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WELCOME

The Communication Design concentration at Skidmore College consists of Communication Design I, Communication Design II and Advanced Communication Design (which is a repeatable course). Other courses in Digital Media or Computer Imaging may also count towards the concentration. Students often apply for internships to gain additional experience.

The pre-requisites for Communication Design are Visual Concepts, Drawing and Color. Photography,
English, Computer Science and additional Drawing courses are highly recommended.

UPCOMING EVENTS

PJ Loughran

Monday, March 24, 2008

PJ Loughran began his career doing illustrations for the Op-Ed pages of the New York Times while attending Parsons School of Design. Since then PJ has created thousands of illustrations for clients including Sports Illustrated, Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Forbes, Nike, Ford Motor Company, Simon and Schuster, Harper Collins, Scholastic, Burton Snowboards and the New York Times. Over the last 10 years, PJ's work has been recognized by The Art Directors Club of New York, American Illustration, Communication Arts Magazine, Print Magazine, RSVP, the Society of Publication Designers and the Society of Illustrators of New York and Los Angeles.

In his initial years following graduation, PJ also worked in the interactive world, serving as Design Director and Creative Director at AGENCY.COM, one of the largest multimedia development firms in the world. During his tenure there, PJ helped AGENCY.COM win over 30 prestigious awards through his contributions on projects for clients including Coca-Cola, Nike (Michael Jordan), British Airways, American Express, Hitachi, Harvard Business School and the independent film showcase, Urban Desires.

Most recently, PJ founded Kerosene Creative Services, a multi-disciplinary creative firm with offices in New York and Chicago. Their initial work includes projects for New Line Cinema and TOCA percussion.

PJ is also an accomplished musician and songwriter. Since 2003, he has completed two full-legnth records and performed for audiences across the country, including opening spots for Maroon 5, R.E.M., Johnny Lang, Taj Mahal, Todd Rundgren, REO Speedwagon, and The North Mississippi All-Stars.

In addition, PJ is an adjunct professor at Parsons and has been teaching classes there in web design, illustration, and drawing for the past 7 years. He has also been a frequent guest lecturer at schools and design organizations nationwide, including the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, Columbus College of Art, Oklahoma Christian University and the North Carolina Design Association.

HELVETICA: The Film
Friday, February 29, 2008
8:00 pm
Davis Auditorium

Panel Discussion: TYPETALK
9:30-10:30 Davis Auditorium
A panel of alumni working with HELVETICA and other TYPES

will discuss typography in the real world and answer questions about type,

design and making your way in the design world....

Other Events:
Schick Gallery Opening
6:30-7:30 pm The New American Sublime.

Also showing at the Case Gallery
Visual Poetry

PAST EVENTS

Woody Pirtle established Pirtle Design in Dallas, Texas in 1978. Over the next 10 years the firm produced some of the most important and celebrated work of the decade, for a broad spectrum of clients. In 1988 Woody merged Pirtle Design with Pentagram, the international design consultancy founded in London in 1972. For almost 20 years Woody was a partner in the New York office of Pentagram and worked on some of the firm’s most prestigious projects, for many of its A-list clients. In 2005 Woody left Pentagram to re-establish Pirtle Design.

Tyler Hicks visited classes Spring 2006 and spoke of his experiences photographing
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

GIS class visits the Communication Design I.

Our computer lab and classroom includes:

Hardware

17 Macintosh G5 Computers

4 Scanners (2 with large scan beds)

2 R2400 Epson Printers

1 2200 Epson Printer

1 R300 Epson Printer

1 4000 Epson Printer

2 7800 Epson Printers

1 9800 Epson Printer

Digital Cameras

Video Cameras

Software

Adobe CS3

Adobe Lightroom

FontLab

Suitcase

DEBHALL

Associate Professor of Art
Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
518.580.5048
dhall@skidmore.edu
www.debhall.com

HELVETICA: THE FILM
Panel Discussion: TYPETALK

Spring 2008
A panel of alumni working with HELVETICA and other TYPES discussed typography in the real world and answered questions about type,

design and making your way in the design world....

Comments from CDI students:

"Listening to alumni talk about their jobs lifted a huge weight off my shoulders and it made me feel a lot more confident about what I want to do with my own life."  

"When I heard we were required to view a film on what I considered to be one of the most hackneyed fonts ever, I was not enthused. However, the movie was funny and very enjoyable...

In addition, the panel of Skidmore alumnae was intriguing and educational. It was amazing to see people out in the world doing what they love to do, who were exactly where I am right now a few short years ago. " 

DEB HALL

will be exhibiting at Der Zeitgenosse:

A National Exhibition of Contemporary Art at Eastern Washington University's Gallery of Art
February 28th-April 3rd, 2008

SUSAN MILLS

visited Communication Design classes and shared her bookbinding expertise. Spring 2007

WOODY PIRTLE

In February 2007, 10 students attended a lecture given by Woody Pirtle at The College of Saint Rose. Before the lecture there was a reception at the college's gallery celebrating an exhibit of his work.

TYLER HICKS

visited Communication Design classes and shared his experiences covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a photographer for the New York Times. Spring 2006

STEVEN HELLER

visited Communication Design classes and addressed questions on branding and design. Fall 2005

Student Comments:

"...typography goes deeper than aesthetics; it serves as an unconscious method to propagate thoughts and emotions in any sort of endeavor."

"Overall I found his lecture a font of information, some of the topics he mentioned
I actually want to investigate further."

TOM GASEK

Animation Artist for Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromet, and many other animated movies visited classes Spring 2005