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

La Linea Hotel Branding by Bradford Prairie

Diana Sá

Diana Sá
Portfolio

Yara Hotel Stationery by Diana Sa

Donovan Mansinon-Salazar

Donovan Mansinon-Salazar
Best Cross Cultural Design
Portfolio
Website

Kupono Surf Wax Packaging and Point of Purchase by Donovan Mansinon-Salazar

Marcos Magallanes

Marcos Magallanes
Portfolio
Website

Tim Burton Films Video Covers by Marcos Magallanes

Sebabatso Matseletsele

Sebabatso Matseletsele 
Portfolio 
Website

Voice Voting Collateral by Sebabatso Matseletsele

Wilson To

Wilson To 
Portfolio 
Website 
flickr 

Trvi Hotel Branding by Wilson To

Angel Torres

Angel Torres 
Website

Binary Star Masters of the Universe Poster by Angel Torres

Drew Vereen

Drew Vereen
Best Packaging
Student Choice Award: Third Place
Portfolio
Website

Shambala Hotel Branding by Drew Vereen

2014 Portfolio Review Winners

AIGA San Diego Portfolio Review

Reminder that the AIGA Portfolio Review is this Saturday, May 24th. You are able to enter from 1-3pm to view the work. There will be 60+ portfolios there this year from all of the local schools and it will be a great time to look at portfolios and get a sense of what the portfolio review is like. It will be an invaluable experience if you plan on going into portfolio and the review next year. It is $25 for non-AIGA members and free for members, but well worth the money. Thanks to MaeLin Levine, AIGA Education chair for her hard work and vision to organize this year’s stellar event. The 2014 City College Portfolio Class sets sail to their future this Saturday and navigating the ship is the talented and dedicated Sean Bacon.
To register go to:https://sandiego.aiga.org/event/student-portfolio-review-2014
We will also be having a decompression session at City College on May 27th for anyone who is interested in or is planning to take portfolio next year at City. This years portfolio group will share their experience and wisdom as well as show their books and be available to answer questions. This event is free and will take place in V403A at 2pm on Tuesday May 27th.

SDCC Design Students featured in Italian Ways Magazine

Check out this article on San Diego City College Graphic Design students who created work to support Radicondoli, a Tuscan hill town.  Thanks to Ron Miriello for documenting this unique collaboration that has resulted in outstanding portfolio work and the opportunity to make a difference with design.
San Diego students embrace tiny Radicondoli

San Diego City College Alumni Etah Chen designs chairs to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the AIGA

Like San Diego City College, AIGA, the professional association for design is celebrating it's centennial year. AIGA is committed to advancing design as a professional craft, strategic advantage and vital cultural force. At SDCC Graphic Design we have a dynamic student chapter.
SDCC Graphic Design Alumni Etah Chen [graduated 2013] was selected to use his artful calligraphic skills on a chair celebrating this event. Art directed by SDCC alumni, adjunct Professor Min Choi who teaches identity and packaging at City and SDCC alumni Joel Sotelo. Sharing the stunning result and congratulations Etah, Min and Joel for your hard work.

Chair designed by Etah Chen to represent AIGA San Diego for the AIGA National Centennial Celebration

Alumni Chris Ford gives back in a big way by hosting a WordPress Workshop at City.

Alicia Lopez snapped this candid at break.

Chris chats with Rolando and grabs a drink at break.

Lunch at Influx-that's Chris Ford 3rd from the left with a million dollar smile.

From Chris: I didn’t go to college right after high school
It took me a few years of waiting tables and making bad decisions to decide that a higher education might, in fact, be a good idea. It sounded a lot better than being a 70-year-old Denny’s waitress who rode the bus to work. (At the time I was working the graveyard shift slinging Grand Slams and futilely hoping a book and earphones would discourage the more aggressive weirdos from striking up conversations on my daily commute. It didn’t.)
When I decided to start my higher education I chose San Diego City College because I could afford it and I could get there. Fortunately this community college had a graphic design program, and the course of my life changed. I met Candice Lopez, and she ignited a passion for graphic design in me that lives on today.

Every class you take is leading up to Portfolio

Students review all the projects they’ve completed over the course of their education, refine them, hire a photographer and art direct a photo shoot of any three-dimensional projects, and put everything together in a book that’s judged by top industry professionals at the annual AIGA Student Portfolio Review.
Local schools including SDSU, the Art Institute and Point Loma Nazarene College compete. The winners take home scholarships sponsored by local design firms that range from $1000 for first place to $250 for category winners. Last year over $5,000 in scholarships were given out. I’m proud to say that my little community college still kicks. (check out this list—we swept the top three spots last year winning 14 of the 16 awards)
It’s deserved, too—the department has been filled with talent for years. A lot of graduates get scholarships and continue their educations at Art Center and other top design schools. Alumni have held positions like the Creative Director at top local agency Digitaria to manager of the Communication Design team at Facebook—even as the Design Director of the 2012 Obama re-election campaign.

Our portfolios were our ten best projects. They were photographed or output at a service bureau, then mounted and flapped on black board. Most students spent a lot of time having intricate portfolio cases designed and fabricated. It could get pretty pricey, at least on my limited budget. Plus you had to ship the whole shebang to any potential employers or schools. That meant only one person at a time could see your portfolio. So I went a different route.

I had fallen in love with Director and the REM interactive floppy disk-based press kit for Monster. I decided to put out a 100% “interactive” portfolio. My only costs were printing the labels and cases, and having the executable file burned to a CD-ROM (There were no home CD burners yet, and I knew it wasn’t going to fit on a floppy). That portfolio led to the job that taught me HTML, and my career path was set.

On April 11 I’ll head back to my old stomping grounds. I’ve volunteered to teach a WordPress workshop to the entire graduating class. I’m excited that I have the opportunity to enable a new generation of graphic designers to use WordPress to get a job, get into art school, or start their own freelancing journey.

 

THANKS CHRIS!

The graduating class and design faculty want to let you know how much we appreciate the amazing job you did giving the gift of WordPress to our graduates. You are making such a difference for us and we can't wait to connect with you again in May to polish those websites. Special thanks goes out to Flywheel because they are all about building strong designers. The six months of free hosting will really help these students hit the ground running. Hats off to the plethora of generous donors who helped fund this workshop and subscriptions to Elegant Themes. Chris hosted a Crowdtilt campaign and raised $1,195 for this endeavor. We plan to thank each and every one of you when we get your names! It was fun, educational, informative, empowering and FREE to students who really deserved this terrific opportunity.

CuriositY Conference Follow up 2014

http://jamesallen.es/y-conference-aiga-san-diego-y19/

Thanks to SDCC graphic design student James Allen for posting this great informational piece on the Y Conference.

Y Conference Presenters

Journey of the 2014 Commencement Speaker: Josh Higgins

On May 23, 2014 San Diego City College will celebrate our 100th commencement. The centennial commencement speaker is one of our own. Josh Higgins, a City College graphic design graduate, talks about his incredible journey to become Design Director of the 2012 Obama re-election campaign and his time at City College. This wonderful video was a collaboration between San Diego City College Graphic Design & Radio TV students Aliya Bora & Cassarah Coffey. Kudos to them for their fantastic work on this video. 

To view the video go to this link

http://vimeo.com/user9661541/joshhiggins


Here's a video another design alumni Garrett Patz produced with Josh worth watching:
What's in your heart: http://vimeo.com/62562979