It's what designers do ...

With Swine Flu upon us, people are looking for all the information they can get on the illness. Media is all over it, which bring us to this post.

As designers, your job is to help get the message to the audience effectively through composition, graphic elements, type, color, etc.

Here's a perfect of example of taking the epidemic and creating something good of it. Check out the infographics showing the outbreaks and how Swine Flu is spread.

And don't forget to wash your hands!

GCOM Club web design launched

Check out the Go Green California Business web site, designed by the GCOM Club. The site sponsors hired the GCOM Club in the Fall 2008 semester to design this for them. Jenn de la Fuente, Priscilla Garcia and Vitaliy Zavorotny made up the group responsible for the site design. And Jenn actually landed a full-tim job with the site's sponsor because of it.

Congratulations to them on their outstanding work!


If you are interested in joining the GCOM Club and working on real projects like this site and more, register for GCOM 490: GCOM Studio + Club for the fall semester (MW 3–5pm in T100) or contact Andrea Diaz-Vaughn at diazvaughn@gmail.com.

The Student Design Awards are here!

Get your projects ready for judging! The Student Design Awards rules and guidelines for entries is here.

The 2009 GCOM Student Design Awards will recognize the best student work of the 08-09 school year. The competition is open to GCOM@SCC students who were or are enrolled in one or more GCOM classes during the Fall 2008 and/or Spring 2009 semesters. There are three categories: Print, Screen (web or interactive, HTML or Flash) and Animation (2d or 3d).

Submissisions will be accepted on Wednesday, May 6, in T100, from 3–5pm. No late entries will be accepted.

Entries that win gold or silver awards will be display at Brainstorm: the GCOM Design Showcase featuring the Animator's Ball on May 19 in the SCC Student Center and again at the GCOM Fall Open House.

Download the entry form here.

Questions? Email Andrea Diaz-Vaughn at diazvaughn@gmail.com.

SHOW OFF!

The GCOM Club is recruiting competitors! Show off your stuff! Win cool prizes!

GCOM's annual "Show Off" Competition calls for 4 competitors go head-to-head in a 30-minute design challenge (competitors will also be given 15 minutes to brainstorm prior to challenge).

In the first competition, students will design a poster using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and/or InDesign followed by the second competition where GCOM instructors will go head to head to design a poster. This year we are introducing a third competition for our 3D students! Students in the first Show Off must have taken (or be be currently enrolled in) at least two of the following: GCOM 313, GCOM 330 and GCOM 340. Students in the 3D Show Off must have taken (or be be currently enrolled in) either GCOM 401 or GCOM 402.

The Show Offs will be featured at Brainstorm: the GCOM Student Design Showcase featuring the Animator's Ball May 19th at the Sac City Student Center.

Contact the GCOM Club by May 6th if you are interested in participating at gcomclub@gmail.com.