ROLLING ON THE RIVER!

Ai New York City's hard-working staff and faculty were invited to a luncheon aboard Spirit Cruises "Spirit of New York" on Friday, September 16. Those that participated had a picture-perfect day, great food and beverage and a longer than usual lunch period. The cruise was a great way for everyone to relax, bond and see the sites of NYC.

The "brain child" behind this popular event (now in it's third summer) is HR's own Camille Bateman with the assistance of Dianna Harper. Great job ladies!

Some photos of the event appear above.

INTERIOR DESIGN SHINES IN THE GALLERY

The Ai New York City Community is invited to view at their leisure the wonderful exibition curated by the ID students and faculty under the expert guidance of Interior Design Department Chair (and Co-Chair of the Gallery Committee), Anthony Caradonna.

The work is on display in Ai New York City's Gallery on the first floor and can be viewed during normal school hours from Monday, August 29, until Monday, September 19, 2011. The work consists of a wide range of student projects from various drawing and design studios.

Some photos appear above. Congratulations to all on a job well done!

EAT DESSERT FIRST!

Ai New York City Staff and faculty were treated to an hour-long ice cream social at 12 noon this afternoon in the third floor employee lounge.

A Good-Humor ice cream cart was on hand and staffers/faculty got to sample classic treats such as ice cream sandwiches, sundae cones, frozen fruit bars and other tempting chilled delights. Ai New York City Human Resources Director, Camille Bateman and Human Resources Generalist, Dianna Harper donned chef's hats and aprons and greeted the staff who stopped by. A photo of the two appears above.

HELVETICA ANYONE?

No ... it is not a type of cheese, but the most pervasive type style known to the graphic arts.

Ai New York City GD Instructor Marcos Chavez took his Typography I students on an exploration of this popular type font and asked them to reconstruct each letter in the Extra Bold version of the font out of various foods such as candy, vegetables, wasabi and even salad dressing! He outlines the process below:

"... Students worked in teams in the context of a photo shoot to (work against the clock) to create and execute the full alphabet within 1 class period. During the following week teams worked together to layout the letters into a full alphabet, words, and sentences in order to better understand kerning (letter and word spacing), leading (the amount of spaces between sentences). Students laid out a classic typographic sentence that contains each letter of the alphabet (The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.)."

Marcos did the same project with his students last year and a video of the process appears below:
http://vimeo.com/10409897

Photos of this year's project appear above.
Great job everyone!

"BETWEEN THE LINES" NOW ON THE FIFTH FLOOR

The Ai New York City Community can view a "wallscape" of last summer's rave fashion show "Between the Lines" on the fifth floor, starting at the wall across from the student lounge and winding its to the hallway at the right (past Dave Moughalian's office), then to the left at the end of the hallway.


Please check it out!

POST-ITS AND PIZZA - POSTSCRIPT

AIGA Student Chapter, under the expert supervision of Ai New York City GD Faculty Marcos Chavez and SuZen, showed that there are more uses of Post-It notes than meets the eye. On Friday, August 19, students decorated the 7th Floor wall space in a colorful citiscape using four different colors of Post-Its. The process took four hours to complete and the space will be the chapter's display space for future happenings.

If any Graphic Design students are interested in joining AIGA, please contact SuZen or Marcos Chavez.

Check out the photos above ... Great job everyone!

POST-ITS AND PIZZA ANYONE?

The Ai New York City community is invited to join Ai New York City Graphic Design instructor Marcos Chavez for an "AIGA collaborative happening" on Friday, August 19 at 5 p.m. on the seventh floor (near the bathrooms). AIGA is an acronym for American Institute for Graphic Arts and is the oldest and largest professional graphic arts organization. For more information on this organization please click on the following link: http://www.aiga.org/About/

The "happening" will entail decorating the wall with Post-It notes and designing the new display panel. The entire community is invited to participate ... Post-Its and pizza will be provided ... just bring your creativity!

Stay tuned for photos and follow-up story!