You can visualize anything!

The Flowing Data web site is a great source of inspiration for GCOM students to learn about information visualization. And just to show you that charts and graphs never have to be boring, here's the very excellent Engineer's Guide to Drinks.

Download the full PDF here.

GCOM 490 Second Saturday Recap and Photos

A big thanks to everyone who came to the GCOM 490 Second Saturday Show at Beatnik Studios. The GCOM 490 class (the learning studio and club) received a lot of support and attention. Check out more from the photo booth from that night at gcomclub.com

AND if you are looking for some real-world design experience before you venture off into the working world or to a 4-year university, think about joining GCOM 490 this semester. We meet on Mondays/Wednesdays from 1-3. We will be working on an advertising campaign that will include tv spots, print ads and outdoor boards as well as two other identity projects.

GCOM 490 Second Saturday Show this Saturday

Join the GCOM 490 class together with the PHOTO 490 class at their Second Saturday Show this Saturday, January 9, at Beatnik Studios (2421 17th Street by Broadway). Good Day Sacramento dedicated a segment this morning to our show. Check it out here!

If you're interested in getting real-world experience working with clients and photographers, GCOM 490 is the class to take. For more info, contact Andrea Diaz-Vaughn.

See work by:

GCOM Students
Maricela Alvarez
Andrew Clementi
Christie Garcia
Priscilla Garcia
Charles Henderson
Kolton Kammerer
William Leung
Lori Llanillo
Kevin Scott

PHOTO Students
Nellie Coats
Lindsay Davis
Kevin Fiscus
Adam Jantz
Heather Leggett
Rachel Lomeli
Louise Mitchell
Ron Nabity
Jessica Nicosia-Nadler
Andrew Nixon
Trachell Oliver
Priscilla Ouchida

GCOM Instructor in Fast Company magazine

Our very own design guru instructor Robyn Waxman is currently featured in Fast Company magazine in their "Case Studies in Sustainability" series. The article reports on her FARM project at the California College of the Arts last year.

Check it out here: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/productive-protest-urban-farm-grows-activism-millennials

GCOM + PHOTO Clubs Second Saturday Show in January

The GCOM Club (GCOM 490: Studio + Club) students will be featured in a Second Saturday Show, January 9, 2009, from 6-10pm at Beatnik Studios.

Joint projects will be featured by showcasing GCOM and PHOTO Club students' collaborative efforts to reproduce iconic advertising.

Local art directors, designers and photographers are welcome to see what these up-and-comers can do.

Visit gcomclub.com/ransom for more info.

Academy of Art at SCC

As part of a Transfer Information Workshop, the Academy of Art will be on campus this Thursday 12/03/09 from 1:30 – 4:00 PM in Rodda North 258 hosting.

Students will be able to get information on transferring to the Academy of Art University, get general questions answered about programs and transfer requirements, fill out applications, and also register for spring, summer, and fall 2010 classes.

If you are interested in atttending, please RSVP through the AA website at www.academyart.edu.

Mac Designer Jon Ivey on PBS

How does the design of your cell phone, toothbrush or couch impact your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit (HELVETICA) looks at our complex relationship with manufactured objects, the people who design them and the creative process behind their work. Step inside the offices of the world's most influential product designers to see how these objects influence us—oftentimes without us even knowing it.

In this clip, Apple's Jonathan Ive gets obsessive about design

OBJECTIFIED premieres this week on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. It will be on KVIE this Friday, 11/27 at 8pm.

For more info and additional broadcast times on the OBJECTIFIED, click here.