San Diego City College Graphic Design Portfolio Class of 2015

The San Diego City College Graphic Design Class of 2015 under the outstanding leadership of Professor Sean Bacon brought home more honors than any other design program in San Diego once again. The hardworking class took 13 of the 17 awards at the 2015 American Institute of Graphic Arts San Diego Portfolio Review. These included Best Identity and Branding, Best Interactive, Best Environmental Graphic Design, Best Sustainability, Best Packaging, Best Design for Good, Best Handmade Design, Best Advertising, Best Designer as Entrepreneur, Best Cross Cultural Design and the Student Choice Award as well as Second and Third Place Overall. Here are links to the work of the 2013 and 2014 Portfolio classes showcasing the strong tradition of exceptional work by San Diego City College at the American Institute of Graphic Arts reviews.

 Please take a look at the incredible portfolios of our 2015 class.

Mel Acevedo

Mel Acevedo
Portfolio
Website

Gabrielle Aleman

Gabrielle Aleman 
AIGA Winner: Best Handmade
Portfolio
Website

James Allen

James Allen
Portfolio
Website

Yvonne Anaya

Yvonne Anaya
AIGA Winner: Best Designer as Entrepreneur
Portfolio

Gladys Becerra

Gladys Becerra
Portfolio
Website

Michael Connors

Michael Connors
Portfolio
Website

Jake Gavino

Jake Gavino
AIGA Winner: Student Choice Award
Portfolio 
Website

Tessa Hatleid

Tessa Hatleid
Portfolio

Kekoa Hudgens

Kekoa Hudgens
Portfolio

William Inglis

William Inglis
Portfolio
Website

Lindsay Jonkers

Lindsay Jonkers
AIGA Winner: Second Place Overall
AIGA Winner: Best Identity and Branding
Portfolio

Bridget Kilgallon

Bridget Kilgallon
AIGA Review Winner: Best Interactive
Website

Harry Kim

Harry Kim
AIGA Winner: Best Packaging
Portfolio
Website

Fannie Ko

Fannie Ko
AIGA Winner: Best Design for Good
Portfolio
Website

Michael Marston

Michael Marston
Portfolio
Website

Froilan Medina

Froilan Medina
Portfolio

Amber Myers

Amber Myers
Portfolio
Website

Rolando Ortiz

Rolando Ortiz
Portfolio

Abril Ramirez

Abril Ramirez
AIGA Winner: Best Cross Cultural Design
Portfolio

Nestor Sanchez

Nestor Sanchez
AIGA Winner: Third Place Overall
AIGA Winner: Best Advertising
Portfolio
Website

Sam Spratt

Sam Spratt
AIGA Winner: Best Environmental Graphic Design
Portfolio

Tila Williams

Tila Williams
AIGA Winner: Best Sustainability
Portfolio

Satomi Yuinawa

Satomi Yuinawa
Portfolio

Sean Bacon and the SDCC Graphic Design 2015 Portfolio Class celebrates completing portfolio.

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.

Design is Everything. Everything is Design.

Jenny Beatty

This image features the work of Jenny Beatty who bridged two great passions—cycling and graphic design—by reimagining iconic works of art out of scrapped bicycle parts in a project titled 100 Hoopties.

 Each piece that Jenny recreated has played a role in shaping the designer and cyclist she became. Considering her Manhattan apartment was above a bike shop, she had an endless source of materials for her project. Jenny completed her 100 Hoopties project by recreating Design is Everything is Design, a poster created by SDCC alumni Josh Higgins and Jessica Hische as a tribute to Doyald Young. Proceeds from the original poster sales supported a design scholarship created in Doyald’s name. The San Diego City College Graphic Design Resource Room is named in honor of Doyald Young whose many contributions to our program will always be remembered.

To read more see this story written by Anne McColl: http://sandiego.aiga.org/100-hoopties-a-y-conference-story

American Institute of Graphic Arts: San Diego City College Student Chapter: Fall 2014 Events

AIGA San Diego City College 2014-15 Co Presidents
Diolinda Monteiro and Sam Spratt

Fall 2014: AIGA SDCC Graphic Design Student Chapter Events
Faculty Advisor: Candice López
AIGA SDCC Co-Presidents: Diolinda Monteiro and Sam Spratt

September 3: Nicola Vruwink of Art Center College of Design
AH 306 3:15-4pm

September 10: Founders week Trolley Launch
10:30am at the San Diego City College Trolley stop. Trolley designed by SDCC student Lindsay Jonkers.

September 11: SDCC Graphic Design Open House for Founders week
AH 401 11:30-1:00 pm

September 24: Mires Ball and Dave Conover of Studio Conover
MiresBall 2605 State St, San Diego, CA 92103
Studio Conover 3131 Reynard Way, San Diego, CA 92103
3:20-4:15pm

October 22: Illustrator Rafael López
How to Develop Strong Concepts
AH 306  3:15-4pm

October 29: MaeLin Levine, Principal of Visual Asylum
1045 14th St #120, San Diego, CA 92101
3:10-4pm

November 3
10:00 am Paul Drohan, Executive Design Director, Digitaria
350 10th Ave San Diego, CA 92101

November 5
Steven Morris: Principal of Mth Degree
950 6th Ave #212, San Diego, CA 92101
10:00 am

November 12:
Studio Tour and Design Sustainability issues: Tyler Blik
710 13th St # 209, San Diego, CA 92101
3:20-4:15pm

November 19:
Sean Bacon
Securing scholarships, going for your masters & becoming a design educator
AH 306 from 3:15-4pm

December 3: Bennet Peji at Mingei International Museum
1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101
4:00pm to be confirmed

December 10: Screening of movie Helvetica AH 306  3:15-4:15pm