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A site for students enrolled in a hybrid lecture/studio History of Graphic Design course, AVT 418/613, at George Mason University.
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10/20/2021
Beyond The Bauhaus: Moroccan Design Stories, with Shape and Soul | AIGA Design Educators Community
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Beyond The Bauhaus: Moroccan Design Stories, with Shape and Soul | AIGA Design Educators Community What if we engaged in a short dérive in an effort to examine stories that have not been told in design history? Guy Debord coined the concept of the dérive as an unplanned journey through spaces, where participants pause their everyday life routine to follow unexpected paths....
03/17/2021
Former Mason Professor Quigley exhibition!
02/18/2021
A Radical Examination of Queerness in Communist Propaganda Posters
Interesting read!
A Radical Examination of Queerness in Communist Propaganda Posters We’re all familiar with the “Communist aesthetic”—its bold graphics, hyperrealism, and often stark color schemes. Less familiar is the tender side of this ideology. In The Gay Agenda: Homoeroticism in Communist Propaganda, a provocative online discussion last month between film historian Bad...
Field Notes - United States of Letterpress
Terrific short film!
Our 48th Quarterly Limited Edition for the Fall of 2020 is the “United States of Letterpress,” which features the work of nine independent letterpress…
08/16/2020
Linocut process with printing on a Vandercook SP15!
11/29/2019
Coming next spring for the first hands-on letterpress course at Mason—reglets!
Sign up for AVT 419/496 Letterpress Printing today.
07/19/2019
Excited to hand over the Experiential class to Mel Parada this coming academic year—it’s going to be awesome!!
05/03/2019
Final portfolio production!
04/11/2019
Paper making!
01/27/2019
In Search of a New Eden
01/20/2019
Type bank is coming down to Mason tomorrow, just in time for the Spring semester!
01/12/2019
Working up new letterpress workshop materials, including quiz material!
01/03/2019
The Making of an Illuminated Manuscript - Blog
Amazing detail!
scribalworkshop.com The Making of an Illuminated Manuscript: Psalm 121 First the the parchment is cut, guidelines and margins are marked (drawn with a lead stylus or pressed in with a bronzed stylus or penned with brazilwood ink) Once this is done, the writing is completed with a goose quill and iron gall ink. leaving....
08/16/2018
Fall semester AVT 410 classes will have letterpress access on-site!
06/11/2018
Fascinating 1942 photos show the making of the New York Times, step by step
mashable.com Behind-the-scenes images capture the frantic and physical process of putting together a single edition of the Gray Lady.
American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print
From the Smithsonian traveling exhibition American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print, this video shows you the art of letterpress printing as practice...
Steel Petal Press - Letterpress Printing
Letterpress printing history, Steel Petal Press Chicago - printing on a C and P and an SP-15. Video by We are the Barkers
Adobe Illustrator
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Ever wonder what graphic design was like before Illustrator? #Ai30th
Master Penman Jake Weidmann | HUMAN
As the world grows increasingly digital, storied art forms like penmanship are quickly dying out. Old masters pass away, leaving behind a gaping void. Enter ...
02/08/2017
Magazine Gloss Paper
sciencechannel.com In order to create the shiny, gloss paper found in magazines, manufactures have found a way to take dirt found in Cornwall,England and turn it into a gold mine.
05/11/2016
Good typographic knowledge is essential for great design.
Letterpressed: The Holstee Manifesto
Terrific video!
More details on the print http://hlst.ee/Q9QV3p Take a dive into the world of master letter presser, and Holstee's first printer of the Holstee Manifesto, El...
03/23/2016
Juxtapoz Magazine - Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production
Looking forward to this!
www.juxtapoz.com It’s been roughly 30 years since the desktop computer revolutionized the way the graphic design industry works... It’s been roughly 30 years since the...
Before there was Photoshop | graphic design tools | Photoshop 25th anniversary
Follow along as Sean Adams mocks up a layout with a variety of traditional design tools. http://bit.ly/1MSKa2A Join lynda.com as we celebrate 25 years of Pho...
06/17/2015
Chase Mission Main Street Grants
Just need 74 more votes for us to be considered for this awesome grant for Glyph! If you haven't voting yet please try to do so before this Friday—we are so close!! We appreciate any support you can give us—and thanks in advance!
missionmainstreetgrants.com Chase's $2M Mission Main Street Grants program for Small Business is in full swing! Apply or vote today! Learn more here: www.missionmainstreetgrants.com
05/23/2015
Letterpress workshop at Lead Graffiti, Spring 2015!
02/11/2015
Brittany watching Adam preparing to ink up his relief cut for printing during last Fall's AVT 418 section.
01/12/2015
Linotype examples!
The Experiential History of Graphic Design
A short introductory video for a new experiential history of graphic design course taught a George Mason University.
Website is up for a trial run…
http://gdhistoryxp.org
04/02/2014
Experiential History of Graphic Design's cover photo
04/02/2014
Working on the class website via Squarespace; hope to have it up by mid-April.
09/15/2013
Experiential History of Graphic Design's cover photo
03/13/2013
Globe Poster Printing Fall 2011
03/12/2013
Spring 2012 AVT 613
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