Festival of the Future. |
Student Award Winners –
Congratulations to the graphic design students for their winning works in the following:
(a) Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario Student Award 2006 –congratulations to
Jenny Vivar for receiving the Philip Sung Design Associates Award for Typography.
(b) Applied Arts Magazine October 2006 –congratulations to our student award winners Una Lee, Jenny Vivar and
Lily Kim for their winning works in the editorial categories. For more details visit www.appliedartsmag.com/students_winners.php
(c) Red Dot Award – congratulations to Lily Kim for her winning submission "Play with Learning"
with the prestigious Red Dot Award –Singapore. Designers form 40 countries took up the challenge to give their concepts a voice. The Awards
ceremony will be held in Singapore on November 24, 2006. For more details please visit www.red-dot.de.
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Innovates: Sustainable Building Book Launch, December
11, 2006 |
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The George
Brown School of Design is hosting a lecture
and book launch on Monday, December 11, 2006, 7-9
p.m.
Join us for an event celebrating
the launch of the book Canada Innovates:
Sustainable Design. Over 50 projects from
across Canada are featured including commercial,
residential and educational works.
Guest Speaker: Renée
Daoust of Daoust Lestage, Montreal
Renée Daoust's talk
will focus on her firm's work for the Caisse de
Dépôt et Placement du Québec
which showcases many innovations in the field os
bio-climatic and energy efficient design. Ms. Daoust
is a leading architect and urban designer. Her
projects include the International District of
Montreal, Ryerson's master plan and CBC's master
plan in Montreal.
Monday, December 11, 2006 at 7 pm
Institute without Boundaries (209 Adelaide St. East)
Please RSVP with your name and organization by
December 6 to
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For further information, please visit:
www.worldhouse.ca
www.institutewithoutboundaries.com
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RAW:
Design in Process is Rough
The School of Design at George Brown College invites you to RAW,
an exhibition highlighting the best from the Class of 2006 graphic design
students.
Guest speaker: Tom Dorresteijn from Studio
Dumbar of the Netherlands
"Raw Reality" - the challenges designers face in achieving great creative
results
Date: Thursday, May 4, 2006
(6-8 pm)
Location: George Brown College,
Financial Services Building, 290 Adelaide
Street East, Room 406
More details available at www.designshow.ca
To RSVP contact: Alice Lee (416) 415-5000x
2103 or alee@gbrownc.on.ca by
April 28, 2006
Download
the flyer in PDF* format (opens a
new window)
Director's
Design Competition
The School of Design at George Brown
College invites you to "Endangered
Species", an exhibition highlighting
the best from the Class of 2006 Art and Design
foundation students.
Date: Thursday, May
4, 2006 (6-8 pm)
Location: George Brown College, Financial Services Building,
Lobby,
290 Adelaide Street East.
[more
info] (pdf file opens in a new window)
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Anthony Dorion
Maple Leaf Gardens
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2006
Spring Lecture
March 23, 2006 at George Brown CollegeSeptember 17, 2009 East Room 406 (6-8 pm)
Guest Speaker: Tasos Calantzis presents "South
of Somewhere"
Some bright but not necessarily smart kids
from South Africa have tried to make a go
of it in the tough world of product design.
They may have actually begun to succeed by
winning two of the world's biggest design
prizes. This is their story.
To RSVP contact: Alice Lee (416) 415-5000x
2103 or alee@gbrownc.on.ca.
Download
the flyer in PDF* format (opens a
new window)
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Conceptual Origin
Class of 2005
Year End Show and Awards, April 27, 2005
The Year End Show and Lecture attracted around four
hundred attendees to this year’s event held
at the Distillery District’s Fermentation Cellar
on April 27, 2005. The evening provided an opportunity
to feature the works from the graphic design students
in the Class of 2005 to family, friends and industry
design professionals.
Find more information and
see the pictures from 2005 Awards Event...
DIVERSITY
SUSTAINED - SCHOOL OF DESIGN 2005 Director's
Design Competition, May 6 to May 31, 2005 in
association with CONTACT
05 Photography Festifal
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The School
of Design invites you and a
guest to attend the reception and award ceremony
for 2005 Director's Design Competition. An exhibition
of winning works by School of Design students
in conjunction with COSTI Immigrant Services
on the theme: DIVERSITY SUSTAINED.
Realtime Gallery,
Distillery Visitor Centre, 55
Mill Street, Building No. 3, Toronto, ON
RECEPTION
Thursday, May 5, 2005
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Please RSVP by April 29, 2005 to
(416) 866-8687
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IN THE NEWS
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The Massive Change exhibition at the AGO is
just one of the real-life projects created with students
at the George Brown College School of Design. It's
a new way of learning, connected to industry, employers and the
community.
A new way to
be prepared to take on the global challenges that face
the new designer.
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1-year Post-Graduate Programs:
Institute Without
Boundaries > Work on innovative public projects in the
Bruce Mau Design Studio
Design Management > Learn
business, marketing and management to enhance your
creative skills
Digital Design -
Advanced Digital Design > Develop application prototypes
in an intensive digital design program
Digital Design -
Game Design > Learn
the tools and gain the expertise to enter the electronic
entertainment industry
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Project
initiates change, Famous designer
trains interns, Metro News, March 8,
2005, by Carolyn Wong
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Imagine you
are an intern at a design studio and your first
assignment is to find 100 ideas being used to change
the world and present them to world-famous designer,
Bruce Mau.
[Read
the article...]
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MASSIVE
ACHIEVEMENT
George Brown College Fosters Innovative
Public/Private Educational Partnership,
The Institute without Boundaries
(Press Release)
On March 11, 2005, the insightful
and controversial exhibition Massive Change:
the Future of Global Design opens at the Art Gallery
of Ontario (AGO). The exhibition is part
of the Massive Change project, the result of a groundbreaking
collaboration
between Canada's internationally acclaimed
design guru Bruce Mau, and the students of the Institute
without Boundaries (IwB), an innovative partnership
between George Brown College and Bruce Mau Design
(BMD). [Read
the Press Release... - this file opens a new
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Massive
change a Hit for VAG
Students of the Institute
Without Boundaries (IWB) program from the School of
Design develop the Massive Change exhibit as their unique
learning experience with the Bruce
Mau Design Studio. [Read
the article...]
The
revolution according to Mau
Students of the "Institute
Without Boundaries"
program at George Brown College's School of Design,
form an integral part of the launch of the "Massive
Change" exhibit launched by Bruce
Mau studio
at the Vancouver Art Gallery on September 30th, 2004.
Institute Without boundaries, now in its second year,
made students responsible for researching, detailing
and articulating a future for design, which is the
core of the exhibit.
[Read the article...]
October
2004- New York City Excursion is open to ALL students in the Business & Creative
Arts programs
Director's
Design Competition Reception and Awards The School of
Design has partnered with the Canadian Urban Institute
in this year's design
competition on the "Public Realm". Students competed in three
categories: a postcard series, general photography, and
camera ready prints. [Read more in the
Showcase section...]
Graphic Design Best of Show 2004
Third year students in the School of Design prepare their Design Thesis projects
for the year end show. The top fifty are selected by faculty and industry which
are exhibited at the Design Exchange. Awards are presented in the following
categories:
Corporate Design
First place - Tihana Deanovic
Second place - Ian Clarke
Third place - Kristen Amies
Advertising
First place - Ted Rouse
Second place - Ramona Fernandes
Third place - Sal Stranges
Environmental Design
First place - Tammy Sims
Second place - Jennifer Clement
Third place - Dario Inzirillo
New Media Design
First place - Arjuna Samarakoon
Second place - Ty Flanagan
Third place - Josef Buttigieg
Illustration
Tonya Frenette
Michael del Mundo
Dylan Upper
Look at the pictures
from George Brown School of Design Students Awards 2004 Event
Meet the George Brown School
of Design Students 2004 and their works
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