San Diego City College Graphic Design Class of 2013

At the American Institute of Graphic Arts San Diego Portfolio Review the hard working, passionate students in our 2013 portfolio class pulled out all the stops to take home top honors. As a community college our students competed at this event with San Diego four year universities and private art and design schools.

Students from San Diego City College took first, second and third place overall.
Their vibrant work was also recognized by judges from the professional design community winning 14 of the 16 awards given. Their portfolios were judged as best in the following categories:
Advertising, Cross Cultural Design, Design for Good, Environmental Graphic Design, 
Identity and Branding, Illustration, Packaging, Publication Design, Sustainability and Typography.
Our students were also awarded by their peers all three Student's Choice honors and both Portfolio scholarship honors from Academy of Art San Francisco.
Please take a look at the incredible portfolios and websites of our 2013 SDCC Graphic Design Portfolio Class in alphabetical order...

JOAQUIN ALANIS

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner: 
First place overall.
Best Identity and Branding.
Academy of Art San Francisco Portfolio Scholarship.
Student Choice Award: 2nd place.

Joaquin Alanis Portfolio
Joaquin Alanis Website 

TERRI CAO

Terri Cao Portfolio  

PAULINE CAPOTE

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner: 
Best Design for Good.

Pauline Capote Portfolio
Pauline Capote Website

ETAH CHEN

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner: 
Third place overall.
Best Typography.
Student Choice Award: 1st place.


Etah Chen Portfolio

MAX DOLBERG

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner:
Best Photography.

Max Dolberg Portfolio
Max Dolberg Website























LEANNA JONES

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner:

Best Cross Cultural Design.

Leanna Jones Portfolio
Leanna Jones Website

HEBER MIRANDA

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner:
Best Environmental Graphic Design.

Heber Miranda Portfolio
Heber Miranda Website

APRIL MITCHELL

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner:
Best Illustration.

April Mitchell Portfolio
April Mitchell Website

FRANCIS DWIGHT NICHOLS

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner:
Best Publication Design.

Francis Dwight Nichols Portfolio
Francis Dwight Nichols Website

CHASE NUTTALL

Chase Nuttall Portfolio
Chase Nuttall Website

CINDI O'HANLON

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner:
Best Advertising.

Cindi O'Hanlon Portfolio

JASON PRICE

Jason Price Portfolio
Jason Price Website

NORMAN RAMOS

Norman Ramos Portfolio
Norman Ramos Website

VINA RATHAKOUNE

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner:
Best Sustainability.

Vina Rathakoune Portfolio

JULIANA TIPTON

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review 2013 Winner: 

Second place overall.
Best Packaging.
Academy of Art San Francisco Portfolio Scholarship.
Student Choice Award: 3rd place.

Juliana Tipton Portfolio
Juliana Tipton Website

RICK WAGNER

Rick Wagner Portfolio
Rick Wagner Website 

Thanks to the San Diego design community and many scholarship sponsors of this event for their time, support, dedication to students and contributions to the 2013 city wide portfolio review. Appreciation to event sponsors Art Center College of Design and Savannah College of Art and Design. Special thanks to AIGA Education Chair MaeLin Levine for her innovations in organizing this year's dynamic review. Thanks to Mary Scott at Academy of Art for awarding special scholarships at the event in recognition of student work.

The SDCC Design portfolio teachers are Sean Bacon and Candice López. Lisa Starace teaches our portfolio process class. A shout out to contract faculty member Andrea Singer and our adjunct instructors, Amy Becraft, Amy Levine, MaeLin Levine, Rafael López, Julie Warren, Julie Willis and lab tech Eugene Brown. Special thanks to our colleagues in the photography department for all their support, David Eichinger, David King and George Tubon. We thank department chairs June Richards and Alicia Rincon and Dean Trudy Gerald for their generosity and leadership.

Congratulations to all the students and educators from San Diego area programs who keep our design community strong.

SDCC 2013 Portfolio Class 

Lining up for the AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review

Next Saturday May 11 is the big event. Jasmine Jimenez snapped this shot of San Diego City College students lining up last week to select reviewers. Fifteen stellar students will be putting their work out there next week. Students will participate in 30 minute interview/reviews with top tier industry professionals and will compete for cash scholarships. We are exceptionally proud of the hard working 2013 class and students, friends and family can attend the event for a $20 registration fee. To sign up or get more information please visit this link. AIGA San Diego 2013 Review

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review. Saturday May 11th.

Graduates: Portfolio Review Registration: Saturday April 27th
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST SERVED: Saturday 7:30am-10:30am

Portfolio Review Schedule
PORTFOLIO DISPLAY SET-UP: Friday May 10th 6-8pm, Saturday 7:30am-8:00am
You must set-up table displays on Friday night, with last minute touch-up on Saturday morning.
REVIEW: Saturday May 11th
STUDENT REVIEW AND STUDENT CHOICE VOTING: Saturday 8:00am-9:00am
PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS: 9:15am-9:45am and 10:00-10:30am
You will have 30 minutes to discuss your work and then the second 30 minute review will commence.
LIGHT LUNCH SERVED: All student’s leave and enter the Rotunda 11:00am-11:30am
SPEAKER: You will then enter the theater for a special guest speaker, Bennett Peji, meanwhile the
professionals are judging all the portfolios 11:30am-12:30pm
AWARD PRESENTATION: 1:00pm in the theater
EXHIBITION OPEN TO FAMILY/FRIENDS: 12:30-3:00 Everyone must pay an entry fee of $20.

2850 6TH AVENUE LOBBY AT 9:00AM. Student’s must show-up and register for the portfolio review. Student’s will choose two reviewers from a list of professionals. You will also sign up for a category of speciality, these categories afford you the opportunity to place beyond just the top three portfolios. The cost of the review is $60, due at the registration and non-refundable. Observers are welcome to attend the review, the cost for observers is $20. 

Alumni Abe Vizcarra @ NIXON

April has arrived and wanted to showcase the amazing work of SDCC Alumni Abe Vizcarra.
Check out his stellar branding and identity work for NIXON at these links:

http://www.nixon.com/tide/
http://www.nixon.com/audio
http://www.nixon.com/soundclash/
http://www.nixon.com/holiday-gift-guide/
http://www.nixon.com/valentines-gift-guide/gifts.html

SDCC Graphic Design Portfolios

View some of our portfolios:

Thanks to SDCC portfolio class alumni who have posted their work to share. Please click on the links to view their stellar portfolios. Students who attend San Diego City College create portfolio books that can be used to obtain transfer to four year design programs or get an entry level job in the field of graphic design. Please click on the orange links next to each name to view their portfolio.

2012
Jesus Aguilera Portfolio
Desiree Aspiras Portfolio
Sonya Calderon Portfolio

Ying-Jen Lai Portfolio

Judie Le Portfolio

Larisa Mamonova Portfolio
Rachel Wright Portfolio

Spring 2013 Graphic Design Program

Art: Graphic Design
Living in an information-seeking society, we are surrounded by words and pictures. It is the task of the graphic designer to research, analyze, organize and make artistic order out of chaos. Graphic design students must learn to speak a global visual language and develop an awareness of the meanings and power of symbols and words. The products and services they design and promote will make a social and ecological impact. An emphasis is placed on using design to make a difference through social and humanitarian projects and practices.
Program Emphasis
Early emphasis is on the design process, form, color and typography. The elements and principles of design are applied to projects which include packaging, magazine production, and design and production of posters, logos and brochures. Guided by instructors who are working design professionals, students learn to design for the real world. They make decisions about issues of concept, format, imagery, type, printing and methodology. Computer and traditional methods are used to solve graphic problems. The program culminates in a professional portfolio which can be used to continue studies to a four-year university or obtain employment. The portfolio is critiqued by practicing design advisors and alumni.
Faculty Office and Contact Email
Candice Lopez T-310A  calopez@sdccd.edu
Andrea Singer T-309A  asinger@sdccd.edu
Career Options
Some careers in graphic design-related work require education beyond the associate degree. This list is not all-inclusive: advertising designer, art director, environmental graphic designer, graphic designer, type designer, illustrator, and magazine/editorial designer, multimedia designer, web page designer.
Academic Programs
Major requirements for an emphasis in graphic design for the certificate and associate degree require completion of the courses listed below. Additional general education and graduation requirements for the associate degree are listed in the catalog. The associate degree requires a minimum of 60 units.
Certificate of Achievement: Visual and Performing Arts, Graphic Design
Students are provided with skills for entry-level employment in the graphic design field while also developing a portfolio in graphic design for jobs and/or specific university admission requirements.
*NOTE Take all beginning level classes first, followed by intermediate and advanced as the classes build on skills learned in previous courses.
BEGINNING LEVEL
ARTG 100, Basic Graphic Design
ARTG 106, Typography
ARTG 125, Digital Media
ARTG 118, Graphic Design History
ART G 174A, Book Arts or ART G 120, Illustration
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
ARTG 124, Intermediate Graphic Design I :Page Layout
ARTG 133, Intermediate Graphic Design II: Identity Systems and Packaging
ARTG 206, Advanced Typography
ADVANCED LEVEL
ARTG 148A, Portfolio A [Fall only]
ARTG 148B, Portfolio B [Spring only]

SUGGESTED ELECTIVES
ARTG 144, Web Page Design
ARTG 148C, Portfolio Building
ARTG 174B, Book Arts II

Associate in Arts Degree: Visual and Performing Arts, Graphic Design
The associate degree program offers employment skills, development of a portfolio in graphic design and offers courses for preparation for university transfer.
BEGINNING
ARTF 110, Art History: Prehistoric to Gothic
ARTF 111, Art History: Renaissance to Modern
ARTG 100, Basic Graphic Design
ARTG 106, Typography .
ARTG 118, Graphic Design History
ARTG 174A, Book Arts OR ARTG 120, Illustration
ARTG 125, Digital Media
INTERMEDIATE
ARTG 124, Intermediate Graphic Design I
ARTG 133, Intermediate Graphic Design II
ARTG 206, Advanced Typography
ADVANCED
ARTG 148A, Portfolio A [Fall only]
ARTG 148B, Portfolio B [Spring only]
Recommended electives: Art- Graphic Design 144, 148C, 174B, 270, 290;
Photography 100, 105.

Mark you Calendars March 15: ART CENTER at SDCC

So looking forward to a visit from our good friends at Art Center College of Design and Nik Hafermaas. You can view a recent project at San Jose Airport and hear the incredibly inspiring Chair of Design speak at San Diego City College on March 15. He will be joined by Art Center illustration alumni Rafael López. Plan to join us Friday evening from 7-9pm in the Saville Theatre on the San Diego City College campus for this FREE event. You are welcome to bring your friends and family. Thanks for spreading the good word.

There is free parking that evening right next to the college theatre. Make sure to park in LOT 8.

Please RSVP by clicking on this link: ART CENTER IN SAN DIEGO