Graphic designer/photography intern wanted

BLACKHAWK! is looking for a graphic designer/photography intern. This person will assist with layout and design of packaging, instruction guides, brochures, ads, catalogs, etc. They would also assist with marketing tasks. We have a digital photo studio on our premises and would like someone who can assist with product photography. We design the majority of our pieces to be full color so this would be an
excellent opportunity for someone to get their feet wet and eventually get
some nice pieces for their portfolio.

Position is $10/hour
We can work around school schedules

Contact: Sophy Ivy
BLACKHAWK!
6160 Commander Pkwy
Norfolk, VA 23502 U.S.A.
Phone: 800-694-5263
Fax: 888-803-3088
Email: sophy@blackhawk.com
Web: www.BLACKHAWK.com

Employment Opportunity at ipConfigure

About ipConfigure: ipConfigure develops software with a focus in scalable IP
video surveillance solutions. In 2008 ipConfigure delivered ESM 4.5, the
fourth generation enterprise IP video surveillance application. This version
featured increased functionality and a highly intuitive user interface.
Today, ipConfigure has successfully deployed systems in facilities ranging
from nuclear power plants to public school systems all based on a
non-proprietary methodology while offering compatibility to third-party IP
cameras, servers, storage, and switching hardware. As physical security and
IT converge ipConfigure will continue to facilitate the process by
developing solutions that integrate both building and life safety systems
through a seamless enterprise solution.

There are two functions we are looking to fill:

Job description: Website graphics designer experienced in FLASH based
graphics and animations for corporate website re-launch in January 09.
Intern supervisor: Chris Uiterwyk (Co-founder)
Hours per week: 10 or more(flexible)
Pay: $15 per hour
Location: ODU - 4100 Monarch Way
Start Date: Nov 1st, 2008
End Date: TBD

Job description: Product marketing graphic designer who will work with
marketing department on the branding and design of software product
scheduled for release in March 2009.
Intern supervisor: Chris Uiterwyk (Co-founder)
Hours per week: 10 or more (flexible)
Pay: $15 per hour
Location: ODU - 4100 Monarch Way
Start Date: Nov 1st, 2008
End Date: TBD

Contact: Christopher Uiterwyk at>christopher@ipconfigure.com
Office: 877.207.1112 x101
Mobile: 757.678.3148
www.ipconfigure.com

Rick Poynor Lecture this Thursday!

The ODU Art Department presents a lecture by writer and critic Rick Poynor this Thursday, October 30, at 7:00pm in the atrium of the Barron & Ellin Gordon Galleries on Monarch Way on the ODU University Village. The event is free and open to the public.

Rick Poynor is the founder of the international review of design, Eye magazine , edited it for seven years, and is now its writer at large. He writes a column for Print magazine in New York, where he is a contributing editor, and he has written about design, media and visual culture for Blueprint, Icon, Creative Review, Frieze, Domus, I.D., Metropolis, Harvard Design Magazine, Adbusters, The Guardian, Financial Times, and many other publications. In 2003, he co-founded the weblog Design Observer, which became a leading international forum for design discussion. In 2007, he appeared extensively in Helvetica, a feature-length documentary about typography and visual communication.

Poynor’s books on design and visual arts subjects include Typography Now: The Next Wave (1991), Typographica (Laurence King Publishing, 2001), and No More Rules (Laurence King Publishing, 2003), the first critical study of graphic design and postmodernism. As a cultural critic, he is the author of three wide-ranging essay collections, Design Without Boundaries (1998), Obey the Giant: Life in the Image World (Birkhäuser, 2001 and 2007), and Designing Pornotopia: Travels in Visual Culture (Laurence King Publishing, 2006).

Poynor studied art history at Manchester University and gained an MPhil in design history at the Royal College of Art. He has been a visiting professor at the RCA and a project tutor at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. He lectures widely on design matters at public events and conferences in Europe, the United States, China and Australia. In 2004, he was guest curator of the exhibition Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, which subsequently toured in China and Switzerland, and he edited the accompanying book.

Rick Poynor Lecture this Thursday!

The ODU Art Department presents a lecture by writer and critic Rick Poynor this Thursday, October 30, at 7:00pm in the atrium of the Barron & Ellin Gordon Galleries on Monarch Way on the ODU University Village. The event is free and open to the public.

Rick Poynor is the founder of the international review of design, Eye magazine , edited it for seven years, and is now its writer at large. He writes a column for Print magazine in New York, where he is a contributing editor, and he has written about design, media and visual culture for Blueprint, Icon, Creative Review, Frieze, Domus, I.D., Metropolis, Harvard Design Magazine, Adbusters, The Guardian, Financial Times, and many other publications. In 2003, he co-founded the weblog Design Observer, which became a leading international forum for design discussion. In 2007, he appeared extensively in Helvetica, a feature-length documentary about typography and visual communication.

Poynor’s books on design and visual arts subjects include Typography Now: The Next Wave (1991), Typographica (Laurence King Publishing, 2001), and No More Rules (Laurence King Publishing, 2003), the first critical study of graphic design and postmodernism. As a cultural critic, he is the author of three wide-ranging essay collections, Design Without Boundaries (1998), Obey the Giant: Life in the Image World (Birkhäuser, 2001 and 2007), and Designing Pornotopia: Travels in Visual Culture (Laurence King Publishing, 2006).

Poynor studied art history at Manchester University and gained an MPhil in design history at the Royal College of Art. He has been a visiting professor at the RCA and a project tutor at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. He lectures widely on design matters at public events and conferences in Europe, the United States, China and Australia. In 2004, he was guest curator of the exhibition Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, which subsequently toured in China and Switzerland, and he edited the accompanying book.

Richmond Zine Fest, October 11

The 2008 Richmond Zine Fest will be held on Saturday, October 11, 2008, from 11am to 5pm at the Gay Community Center of Richmond, at 1407 Sherwood Ave. The event is free to the public. There will also be free coffee on hand, and (vegan) food will be available for purchase at a small price.

The 2007 Richmond Zine Fest featured 45 vendors from all over Virginia and the US, two workshops, and readings by noted zinesters Ariel Gore and China Martens. Over 250 people attended last years zine fest, which was spread out on two locations on the 1600 block of West Broad Street.

For more info, visit their website: http://www.richmondzinefest.org/

Designers respond to the China earthquake

Graphic designer and educator Robert Appleton has organized an exhibition of posters by designers responding to the devastating May earthquake in China. Go here: http://www.robertappleton.com/china/webSite.swf for an animated portfolio of works from the show.

Check out this new typeface

History
Display typeface system consisting of 21 layers inspired by the evolution of typography. These 21 independent typefaces share widths and other metric information so that they can be endlessly recombined. Available as a set of OpenType fonts with software helping you to compose layered samples.
www.typotheque.com/fonts/history/