SDCC Graphic Design: Candice Lopez

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Sunday, August 23, 2015

sdcc.gd THE FUTURE STARTS TODAY

San Diego City College Graphic Design is excited to announce a new identity and site/blog as we begin our Fall 2015 semester. sdcc.gd

Our original artful identity visible in the upper right corner of this blog has served us well for many years and was created by an exceptional City College graphic design alumni Joel Sotelo.

This Fall semester we usher in a new era at SDCC with sparkling new facilities and classrooms and a gifted new full time faculty member Sean Bacon. We turned to another talented SDCC alumni Abe Vizcarra to craft the future. We believe our new identity communicates the essential character of our program in a vibrant, fresh, enthusiastic tone. The strong elemental forms and bold visual language with a straightforward approach speaks to our program's early emphasis on design process, form, color, type and conceptual thinking.

Dynamic and diverse, urban and forward thinking, friendly and inviting. Connected to our colorful past but relevant to the present and timeless enough to work well in the future. We are here to ignite inspiration and student success, helping designers find their voice, shape their story and make a difference.

GRATEFUL to Abe for his many long hours and dedication to help us create and refine our vision and viewpoint. The field of graphic design is both creative and contextually aware and the simple cohesiveness of this system juxtaposes well with City's urban setting. To complement the new identity our new full time faculty member Assistant Professor Sean Bacon created a new site/blog. His dedication and drive out of the starting gate is everywhere you look. When students arrive to the Art/Humanities building they will see new signage and visual changes to our lab and classrooms that showcase our new identity.

Save the date: Friday September 18th for a big SDCC Graphic Design celebration. The future is bright. Thanks to all our students and alumni who follow our blog. Starting today remember to visit sdcc.gd to stay connected. See you there!

Candice Lopez//AIGA Fellow

Saturday, February 7, 2015

March 13, 2015 Dialogues: Poster Art of the Soviet Union

Dialogues: Poster Art of the Soviet Union

OPENING: Friday March 13, 2015 6-9pm

City Gallery

San Diego City College

AH 314

1508 C Street

In 1989 the Soviet government offered an opportunity to U.S. Citizens-a chance to view contemporary Soviet life through the loan of 75 posters. They were displayed at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art and dealt with political themes, social issues and the arts in the period between Perestroika to Glasnost. The original show was organized by members of AIGA San Diego chapter and supported by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. The show went on to other U.S. locations as part of a traveling exhibition sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

Dialogues: Poster Art of the Soviet Union was created and organized by the faculty and students of the San Diego City College graphic design program. Thanks to Ron Miriello, the owner of the poster collection for sharing these treasures with our community. Soviet historical posters are featured alongside new works created by contemporary artists, designers and illustrators for Dialogues. Like their historical counterparts the contemporary works feature political, social and arts themes but include a visual or conceptual reference to Soviet culture. This show will be free and open to the public at the stunning new City Gallery and will run from March 13-April 13, 2015.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Union Tribune Article: City College Turns 100

City College turns 100
Institution hits milestone with new buildings, goals
By Karen Kucher
Aug. 15, 2014
In 1914, a junior college welcomed its first class of 34 students to a school with no teacher of its own, set up in borrowed space at San Diego High School.

From that humble beginning, the institution eventually known as San Diego City College has grown and matured, taking on shifting roles to meet the needs of the city. Well known for its workforce development and training programs, the college has launched the careers of nurses, graphic designers, broadcasters and business leaders.

As it celebrates its centennial, City College today occupies 60 acres on the eastern edge of downtown, an urban campus that boasts $450 million worth of classrooms and labs built in the past few years. It enrolls 18,000 students each fall.

The dramatic transformation of the college, attended by more than 1 million students since it was launched, takes even longtime professors by surprise.

Candice López, who has taught at the college for 25 years, cried the first time she saw the new classrooms and lab she’ll be using this fall for her graphics design classes. The modern spaces have floor-to-ceiling windows, built-in projectors and screens, ample storage space and huge white boards just waiting for brainstorming sessions. In comparison, her dark, 1950s-era classroom had orange tile floors and fabric-covered cork squares where work was hung with tacks.

“It is almost like the voters dropped from the sky this gift on an institution that is so worthy, and it is really incredible what is possible with these facilities,” said López, referring to the $1.55 billion in bond measures financing the San Diego Community College District’s recent building boom. “The leap is so huge from what we didn’t have to what we do have it is kind of a shock.”

College officials have held activities throughout the year to mark the 100-year milestone and have a number of events planned in early September, including a fundraising gala, a student spirit day and a community open house.

Centennial events
September 8: City College Foundation Gala at The Prado in Balboa Park.
September 9: Student Spirit DaySept. 10: Launch of City College “wrapped” trolley
September 11: Community Open House

The campus is decked out in banners and posters created by design students who took a centennial branding class last fall. An advertising wrap created by students will adorn a Metropolitan Transit System trolley car that will be unveiled next month.

Anthony Beebe, president of City College, marveled at the foresight of city and school leaders to create San Diego Junior College, the fifth such institution in the state. (The name changed to City College in 1961.) He said many community colleges in California weren’t formed until the 1960s.

“There’s not a lot of colleges that have been around that long,” Beebe said. “That was a unique innovative thought process that was going on with the community back then.”

Steven Schoenherr, a retired University of San Diego history professor, wrote a 252-page book on City College. He said he didn’t know much about the college and the important role it played in the city before his project, including the way the development of the campus spawned downtown urban renewal following World War II.

“You get a sense of the place if you see it first hand,” he said, recalling his first walk around the campus. “That was an eye-opening experience. That told me how important the college was, how many things it was doing. All the buildings are not just there to look at but are performing an important function.”

In recent years, City College has been recognized for the amount of community service performed by its students, for its efforts to encourage research and for its jazz radio station.

López says there’s something special about City College — with its urban location, diverse student body and strong links to the community. She said some of its students, including those who come from other countries, seem “hungrier” for education.

“They want to do things with their lives and they have this unique voice and viewpoint that needs to be heard,” she said. “I know there aren’t enough people of color in the design profession. I feel like City College is an open door and it is a bridge that allows those voices to be heard.”

John Markley, a 76-year-old professor who teaches in the English department, said City College is “one of the friendliest places you could ever be” where students help other students and teachers focus on helping students be successful.

“Our mission is teaching, we go after people who can teach,” said Markley, who has been at the college since 1970. “We don’t have to write books to move up the academic ladder.”

The biggest change he’s seen in his career has been the increase of students going part time as they complete their studies. When he started, most students attended full-time.

Some notable graduates from the college include Josh Higgins, who was design director of the 2012 Obama re-election campaign and now works as communications design team manager at Facebook; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Hasemyer; Costco founder Jim Sinegal; writer/film producer Cameron Crowe and professional baseball player Sergio Mitre.

Markley said Crowe was 16 when he took his writing class one summer. A few weeks into the course, he asked if Markley would drop him if he left for a week to hang out with a rock band.

The professor told Crowe — who went on to be an editor at Rolling Stone and to write Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous — that he could remain enrolled in the class and to be sure to keep a diary while he was gone.

“He could write. He was a really bright guy.,” Markley said. “I should have kept that diary.”

Beebe said he’s excited to welcome alumni and community members to see the campus during Founder’s Week. People who haven’t been there for awhile will be very surprised, he said.

“They are going to be absolutely blown away,” Beebe said. “That Open House is going to be an important part of kicking off a new era of connection with the community and a new chance for them to see what community college is all about.”

Beebe said his vision for the college moving ahead is to take a leadership role in promoting social responsibility and civility and to address such topics as homelessness, environmental issues and human trafficking and to encourage students to try to find solutions. “We want that curriculum to be tied to what’s important in this community,” he said.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/15/san-diego-city-college-turns-100-centennial/?#article-copy

Sunday, July 27, 2014

How to find your first job in design

Here's a great article for the AIGA website: How to find your first job
Check out our San Diego City College graphic design portfolios at this link.

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Travel through History with Graphic Designers

To celebrate the 2014 centennial of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, designers from across the United States were asked to make a social, political or cultural statement about one year in AIGA's history. Participants include Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, Paula Scher, Woody Pirtle, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Primo Angeli, Carin Goldberg, Kit Hinrichs, Tom Geismar, George Tscherny, Michael Osborne, Sean Adams, Ellen Lupton, Michael Vanderbyl, Jennifer Morla, Eric Madsen, Ivan Chermayeff, Noreen Morioka, Chip Kidd, Michael Beirut, Charles Anderson, Dana Arnett, Rick Valicenti, Debbie Millman, Clement Mok, Louise Sandhaus, DJ Stout, Steff Geisbuhler, Clive Piercy, Augustín Garza, Terry Marks and local San Diegans Bennett Peji and Candice López with many others. The work is now being printed and was used at the 2014 AIGA Centennial Gala in New York City.

Click on this link to view the AIGA Centennial Historical Timeline and click on the arrows to travel through history from a designer's perspective.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

San Diego City College Portfolio Class 2014

It's our centennial year at San Diego City College and the 2014 graduating class participated in the city-wide American Institute of Graphic Arts San Diego portfolio review. Competing against four year universities and private schools in 2013 our students took top honors. Once again this year our hard working students rolled up their sleeves and brought home first, second and third place overall. City students also won best cross cultural design, identity and branding, interactive design, packaging, photography, publication design and sustainability. Our students also took the 3 student choice awards being recognized by their peers for the best portfolio books. A big shout out to these incredibly dedicated students, SDCC design faculty, our colleagues in the photography department, supporters and alumni who gave so much to help launch their careers.

The San Diego City College Portfolio Class is taught by Sean Bacon and Candice López.
We wholeheartedly thank everyone who supported our students. Please take a look at their portfolios by clicking on the orange links.

Erick Bautista

Erick Bautista
THIRD PLACE OVERALL AT THE AIGA SAN DIEGO PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Best Interactive Portfolio
Student Choice Award: 2nd place
Portfolio
Website
Behance

Interactive Work by Erick Bautista

Aliya Bora

Aliya Bora
Portfolio
Video
Website

Isis Hotel Branding by Aliya Bora

Nina Calderaro

Nina Calderaro
Portfolio
Website

Captura Camera Packaging by Nina Calderaro

Eli Cornejo

Eli Cornejo
Portfolio
Website

Wild Publication Design by Eli Cornejo

Christine David

Christine David
Portfolio
Website

Atman Hotel Branding by Christine David

Brent Englehart

Brent Englehart
Portfolio
Website

Signet Hotel Branding by Brent Englehart

Alan Ferguson

Alan Ferguson
Best Environmental Graphic Design
Portfolio

City Guides Branding by Alan Ferguson

Lulubi Garcia

Lulubi Garcia
SECOND PLACE OVERALL AT THE AIGA SAN DIEGO PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Best Publication Design
Student Choice Award: First Place [Tie]
Portfolio
Website

Posters for an exhibition of Luis Barragan by Lulubi Garcia

Veronika Glazunova

Veronika Glazunova
Portfolio
Website

Populuxe Stationery System and Branding by Veronika Glazunova

Luis Hernandez

Luis Hernandez
Portfolio

Publication Design by Luis Hernandez

Zane Hunker

Zane Hunker
Portfolio
Website

General Transport Designs by Zane Hunker

Gaby Jaya

Gabriella Jaya

Best Sustainability

Portfolio
Website

Geothermal Museum Poster by Gaby Jaya

Rosa Jijon

Rosa Jijon
Portfolio

Skogen Packaging by Rosa Jijon

Kathryn Labanosky

Kathryn Labanosky
Portfolio

SimpleCoat Packaging by Kathryn Labanosky

Alicia López

Alicia López
Best Photography
Portfolio

Franks Hotel Branding by Alicia López

Damian Luna

Damian Luna
Portfolio

Radicondoli Wine Packging by Damian Luna

Pamela Mabrey

Pamela Mabrey
Portfolio
Website

Aeolian Publication and Branding by Pamela Mabrey

Bradford Prairie

Bradford Prairie
FIRST PLACE OVERALL AT THE AIGA SAN DIEGO PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Best Branding and Identity
Student Choice Award: First Place [Tie]
Portfolio